Within 24 hours of the assault on a cluster of houses in a tiny village in mountainous central Yemen, the country’s foreign minister, Abdul Malik Al Mekhlafi, condemned the raid in a post on his official Twitter account as extrajudicial killings.
Meanwhile, the US Central Command said that Yemen was not forcing a change to its anti-terror strategy after reports emerged that the Mideast country withdrew permission for US ground operations there.
Major Josh T. Jacques, a US Central Command spokesman, said that they have not been directed to stop any operations against Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, reports Fox News.
Foreign Minister Abdul-Malik al-Mekhlafi said his country called for a reassessment of the raid, but not a stop to ground operations. He added that Yemen continues to cooperate with the United States and continues to abide by all the agreements.
US Central Command said earlier this month that civilians may have been hit by gunfire from aircraft called in to assist US troops, who were engaged in the ferocious firefight on January 29.
The military said the civilians may not have been visible to the US forces because they were mixed in with militants in the compound who were firing at US troops from all sides to include houses and other buildings.
What can one say to the victims of this horror. How could one succor them or empathize? Just an assurance that the author of human life does have a say and will.
Who has not sinned? But who can although a sinner can justify such horror.
Out of sight, out of mind is the psychology of the American killing machine and I’m sure those citizens of the exceptional nation will never see these children, but He who sees everyone and everything, does see this also.
So, my fellow humans from Yemen, just a little longer and such horror will be paid in spades to the great USA, whether they believe it or not.
You or I are hamstrung to do anything, because we lack power, and it is this fact that has impelled these people who profess democracy and liberty to do this very act, because they THINK, it CAN NEVER come back to harm them.
Its why killing your children and elderly can be decided over dinner. But the author of life does have a say and will.
In view of this, I found it wise to leave the Continental US. Nevertheless, People of Yemen and Iraq and Libya and adjoining nations whom suffered such irrepreable harm, your dead shall see vindication and those of you who live will also.
Just like this present President bypassed all those in the know, so will this coming event of great harm to them and their nation, although you and I among many will have nothing to do with it. Their avarice knows no bounds and engenders such unfeeling hatred of the innocent.