| AL-Majalah missile strikes | |||||||
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| Part of al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen | |||||||
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The al-Majalah camp attack occurred on December 17, 2009, United States fired Tomahawk cruise missiles at an alleged training camp in Al-Majalah, Abyan, killing 24–50,[1][2][3] including 14 women and 21 children.
Background[]
Since 2006, al-Qaeda had managed to regroup and grow stronger as Yemen's government struggles to hold on to its territory amid multiple rebellions and rising poverty.[4]
The attack[]
The al-Majalah camp attack took place on December 17, 2009, when Yemeni ground forces attacked an alleged training camp in Al-Majalah, Abyan, killing 24–50,[2][3] including 14 women and 21 children. Yemeni forces also carried out raids in Sana'a (arresting 13) and Arhab (killing 4 and arresting 4).
US involvement[]
According to ABC News, American cruise missiles were also part of the raids.[5][6] The U.S. denied they were involved in the strikes, despite accusations from Amnesty International.[7]
Aftermath[]
A primary target in the attacks — Qasim al-Raymi, the al-Qaeda leader who was believed to be behind a 2007 bombing in central Yemen, that killed seven Spanish tourists and two Yemenis — survived the attack.[4]
Reports of a U.S. role, and mass civilian casualties at the sites of the attacks, have sparked a public outcry and added to anti-American sentiments across the country.[4]
In Media[]
- Dirty Wars a 2013 American documentary
See also[]
- Abdulelah Haider Shaye a prominent Yemeni journalist who was jailed after reporting US involvement in the attack.
References[]
- ↑ "Yemen drones strikes cause civilians to 'fear the US as much as al-Qaeda'". The Daily Telegraph. London. October 22, 2013. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/yemen/10397294/Yemen-drones-strikes-cause-civilians-to-fear-the-US-as-much-as-al-Qaeda.html.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Hugh MacLeod and Nasser Arrabyee (January 3, 2010). "Yemeni air attacks on al-Qaida fighters risk mobilising hostile tribes". The Guardian. London. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/03/yemen-air-attacks-alqaida.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Raghavan, Sudarsan (2009-12-18). "Yemen asserts 34 rebels killed in raid on Qaeda". The Washington Post. The Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2009/12/18/yemen_asserts_34_rebels_killed_in_raid_on_qaeda/. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Hauslohner, Abigail (December 22, 2009). "Despite U.S. Aid, Yemen Faces Growing al-Qaeda Threat". Time. http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1949324,00.html.
- ↑ "Obama Ordered U.S. Military Strike on Yemen Terrorists". Abcnews.go.com. December 18, 2009. http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/cruise-missiles-strike-yemen/story?id=9375236. Retrieved April 4, 2010.
- ↑ [1][dead link]
- ↑ "Images of missile and cluster munitions point to US role in fatal attack in Yemen". http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/yemen-images-missile-and-cluster-munitions-point-us-role-fatal-attack-2010-06-04.
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