AntiWar.com reports: “The White House on Tuesday published a letter President Trump sent to Congress on March 25 that said he was ordering a buildup of U.S. military forces in the Middle East to protect Israel and U.S. assets in the region.” See video overview.
Action Corps, a humanitarian advocacy group, and Peace Action, the nation’s largest grassroots peace network, just called for Congress to “introduce a War Powers Resolution to end U.S. military operations in Yemen, following disturbing new reports of civilian deaths and a second leak of sensitive war planning details by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. On Easter Sunday, April 20, The New York Times reported that the U.S. struck a densely populated section of Sana’a, the Yemeni capital, killing 12 people and injuring 30.”
ISAAC EVANS-FRANTZ, [email protected], @theactioncorps
Evans-Frantz is with Action Corps and just put out the statement “New Signal Leak Raises Alarm as Civilian Deaths Mount in Unconstitutional U.S. Strikes on Yemen.”
It notes that Dr. Aisha Jumaan, the Seattle-based president of the Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation, said of the bombings that day, “They bombed a market in Sana’a, killing many.” Action Corps states: “The administration has not sought authorization from Congress, as required by Article I of the U.S. Constitution and the War Powers Resolution of 1973. The 1973 law allows Congress to end U.S. participation in hostilities not authorized by a formal declaration or specific legislation.
“This is a critical test of Congress’ role under the Constitution,” said Evans-Frantz. “We urge lawmakers to step up now — not after more civilians are killed or more classified information is mishandled.”
The group states: “The Trump administration launched the current air campaign in Yemen on March 15 without congressional authorization. The following day Dr. Anees al-Asbahi, a spokesperson for the Ansar Allah (Houthi) government health ministry, reported that 53 people had been killed, including women and children, and 98 people injured, in one of the most expansive attacks on the country since October 2023. The strikes reportedly included attacks on residential areas in Yemen’s capital Sana’a, the Dahyan power station, a cancer facility being built in the city of Saada, and critical infrastructure across multiple governorates. From March 23 to 24, the U.S. pummeled the country with airstrikes on Sadaa, Hodeida, and Sana’a, striking a building in Sana’a that resulted in at least one death and 13 people injured, according to local authorities. The U.S. administration has continued the strikes since.”