Sunday, December 16, 2018

America's Shadow War In Yemen Is Not Going To End Anytime Soon

A C-17A Globemaster III from the 62nd Airlift Wing touches down at the Selah Airstrip within the Yakima Training Center in Washington State during an exercise.

Warzone/The Drive: A USAF C-17 Flew A Secretive Mission Into Yemen To Rescue Wounded Emirati Troops In 2017

Congress may be debating pulling the plug on U.S. support for the Saudi-led coalition in the country, but America's own shadowy war will continue.

In 2017, a C-17A Globemaster III airlifter landed in Yemen in order to collect six wounded members of the United Arab Emirates’ military and deliver them to safety. As Congress continues to debate whether or not to keep supporting the Saudi Arabian-led coalition fighting Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, this mission is a good reminder that U.S. military will almost certainly remain engaged in its own murky operations against Al Qaeda- and ISIS-affiliated groups in the country regardless.

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WNU Editor: Even though there are signs that maybe a peaceful resolution is possible in Yemen .... Is Yemen finally on the road to peace? (Aziz El Yaakoubi & Mohammed Ghobari, Reuters), the war still continues .... Air strikes, clashes hit Yemen's Hodeida despite UN ceasefire (RTE). And as for the U.S. involvement in Yemen .... even if the U.S. Congress passes a resolution in both Houses demanding an end to the U.S. involvement in the Yemen war, the presence of Al Qaeda and America's alliance with Saudi Arabia will mean there will be a U.S. presence, albeit at a more indirect and lesser level.

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