{"id":31738,"date":"2018-09-03T09:54:02","date_gmt":"2018-09-03T17:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/?p=31738"},"modified":"2018-09-03T09:54:02","modified_gmt":"2018-09-03T17:54:02","slug":"34-backpacks-an-ongoing-commemoration-of-yemeni-children-killed-on-august-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/03\/34-backpacks-an-ongoing-commemoration-of-yemeni-children-killed-on-august-9\/","title":{"rendered":"34 Backpacks \u2013 An Ongoing Commemoration of Yemeni Children Killed on August&nbsp;9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/34-Backpacks.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"556\" height=\"426\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/34-Backpacks-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/34-Backpacks.jpg 556w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 556px) 100vw, 556px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Felton Davis, who coordinates a weekly vigil in NYC calling for an end to the U.S. war against Yemen, sent us a letter written by Yemen&#8217;s Minister of Education which names the students and teachers who were killed when a Saudi warplane fired a 500 lb. bomb, made in the US, at their school&nbsp;bus. We feel relieved to know that ten children whom we believed had died are actually alive. The number of children killed was 34, not 44. Four of their teachers were killed along with 12 passers-by. 78 people were wounded, including 55 students. Our hearts also go out to the first responders, EMT workers and hospital staff whose courageous efforts to save and heal people also involved trying to determine the number of dead.<\/p>\n<p>We encourage people to continue commemorating those who died in the April 9, 2018 attack. In Chicago, Voices and other peace groups gathered in the Federal Building Plaza where we set up blue backpacks to commemorate each child who had been killed. (UNICEF had issued blue backpacks to the children before they went on their outing).<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Please let us know if you would like to set up a similar vigil in your area. We can equip people with placards describing the attack and naming each victim; we can also supply photos, sample fliers, press releases and information about setting up backpacks. Contact Voices at 773-878-3815 or write <a href=\"mailto:info@vcnv.org\">info@vcnv.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can also find more information, with photos and videos, at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/44backpacks?src=hash\">hashtag #44backpacks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the names of those killed and injured in the August 9 attack:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mohammad Yahya Yahya Faya, killed<br \/> 11 years old<\/li>\n<li>Zakaria Abdel Wahab Ali Faya, killed<br \/> 10 years old<\/li>\n<li>Ali Mohammed Hassan Da&#8217;i, killed<br \/> 10 years old<\/li>\n<li>Yousef Hussein Hussein Tayeb, killed<br \/> 15 years old<\/li>\n<li>Ahmed Zaid Hussein Tayeb, killed<br \/> 12 years old<\/li>\n<li>Ali Zaid Hussein Tayeb, killed<br \/> 9 