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Viewpoint: Trump White House Escalates War on Yemen After Two Years of Bombing

https://www.newsghana.com.gh/viewpoint-trump-white-house-escalates-war-on-yemen-after-two-years-of-bombing/

By Abayomi Azikiwe, Editor, Pan-African News Wire

United States President Donald Trump paid special tribute to the widow of a Navy Seal, Ryan Owen, who was killed in what many say was a botched military operation in the Yemen highlands village of al-Ghayil in the Bayda province during the first week of his administration.

People flee clashes near the Aden international airport in Aden, Yemen, on March 25, 2015. The Shiite Houthi group took control over Aden international airport after the retreat of tribal militia on Wednesday evening, a security official told Xinhua. (Xinhua)
People flee clashes near the Aden international airport in Aden, Yemen, on March 25, 2015. The Shiite Houthi group took control over Aden international airport after the retreat of tribal militia on Wednesday evening, a security official told Xinhua. (Xinhua)

Calling the slain soldier a hero during his speech to a joint session of Congress, and not mentioning at all the deaths of Yemeni civilians slaughtered by weapons utilized for what many believed was an attempt to assassinate a leader of the Al-Qaeda of the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), Sheikh Abdel-Raouf al-Dhahab, the Trump administration signaled its commitment to continuing the genocidal war against this Middle Eastern country.

Contrasting the presence of Owen’s widow at the Trump speech, the father of the Navy Seal, William Owens, strongly disagreed that the raid was a success asking: “Why at this time did there have to be this stupid mission when it wasn’t even barely a week into [President Trump’s] administration? For two years prior … everything was missiles and drones (in Yemen)….Now all of a sudden we had to make this grand display?” (NBC News, Feb. 28)