Early this morning, US special forces carried out a ground raid against the Maarib Province in Yemen, which officials described as an “intelligence-gathering” operation, and in which they claimed to have killed at least seven “al-Qaeda militants.”
Pentagon spokesman Capt. Jeff Davis reported that multiple of the US troops involved in the raid were wounded in the courseĀ of the operation. He declined to say how many were wounded, but insisted none of them were considered particularly serious.
Davis said this was the first time the US had carried out a ground raid inside Maarib Province, and the deepest that US ground forces had yet gone into Yemen. Local tribesmen offered a different account of the US attack, saying five were killed in the raid and six wounded, and that all the casualties were from a single family.
Pentagon officials, however, say that they were trying to find “laptops and cellphones” in the offensive, saying they hoped that might help them learn more about al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). It is unclear if they came out of the raid with much of anything.
The US was caught with it’s hands in the cookie jar (i.e, wounded soldiers). Of course, troops on the ground in a foreign country constitutes an invasion — in effect, a war of aggression — and in this case, an unsanctioned war, either by the UN or by Congress — therefore a war crime.
Why are we in Yemen at all….????? If Trump wants All Quaeta he should ask Bebe where they treat them.
It is all smoke and mirrors, divide and conquer through out the ME. The likes of Saudi maybe next, you never know.
I believe we are watching the early days of the complete destruction of the ME as we know it along the lines of a Balkanisation.
All according to plan – the Yinon / PNAC plan.
Or ask the Saudis where they send the money and supplies for al-Qaeda.
That’s who they likely got this intel from. Regardless of its causes there is now real terrorism that must be stopped.
Wake up! We are the goddamn terrorists. Just ask little Nora Al-Awlaki or, better yet, ask her f**king gravestone.
Who cares? People are tired of paying for governments illegal wars. If these people are stupid enough to want to join the military, let them join the rest of their mercenaries and let corporations fund them. I am tired of paying for killing, while the kid down the street goes hungry. This US government is nothing but a POS MAFIA!
According to the rest of the world at least 3 Americans KIA from 2 village tribal security forces. No Al Qaeda was present even tho the Americanos say they killed a bunch.
Libya and Syria ought to have proven that Balkanization of the region makes terrorism worse.
More independent groups means more potential for them to go terrorist, and more motive for them to try to stand out against others by doing so.
The Israeli plan to fragment its enemies does eliminate larger organized state threats to them, but it replaces that with disorder and chaotic threats.
I wouldn’t be at all surprised if the injuries came from friendly fire. Just another American death squad playing “Wild Bunch” with innocent civilians.