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First US soldier to die directly from a Trump directive
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GoldenRod
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First US soldier to die directly from a Trump directive
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/29/world/middleeast/american-commando-killed-in-yemen-in-trumps-first-counterterror-operation.html?_r=0
WASHINGTON — One American commando was killed and three others were wounded in a fierce firefight early Sunday with Qaeda militants in central Yemen, the military said on Sunday. It was the first counterterrorism operation authorized by President Trump since he took office, and the commando was the first United States service member to die in the yearslong shadow war against Al Qaeda’s Yemen affiliate.
Members of the Navy’s SEAL Team 6 carried out the surprise dawn attack, and the military said that about 14 Qaeda fighters were killed during a nearly hourlong battle. A Qaeda leader — a brother-in-law of Anwar al-Awlaki, the American-born cleric and top Qaeda leader in Yemen, who died in a drone strike in 2011 — was believed to have been killed.
After initially denying that there were any civilian casualties, American officials said they were assessing reports that women and children had died in the attack.
The military’s Joint Special Operations Command had been planning the mission for months, according to three senior American officials. Obama administration aides had deliberated extensively over the proposed operation, weighing the value of any information that might be recovered against the risk to the Special Operations forces plunging into hostile territory. But administration officials ultimately opted to hand the decision on the mission to their successors.
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In a statement on Sunday, Mr. Trump called the raid “successful” and said that it had captured “important intelligence that will assist the U.S. in preventing terrorism against its citizens and people around the world.” He also lamented the loss of the American service member “in our fight against the evil of radical Islamic terrorism.”
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I fully understand that as Commander In Chief, the president has to order the military to actions, and I don't question this mission (because it was actually thought out and planned for months), but I just hope there's some tiny shred of humanity in him somewhere that finally realizes that when he signs off on things, he literally holds people's lives in his tiny little hands.... 
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Posted 1/31/17 10:08 AM  |
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RainyDay
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First US soldier to die directly from a Trump directive
Probably not.....after all Obama administration was planning this for months prior and Trump just pulled the trigger. I'm sure in his mind it some how falls back on the Obama adminstration
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| Posted 1/31/17 10:22 AM |
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