Thread: US commando killed during deadly al Qaeda raid in Yemen

US commando killed during deadly al Qaeda raid in Yemen

By Sophia Rosenbaum
January 29, 2017 | 9:01am

A U.S. commando was killed and three other service members were wounded in a counterterrorism raid in Yemen Sunday — the first military death of President Trump’s administration.

“We are deeply saddened by the loss of one of our elite service members. The sacrifices are very profound in our fight against terrorists who threaten innocent peoples across the globe,” Gen. Joseph Votel said in a statement.
The U.S. Central Command said Sunday that during the raid, members of the Navy’s elite SEAL Team 6 — the same unit that took out Osama bin Laden in 2011 — successfully seized “information that will likely provide insight into the planning of future terror plots.”

The fourth injury happened when a military aircraft that was assisting with the mission crash landed.

The early-morning mission, which lasted about an hour, also killed 14 al-Qaida militants including senior leaders Abdul-Raouf al-Dhahab, Sultan al-Dhahab and Seif al-Nims.

An al-Qaida official claimed women and children were among the dozens injured in the “massacre.”

The surprise attack comes just about a week after US drone strikes targeted al-Qaida in the Bayda province — killing three alleged al-Qaida operatives.

http://nypost.com/2017/01/29/us-comm...raid-in-yemen/

An al-Qaida official claimed women and children were among the dozens injured in the “massacre.”

They always do.