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Witnesses Say US Military Killed Fleeing Yemeni Child in Latest Botched Raid

30-5-2017 < Blacklisted News 55 78 words
 

The Pentagon said last week that there were “no credible indications of civilian casualties” from the latest U.S. Navy SEALs raid on a village in Yemen. Yet new reporting by The Intercept, citing eyewitness accounts, offers more evidence to contradict the military’s claim. Residents of the village in Mareb province said that there were in fact 10 civilians killed and wounded, including a 15-year old child who was trying to flee a barrage of firing from Apache helicopters.

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