1 US Special Forces Commando Killed, 4 Wounded in Raid on AQAP in Yemen

johngaltfla.com / by John Galt / January 29, 2017

This morning in Yemen an early morning raid by US Special Forces on buildings suspected have members of AQAP (Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula) one American soldier was killed and 4 wounded during the operation. AQAP reportedly suffered 14 killed and a trove of intelligence information, per the report from the NY Times:

Commandos flying in Osprey aircraft carried out the surprise dawn attack in Bayda Province in a ground raid that lasted just under an hour. The target was a building or series of buildings that contained information that counterterrorism officials had deemed valuable enough to warrant a ground operation rather than an airstrike, the American official said.

Gen. Joseph Votel, the head of the Pentagon’s Central Command, said in a statement: “We are deeply saddened by the loss of one of our elite service members. The sacrifices are very profound in our fight against terrorists who threaten innocent peoples across the globe.”

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