tagged w/ US in Yemen
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The US is facing fresh questions over its role in a deadly attack in late 2009 on an alleged Al-Qaida camp in Yemen. A rights group has published what it says is new evidence of US involvement in the strike. 55 people, including 14 women and 21 children, died in the attack, which also killed 14 alleged al-Qaida members.The US is facing fresh questions over its role in a deadly attack in late 2009 on an... more
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An air strike in Yemen supposedly targeting al-Qaida missed its mark and killed a mediator and his relatives, prompting members of his tribe to blow up an oil pipeline in clashes that followed.An air strike in Yemen supposedly targeting al-Qaida missed its mark and killed a... more
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Reuters reports that the Pentagon plans to boost U.S. military assistance to Yemen's special operations forces. U.S. military and intelligence agencies have sought to keep their expanding roles in Yemen quiet, in part to avert a public backlash against the government.Reuters reports that the Pentagon plans to boost U.S. military assistance to... more
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Hundreds of children have either been killed or used as child soldiers in fighting between Yemeni government forces and Houthi-led Shia rebels in the north of the country since last August, according to a new report by the childrens rights group Seyaj Organization for Child Protection with support from the UN Children’s Fund.
It says some 89,000 children have been forced to flee their homes with their families, while "187 children were killed, 402 exploited as soldiers by Houthis, and another 282 recruited by pro-government local militias."
This news comes as the Pentagon has approved $150 million in military aid to Yemen.Hundreds of children have either been killed or used as child soldiers in fighting... more
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International human rights groups are urging world leaders to pressure the government of Yemen to respect human rights and to not use the United States’ so-called “war on terrorism” to further violate them.
The activists say Yemen’s government is deceiving its international partners by presenting political activists as terrorists, citing the trials of people opposing the war in the country’s north as well as those members of the southern movement, which is demanding autonomy in the region.International human rights groups are urging world leaders to pressure the government... more
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Yemeni officials are dismissing the threat posed by al-Qaida in their country as exaggerated. The statements by Yemen's foreign minister, chief of national security and Interior Ministry came a day after President Obama promised to step up U.S. military intervention in the country.Yemeni officials are dismissing the threat posed by al-Qaida in their country as... more
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