years old<\/li>\n<li>Osama Zeid Ali Al-Hamran, killed<br \/> 13 years old<\/li>\n<li>Ali Zaid Ali Al-Hamran, killed<br \/> 15 years old<\/li>\n<li>Ali Abdul Rahim Ali Hashem, killed<br \/> 9 years old<\/li>\n<li>Akab Mohamed Hassan al-Abbadi, killed<br \/> 12 years old<\/li>\n<li>Turki Mohamed Hassan Abadi, killed<br \/> 10 years old<\/li>\n<li>Yousef Abdul Aziz Al-Dahdawi, killed<br \/> 13 years old<\/li>\n<li>Younis Abdul Aziz Al-Dahdawi, killed<br \/> 11 years old<\/li>\n<li>Yousef Abdullah Saleh Al-Hatafi, killed<br \/> 10 years old<\/li>\n<li>Abdullah Hussein Faisal Hajj, killed<br \/> 12 years old<\/li>\n<li>Hamid Mohammed Ayda Hadi, killed<br \/> 10 years old<\/li>\n<li>Yousef Hassan Mohammed Al-Dhib, killed<br \/> 9 years old<\/li>\n<li>Abdul Malik Abdul Rahman Abdullah Al-Dhib, killed<br \/> 12 years old<\/li>\n<li>Amjad Abdul Rahman Abdullah Al-Deeb, killed<br \/> 10 years old<\/li>\n<li>Mohamed Abdulsalam Abdullah Al-Dehayani, killed<br \/> 12 years old<\/li>\n<li>Abd al-Ilah Abdullah Hussein al-Razahi, killed<br \/> 11 years old<\/li>\n<li>Mohamed Abdel-Ilah Mohamed El-Hakim, killed<br \/> 9 years old<\/li>\n<li>Mohammed Abdullah Yahya Velita, killed<br \/> 12 years old<\/li>\n<li>Hassan Abdul Karim Ahmad Al Hadi, killed<br \/> 10 years old<\/li>\n<li>Ahmed Abdel Hakim Ali Amer, killed<br \/> 11 years old<\/li>\n<li>Mohamed Abdel Salam Hassan Houria, killed<br \/> 9 years old<\/li>\n<li>Yahia Mahdi Ezz El Din Houria, killed<br \/> 12 years old<\/li>\n<li>Hussein Mohammed Ahsan al-Ajri, killed<br \/> 15 years old<\/li>\n<li>Abdullah Abdulsalam Abdullah Taraf, killed<br \/> 12 years old<\/li>\n<li>Mohammad Yahya Mohammed Al-Ezzi, killed<br \/> 8 years old<\/li>\n<li>Yahya Mohammed Hussein Al-Arjari, killed<br \/> 12 years old<\/li>\n<li>Yousef Saleh Abdullah Al-Aqili, killed<br \/> 10 years old<\/li>\n<li>Mohammed Saeed Ali Salman, killed<br \/> 13 years old<\/li>\n<li>Waleed Abdullah Ali Ali Al-Khulani, killed<br \/> 13 years old<\/li>\n<li>Mohammed Abdul Hafeez Abdullah Steen, killed<br \/> 28 years<\/li>\n<li>Yahia Hussein Yahya Al-Bishri, killed<br \/> 42 years old<\/li>\n<li>Ali Hussein Hassan Al-Ajri, killed<br \/> 27 years old<\/li>\n<li>Ali Salah Zaid Faya, killed<br \/> 48 years old<\/li>\n<li>Abdul-Malik Abdullah Al-Da&#8217;i, wounded<br \/> 9 years old<\/li>\n<li>Hassan Hussein Qasim Al-Shawi, wounded<br \/> 10 years old<\/li>\n<li>Hussein Yahya Yahya Al-Shawi, wounded<br \/> 12 years old<\/li>\n<li>Hussein Qasim Hussein Al-Shawi, wounded<br \/> 11 years old<\/li>\n<li>Ibrahim Mohammed Hamid Al-Shahari, wounded<br \/> 10 years old<\/li>\n<li>Taha Hassan Abdullah al-Shahari, wounded<br \/> 9 years old<\/li>\n<li>Saber Massoud Mesfer Jaber, wounded<br \/> 12 years old<\/li>\n<li>Hafez Abdullah Ali Al-Mahah, wounded<br \/> 9 years old<\/li>\n<li>Mohammed Khaled Qassem Al-Saadi, wounded<br \/> 12 years old<\/li>\n<li>Mohamed Ghaleb Ali Ghalebi, wounded<br \/> 16 years old<\/li>\n<li>Ahmed Mohamed Ali Swaid, wounded<br \/> 16 years old<\/li>\n<li>Hassan Mohamed Ali Hassan, wounded<br \/> 12 years old<\/li>\n<li>Faisal Mohammed Abdullah, wounded<br \/> 12 years old<\/li>\n<li>Mohammed