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Yemen wants US to reassess counter-terrorism strategy after botched raid
Source: The Guardian
Yemen wants US to reassess counter-terrorism strategy after botched raid
Sidelining of Trump’s national security council worries experts,
who liken decision-making process that led to civilian deaths
to ‘shooting from the hip
Julian Borger and Ben Jacobs in Washington
Wednesday 8 February 2017 20.14 GMT
The Yemeni government said on Wednesday it wants a rethink of US counter-terrorist operations on its territory after a botched commando raid on 29 January that left more than 30 civilians dead.
The Navy Seal operation, aimed at gathering intelligence on al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (Aqap), has shone light on chaotic decision-making in the Trump White House, where presidential aides, many with little foreign policy or national security experience, are competing for influence.
The Yemeni foreign minister, Abdul-Malik al-Mekhlafi, denied overnight reports that his government had ordered a halt to all ground operations by US troops in Yemen.
But he added that his government, which is also fighting a civil war against Houthi rebels, “is involved in talks with the US administration on the latest raid” which it wanted “reassessed”.
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Sidelining of Trump’s national security council worries experts,
who liken decision-making process that led to civilian deaths
to ‘shooting from the hip
Julian Borger and Ben Jacobs in Washington
Wednesday 8 February 2017 20.14 GMT
The Yemeni government said on Wednesday it wants a rethink of US counter-terrorist operations on its territory after a botched commando raid on 29 January that left more than 30 civilians dead.
The Navy Seal operation, aimed at gathering intelligence on al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (Aqap), has shone light on chaotic decision-making in the Trump White House, where presidential aides, many with little foreign policy or national security experience, are competing for influence.
The Yemeni foreign minister, Abdul-Malik al-Mekhlafi, denied overnight reports that his government had ordered a halt to all ground operations by US troops in Yemen.
But he added that his government, which is also fighting a civil war against Houthi rebels, “is involved in talks with the US administration on the latest raid” which it wanted “reassessed”.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/08/yemen-us-raid-al-qaida-counter-terrorism-strategy-trump
