An American chaos in Yemen
The US returns again to war on Yemen, but this time through chaos. Will it succeed where its military fleets have failed?
Exclusive – Al-Khabar Al-Yemeni:
In the Saudi capital, the American ambassador is managing a real war operations room, where a meeting was held last week with officials from government and private banks in Yemen. The goal is to force the currency in coalition areas, where there is a complete collapse of services, to recover by force.
Without the economic foundations that define theories of financial and economic stability, the ambassador forced the banks to abandon the idea of supply and demand in determining foreign exchange prices and to accept a formula that includes reducing prices to the lowest level according to a prior agreement.
According to incoming reports, the ambassador’s winning card was the threat to close the banks and add them to the sanctions list, and in a third instance, cut off the SWIFT.
So far, the ambassador has succeeded in passing this paper with the decline of foreign currencies against the local currency by about 30%, and because it has no economic dimensions as much as it is political, it has spread a kind of chaos in the coalition areas. The traders are unable to sell at today’s fluctuating prices after being forced to buy materials at high prices, and the armed factions spread in the cities found the retreat as an opportunity to loot what remains of national capital in coalition areas, whether by looting companies under the pretext of raising prices or closing them down.
The issue is not limited to the currency; it has extended to the security aspect, as the US State Department’s Rewards for Justice program issued a new list of names of leaders in Al-Qaeda in Yemen, claiming they financially support the organization.
On the political side, America is making arrangements for wide-ranging changes in the pro-coalition authority in southern Yemen, amid reports of a move to appoint a president and two deputies instead of the Council of Eight.
Just as the decline in exchange has caused economic chaos that could drive the last nail into the coffin of the national economy and the living conditions of citizens, targeting Al-Qaeda may lead to an escalation of the organization in those areas. Meanwhile, the expected political changes, which include restoring power to Saleh’s wing in the Congress and excluding his opponents in parties like Islah, may further complicate the situation.
The only goal for America is to give Yemenis a false glimmer of hope in order to restore trust in the authority loyal to it in southern Yemen, which is worn out by corruption and betrayal, while it has arranged for a new escalation that serves the goals of the occupation by breaking the Yemeni siege and keeping Yemen occupied with side battles away from supporting Gaza.