Al Qaeda fighters 'were heavily armed and knew troops were coming' before botched raid that killed little girl and Navy SEAL
Fighters for al Qaeda were apparently prepared for Donald Trump's first military raid as President, it has been claimed.
An eight-year-old American girl and a SEAL Team Six member have been named after they were killed in President Trump's first military raid, in which officials have said 'almost everything went wrong.'
It involved 'boots on the ground' at an al Qaeda camp near al Bayda in south central Yemen, officials confirmed in a statement to NBC.
An official told the news outlet that the raid was directed from a US base in Djibouti.
Officially, it was to search for 'information that will likely provide insight into the planning of future terrorist plots'.
A US official told ABC Newsthat SEAL Team Six members took a Marine MV-22 from a Gulf of Aden-based ship, the USS Makin Island, to get to the compound on a moonless night.
SEAL Team Six is the US Navy's special forces team that gained worldwide fame for killing Osama bin Laden.
That source told ABC that with armed drones above, the SEALs got to the compound where they were instantly met with heavy fire - and it was obvious that al Qaeda compound fighters had been expecting the Americans.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...rs-knew-troops-coming-raid.html#ixzz4XRVQoQZf
Fighters for al Qaeda were apparently prepared for Donald Trump's first military raid as President, it has been claimed.
An eight-year-old American girl and a SEAL Team Six member have been named after they were killed in President Trump's first military raid, in which officials have said 'almost everything went wrong.'
It involved 'boots on the ground' at an al Qaeda camp near al Bayda in south central Yemen, officials confirmed in a statement to NBC.
An official told the news outlet that the raid was directed from a US base in Djibouti.
Officially, it was to search for 'information that will likely provide insight into the planning of future terrorist plots'.
A US official told ABC Newsthat SEAL Team Six members took a Marine MV-22 from a Gulf of Aden-based ship, the USS Makin Island, to get to the compound on a moonless night.
SEAL Team Six is the US Navy's special forces team that gained worldwide fame for killing Osama bin Laden.
That source told ABC that with armed drones above, the SEALs got to the compound where they were instantly met with heavy fire - and it was obvious that al Qaeda compound fighters had been expecting the Americans.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...rs-knew-troops-coming-raid.html#ixzz4XRVQoQZf
