The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the US’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, condemned the killing of 74 people in Yemen in a US airstrikes targeting The Ras Isa oil port in Yemen.
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”
He added: “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.
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.