Salem Salman, wounded<br \/> 12 years old<\/li>\n<li>Yahya Mohammed Ali Hanash, wounded<br \/> 10 years old<\/li>\n<li>Hassan Mohammed Ali Hanash, wounded<br \/> 11 years old<\/li>\n<li>Ahmed Abdel Rahman Mohsen Adlan, wounded<br \/> 13 years old<\/li>\n<li>Yahia Ali Mohammed Magali, wounded<br \/> 10 years old<\/li>\n<li>Hassan Abdul Rahman Ahmad Al-Ajri, wounded<br \/> 11 years old<\/li>\n<li>Hussein Ahmed Abdul Salam Al-Ajri, wounded<br \/> 10 years old<\/li>\n<li>Yahia Abdul Majeed Hussein Al-Ajri, wounded<br \/> 10 years old<\/li>\n<li>Younis Saleh Abdullah Al-Aqili, wounded<br \/> 7 years old<\/li>\n<li>Badr al-Din Hussein Yahya al-Katabari, wounded<br \/> 10 years old<\/li>\n<li>Izz al-Din Saleh Muhammad Abdullah, wounded<br \/> 12 years old<\/li>\n<li>Ahmed Abdel Rahman Mohsen Adlan, wounded<br \/> 13 years old<\/li>\n<li>Qassem Mohammed Abdullah Hashem Al Sharafi, wounded<br \/> 7 years old<\/li>\n<li>Mustafa Ghaleb Faisal Al-Wadai, wounded<br \/> 12 years old<\/li>\n<li>Mohamed Abdel-Rahim Ibrahim El-Shazly, wounded<br \/> 13 years old<\/li>\n<li>Mohamed Mutahar Ibrahim El Hadi, wounded<br \/> 10 years old<\/li>\n<li>Abdulrahman Mutahar Ibrahim El Hadi, wounded<br \/> 12 years old<\/li>\n<li>Hassan Ali Ahmad Al-Qasimi, wounded<br \/> 13 years old<\/li>\n<li>Abdel Rahman Tarash Ahmed Salam, wounded<br \/> 12 years old<\/li>\n<li>Ibrahim Tarash Ahmed Salam, wounded<br \/> 14 years old<\/li>\n<li>Ali Taha Ahmed Qassim Sharif, wounded<br \/> 8 years old<\/li>\n<li>Kamal Abdullah Mohammed Al-Sharafi, wounded<br \/> 13 years old<\/li>\n<li>Rafak Ali Salman Suleiman, wounded<br \/> 13 years old<\/li>\n<li>Abdul Hakim Ayza Yahya Al-Maas, wounded<br \/> 12 years old<\/li>\n<li>Taha Taleb Al-Sha&#8217;outi, wounded<br \/> 16 years old<\/li>\n<li>Yahia Hassan Daifallah Al Farah, wounded<br \/> 10 years old<\/li>\n<li>Sergeant Ali Noman, wounded<br \/> 8 years old<\/li>\n<li>Mokhtar Hadi Ahmed, wounded<br \/> 6 years old<\/li>\n<li>Hamad Jafar Thabet Al-Samaei, wounded<br \/> 14 years old<\/li>\n<li>Ibrahim Fares Ahmed, wounded<br \/> 14 years old<\/li>\n<li>Abdulrahman Faris Ahmed, wounded<br \/> 17 years old<\/li>\n<li>Abdel Rahman Hussein Ahmed, wounded<br \/> 17 years old<\/li>\n<li>Moaz Qassem Hassan, wounded<br \/> 17 years old<\/li>\n<li>Ahmed Mesfreli Malloh, wounded<br \/> 17 years old<\/li>\n<li>Younis Ali Ahmed Al-Katabari, wounded<br \/> 13 years old<\/li>\n<li>Mu&#8217;tasim Faisal Mohammed Abdullah, wounded<br \/> 16 years old<\/li>\n<li>Majed Hussein Abdul Rahman Al-Amir, wounded<br \/> 18 years old<\/li>\n<li>Ramzi Saleh Ismail Abdullah, wounded<br \/> 17 years old<\/li>\n<li>Abdel Rahman Ali Yousef Al-Hawouri, wounded<br \/> 17 years old<\/li>\n<li>Ahmed Mohamed Ali Hanash, wounded<br \/> 14 years old<\/li>\n<li>Hassan Mohammed Ali Hassan, wounded<br \/> 12 years old<\/li>\n<li>Hussein Ali Mohammed Qasim Ada, wounded<br \/> 41 years old<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>Reprinted from <a href=\"http:\/\/vcnv.org\">Creative Voices for Nonviolence<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Felton Davis, 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