The U.S. started a covert war in Yemen in 2009. Since then, the country has faced one of the worst humanitarian disasters in modern history. This fact sheet covers the story from 2009 thru 2015
Dec. 29, 2009: U.S., Yemen reviewing targets for possible strike. "al Qaeda in Yemen" said to claim responsibility for Detroit incident (read).
Dec. 28, 2009: Obama vows 'accelerated offensive' in Yemen (read).
Dec. 27, 2009:
Sen. Joe Lieberman: "we have a growing presence (in Yemen)...
Special Operations, Green Berets, intelligence... If we don’t act
preemptively, Yemen will be tomorrow’s war." ( 1
, 2
).
Dec. 27, 2009: U.S. bombs Sa'ada governor's house, Houthis say (read).
Dec. 17, 2009: Barack Obama ordered airstrikes on the Middle Eastern country of Yemen, (read) killing 63 civilians, 28 of whom were children (read).
Dec. 13, 2009: U.S. sent special forces to Yemen to train its army (read).
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