:Al-Majalah Missile Strikes

AL-Majalah missile strikes
Part of al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen
Date17 December 2009
Locational-Majalah, Abyan Governorate, Yemen
Result Large number of civilians killed
Casualties and losses
24-50 killed, including 14 women and 21 children

The al-Majalah camp attack occurred on December 17, 2009 when the United States military launched Tomahawk cruise missiles from a ship off the Yemeni coast on a Bedouin camp in the southern village of al-Majalah in Yemen, killing 14 alleged Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters and 41 civilians,[1][2][3][4][5] including 14 women and 21 children.

The attack

The al-Majalah camp attack took place on December 17, 2009, when United States launched cruise missiles at the site.[6][7] Initially, both the U.S. and Yemeni governments denied U.S. involvement in the strikes, despite accusations from Amnesty International.[8][9] Several months after the attack in Al Majalah, Amnesty International released photos showing an American cluster bomb and a propulsion unit from a Tomahawk cruise missile. A subsequent inquiry by the Yemeni parliament found that fourteen Al Qaeda fighters had been killed—along with forty-one civilians, including twenty-three children.[1]

A primary target in the attacks — Qasim al-Raymi, the al-Qaeda leader who was believed to be behind a 2007 bombing in central Yemen, that killed seven Spanish tourists and two Yemenis — survived the attack.[10]

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References

  1. 1 2 Filkins, Dexter (6 February 2013). "What We Don't Know About Drones". The New Yorker. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "US: Reassess Targeted Killings in Yemen". Human Rights Watch. 21 October 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Yemen drones strikes cause civilians to 'fear the US as much as al-Qaeda'". The Daily Telegraph (London). October 22, 2013.
  4. ↑ Hugh MacLeod and Nasser Arrabyee (January 3, 2010). "Yemeni air attacks on al-Qaida fighters risk mobilising hostile tribes". The Guardian (London).
  5. ↑ Raghavan, Sudarsan (2009-12-18). "Yemen asserts 34 rebels killed in raid on Qaeda". The Washington Post (The Boston Globe). Retrieved 2010-01-27.
  6. ↑ "Obama Ordered U.S. Military Strike on Yemen Terrorists". Abcnews.go.com. December 18, 2009. Retrieved April 4, 2010.
  7. ↑
  8. ↑ Spencer, Richard (7 June 2010). "US cluster bombs 'killed 35 women and children'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  9. ↑ "Images of missile and cluster munitions point to US role in fatal attack in Yemen".
  10. ↑ Hauslohner, Abigail (December 22, 2009). "Despite U.S. Aid, Yemen Faces Growing al-Qaeda Threat". Time.

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