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U.S. acknowledges civilian deaths in Trump-authorized Yemen raid
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Feb 01, 2017 10:17pm |
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| Author | Karen DeYoung |
| News Date | Thursday, February 2, 2017 01:50:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The U.S. military said late Wednesday that civilians “were likely killed” during a Navy SEAL raid in Yemen on Saturday, a ground operation that erupted into a massive firefight that also took the life of an American sailor.
A statement issued by the U.S. Central Command said that an investigatory team “has concluded regrettably” that an unspecified number of civilians “appear to have been potentially caught up in aerial gunfire that was called in to assist U.S. forces” that were “receiving fire from all sides.”
Media reports from the region said that at least 10 Yemeni women and children were killed in the raid, the first counterterrorism operation authorized by President Trump. |
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