Muslim civil rights organization calls on Trump to fulfill campaign pledge to end forever wars, stop Gaza genocide
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the killing of 74 people in Yemen in a US airstrike as a war crime.
US airstrikes targeting an oil port in Yemen reportedly killed at least 74 people and wounded 171 others. US forces also reportedly struck the area as first responders were at the scene, a so-called “double tap” bombing.
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In a statement, CAIR Deputy Executive Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell said:
“We strongly condemn the Trump administration’s unauthorized and increasingly deadly attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure in Yemen. Destroying a fuel port full of civilian workers and then reportedly bombing paramedics when they arrived to rescue survivors is a war crime, plain and simple. So was blowing up an outdoor post-Eid meeting of Yemeni tribal leaders and their children.
“President Trump promised to end our nation’s involvement in forever wars, but he is instead entangling our nation in a new forever war for the benefit of the out-of-control Israeli government, which treats our nation like a piggy bank.
“This is an Israel First foreign policy, not an America First foreign policy. This regional conflict would end if the genocide in Gaza ends, which is why President Trump should force Netanyahu to accept a permanent ceasefire deal that frees all captives and ends the genocide for good.”
Last month, CAIR called on President Trump to protect civilian life when approving any military operations after national security officials “casually celebrated” the killing of Yemeni civilians, including a woman, in Signal chat messages released by reporter Jeffery Goldberg.
Also last month, CAIR condemned congressionally unauthorized U.S. strikes on Yemen that killed at least 53, reportedly including children and women.
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CONTACT: CAIR National Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell, 404-285-9530, e-Mitchell@cair.com; CAIR Government Affairs Director Robert McCaw, 202-742-6448, rmccaw@cair.com; CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-744-7726, ihooper@cair.com; CAIR National Communications Manager Ismail Allison, 202-770-6280, iallison@cair.com