The embarrassing aftermath of the January 29 US raid in Yemen continues, with details on a raid which was initially presented as targeting “al-Qaeda headquarters” in Yemen, later revealed to be the house of a suspected collaborator, now said to have been an attempt to capture, or kill, key AQAP figure Qassim al-Rimi.
Officials privately say that Rimi, one of the most wanted men in the world by US reckoning, and a top AQAP recruiter, was hoped to be at the site. Whether he was or not remains unknown, but either way Rimi was since issued statements mocking the failed attack, which officials say appear authentic, so he survived.
The US has claimed 14 AQAP fighters were killed, many of them “female combatants.” Beyond that, dozens of civilians were killed in the fighting, 43 civilians according to locals, though the Pentagon’s own investigation isn’t finalized. Among the slain was an eight-year-old American girl.
That Rimi was the target was confirmed by several officials quoted in the press, though the Pentagon has yet to officially decide that’s part of the story, and spokesman Capt. Jeff Davis denied the claim, saying the military never had any expectation of getting Rimi in the raid.
Let’s be clear about this: if Rimi had been at the site, and they had any actual intention of getting him, then they wouldn’t have repeatedly postponed the attack during the Obama regime’s dying days. No guerrilla leader with two brain cells to rub together stays in one place more than two or three nights running…if that.
Too late, FOX has already reported that it was a ‘fortified compound’ with ‘human shields’, the sheeple have been told what to think.
We never run out of leaders to kill and we never will. We’ve killed so many high level officials or number 2’s you’d think we’d be close to winning by now. But they all get replaced. What a racket.
Good job tough guy Trump in killing an 8 year old girl and then 13 women and 8 other children. Hope you sleep well.