Posted on 02/02/2017 3:14:11 PM PST by SeekAndFind
The SEAL Team 6 raid in Yemen that resulted in the death of Chief Special Warfare Operator William "Ryan" Owens was declared a success by President Donald Trump, who praised Owens and his fellow commandos, three of whom were wounded, for "killing 14 [Qaeda] members" and "capturing important intelligence that will assist the US in preventing terrorism."
But as more details of the weekend covert counterterrorism operation emerge, it's evident that the mission didn't go according to plan.
US Central Command has now acknowledged that the raid resulted in civilian casualties, saying in a statement that an investigating team had "concluded regrettably that civilian noncombatants were likely killed" during the raid, which culminated in a nearly hourlong firefight. Central Command also conceded that children may have been among the dead.
Reports of civilian casualties first came from medics at the scene who claimed that 30 people, including 10 women and children, had been killed in the battle. Pentagon spokesman Capt. Jeff Davis told reporters that both women and men were firing at US forces.
Three unnamed US military officials told Reuters that the battle, which one described as a "brutal firefight," resulted in the deaths of at least 15 Yemeni women and children, and that one of them was indeed the 8-year-old daughter of Anwar al-Awlaki, an American citizen who was the target of a US drone strike in 2011.
The girl's death, not yet confirmed by Central Command, was first announced by members of her family. "She was hit in the neck with a bullet and suffered for two hours," her grandfather, Nasser al-Awlaki, told Reuters.
Nasser al-Awlaki said in an interview with The Guardian that he believed his granddaughter's death was not intentional.
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This was Obama’s mission. Probably telegraphed info and the enemy got it.
This was Obama’s mission. Probably telegraphed info and the enemy got it.
Few plans survive first contact.
Exactly. This mission was planned months ago. Was this one of the many ‘land mines’ they said they set for him before the inauguration?
"Ceterum censeo Islam esse delendam."
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Somebody needs a visit from Mister Clark.
Worth an in-depth investigation (leave the MSM out of it).
It really does reek of a set up
Sending SEALs into a camp inhabited by women and children, where at least some of the women had weapons training? And are known to use their children as shields?
Who would have thought that was low risk for Mattis and Trump’s first military engagement?
Otherwise, the intelligence value of what they were after had to be high value and time sensitive and worth the near certainty of killing women and children face-to-face.
Hopefully we’ll never know
and whoever is talking now should be tracked down and shut up.
Trump didn’t drain the swamp yet on the military. MANY of obamatard’s minions are still working for the ragheads.
We know so little about this that it is impossible to evaluate.
We do know that many internal and external enemies work hard to discredit anything done by the U.S. military.
I put money on someone from the obozo admin leaked
Dems probably called their buddies...
We had better get used to killing women and children.
Islamists use them as combatants and bombers all the time.
Two possible leakers: Obozo or McCain.
Sounds like the SEALs did an amazing job consider they were targeted.
Pray America woke
What will happen if it is determined that this assumption is correct? Can Obozo be held responsible for the Navy Seal’s death?
This was set up by Barky, before Trump took office and it was Barky’s people that leaked this as to make Trump look ineffective...
But guess what folks, it didn’t work...because until President Trump gets his full Cabinet sworn in and working, only then will the ‘Barky and Clinton leakers’ be brought out into the ‘sunlight’ so we all can see who they are...
Hook up your seat belts, this is going to be one heck of a ride!!!
Jarrett could just whisper in her mother’s ear or another relative is all it would take to ambush the seals.
Trump must fire every sob connected to Obama in ANY way.
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