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Title: Questions rise about Trump-ordered raid in Yemen
Source: [None]
URL Source: http://thehill.com/policy/defense/3 ... ithout-sufficient-intelligence
Published: Feb 2, 2017
Author: REBECCA SAVRANSKY
Post Date: 2017-02-02 11:18:24 by Ada
Keywords: None
Views: 626
Comments: 14

The first military operation ordered by President Trump may have resulted in as many as 30 civilian deaths and the killing of an American operative, according to several reports questioning the intelligence behind the raid in Yemen.

U.S. military officials told Reuters that the operation was approved without sufficient intelligence, ground support or adequate backup operations.

Navy SEAL William "Ryan" Owens died in the raid, along with 14 militants. President Trump flew to Dover Air Base in Delaware on Wednesday to visit with Owens's family.

Trump approved the early Sunday morning raid, but it had been in the works under the Obama administration for months.

The New York Times reported that Obama's national security aides had approved the plans for the risky attack and that Obama had not acted because the military wanted to launch that attack on a moonless night. The next such night would have been after his term.

The Times and Washington Post have reported that just about everything that could have gone wrong did go wrong on the mission and that it appears al Qaeda fighters in Yemen were tipped off to the approaching forces from the United States and United Arab Emirates.

The U.S. has acknowledged the civilian casualties.

U.S. Central Command said in a statement that a team investigating the incident had "concluded regrettably that civilian non-combatants were likely killed."

Children may have also been among some of the civilians killed during the raid.

Centcom said it is looking to find out "if there were any still-undetected civilian casualties in the ferocious firefight."

In addition to Owens's death, three service members were injured in the raid. A fourth service member was also injured when a U.S. military aircraft assisting in the operation experienced a hard landing at a nearby location.

Trump declared the operation a success, and Centcom said it resulted in the capture of information that “will likely provide insight into the planning of future terror plots,” Centcom said.

But the civilian deaths and U.S. casualties have raised doubts about whether enough questions were asked by Trump before he ordered the raid, as well as about the months of planning that went into the operation.

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#2. To: Ada (#0)

it appears al Qaeda fighters in Yemen were tipped off to the approaching forces

Trump needs to find out how this leaked and crucify parties as necessary.

randge  posted on  2017-02-02   11:33:32 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: randge (#2)

I read somewhere else that the locals noticed increased drone activity and were tipped off because of that.

This is what I don't like about Trump, but did expect. These operations can encourage more people to sign up for hate-the-USA jihad. I can only hope he'll wise up to this folly.

Pinguinite  posted on  2017-02-02   12:07:56 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#7. To: Pinguinite (#4)

This is what I don't like about Trump, but did expect.

I suspect Trump feels he must cooperate with the Pentagon. Maybe he does (he can't go it alone) but he had better straighten them out.

Ada  posted on  2017-02-02   12:31:35 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#12. To: Ada (#7)

I suspect Trump feels he must cooperate with the Pentagon.

If there's one thing true about Trump, it's that he's a take charge kinda guy, so I'd disagree with that assessment. Then again, everyone has their limits. I'm sure he'll review all the facts about what went right and wrong, and take corrective action, including slamming those individuals in the military that made mistakes. Perhaps including himself if he failed to spot something. But this operation was put together under Obama so....

And Trump did fail to spot something, and is still failing to see it, as per discussion above. Hopefully he'll soon only use the military to defend the people of the US and leave foreigners living in foreign countries alone.

Pinguinite  posted on  2017-02-02   14:42:02 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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#13. To: Pinguinite (#12)

If there's one thing true about Trump, it's that he's a take charge kinda guy, so I'd disagree with that assessment.

Trump cannot take on the entire Deep State by himself. He needs allies, and I suspect they are the Pentagon and CIA. He has many enemies including his own party. (See CIA Deep State which mentions that Priebus may be a CIA mole.)

This raid was planned and okayed under Obama but postponed for a month to take advantage of a new moon. I suppose Trump also had to sign off on it but as it already had been approved, why not? Tactics were the job of the military but he had to decide whether it was a good idea. Perhaps he was too hasty.

What's important now is how he will respond. Will he investigate or sweep it under the rug?

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