A leader of AQAP – Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula – was killed in a counter-terrorism operation in Yemen, according to President Trump in a statement on Thursday evening. AQAP is reportedly one of the most dangerous of the terrorist organizations. A cofounder of the group, Qassim Al-Rimi, claimed AQAP responsibility for the shooting at Pensacola Naval Base on December 6, 2019 by a Saudi…
Insofar as the U.S. has any security interests in Yemen, supporting a war that strengthens and relies on the local Al Qaeda affiliate damages and undermines those interests.
It is not news that the Saudi coalition has sometimes worked with and fought alongside AQAP, but it is good to see more coverage of this important aspect of the war... The coalition's war has wrecked Yemen and empowered AQAP, and the two have been on the same side in the war. Because the U.S. has backed the coalition from the start, that puts our government in the absurd position of supporting the governments and proxies working with AQAP... The problem here should be obvious. The Iranian "expansionism" that the U.S. and coalition government claim they are fighting in Yemen is illusory, but the security threat to U.S. and Western allies from AQAP is limited but real.... Giving priority to opposing Iran with its negligible role in Yemen at the expense of empowering jihadists for years to come is a terrible trade-off...
The Pentagon finally acknowledged that US troops have carried out "multiple ground operations" in Yemen. The details and future, however, remain ambiguous.
By Randi Nord
Dubbed the “secret war,” Washington’s military activity in Yemen has remained dubious since the war began in March of 2015. On paper, the US has a small number of special forces in Yemen assisting Emirati and Saudi-backed troops against Yemen’s resistance. The US also carries out operations against al-Qaeda in Yemen (AQAP) which included 120 airstrikes this year. The targets of these airstrikes, however, aren’t certain.
Additional Troops Enter Yemen. But What’s Their Role?
In August, the Pentagon announced that an unspecified number of additional US troops had entered Yemen for ground operations against AQAP. Emirati forces greeted US troops at an airport in Yemen’s Shabwah province to expel AQAP from local oil fields.
Not much is known about this operation which seemed to take place suspiciously fast. The speedy success led many to believe that the UAE and US directly coordinated with AQAP to leave the oil fields and advance on Ansarullah (Houthi) troops.
At that time, the Pentagon hadn’t ruled out sending, even more, US forces into the war-torn country.
Navy SEAL And Innocent CHILD Dead Because Trump Hates Intelligence
Navy SEAL And Innocent CHILD Dead Because Trump Hates Intelligence
Over the weekend, Donald Trump approved a military raid on a complex in Yemen which was designed to kill or capture senior leaders of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). In the process, a Navy SEAL and 8-year-old girl also lost their lives. And now it turns out the deaths of the SEAL and innocent child might have been avoided if Trump hadn’t acted on insufficient intelligence.
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FBI Let Suspected Terrorist Go in Spite of Arrest Warrant
FBI Let Suspected Terrorist Go in Spite of Arrest Warrant
Anwar al-Awlaki was an Islamic Cleric who was not only connected to three of the 9-11 hijackers, but had a rap sheet for prostitution, and loitering around schools. There was a Federal warrant for his arrest in 2002, but when customs agents held him at JFK airport, the FBI had him released even though he had been under surveillance for months. Fox reported in an exclusive article, The high-level…
The Marines have departed their ships in the 11th MEU, and are on the ground with artillery in Syria. The Defense Department would not say how many of them are there. Then there are the US Army Stryker vehicles that were spotted near Manbij, which required Col John Dorrian, OIR spokesman, to respond. Is the US Department of Defense now going after ISIS and even Al-Qaeda with a vengeance? Marine…
