Fox news released an article that was somewhat hopeful or encouraging entitled, “US airstrikes in Yemen kill 9 ISIS militants.” A military official announced that a round of airstrikes by American drones killed nine ISIS fighters in Yemen. According to the Fox news article, this was the second time in October that the U.S. military bombed ISIS in Yemen. My immediate reaction to reading the headline of this article was that this was a form of retaliation for the terrorists recent attack in Manhattan. However, after reading further I came to realize that our military has been making plans to wipe out these terror groups in Iraq and Syria. The first time was on October 16th, the U.S. military conducted strikes in Yemen that ended up killing 50 militants inside two training camps. The article says, “The U.S. military said so far this month, it has killed over 60 ISIS fighters in Yemen as the battle to wipe out the terrorist group spreads from Iraq to Syria.” (foxnews.com). This is where I have come to understand just how active our military is in the fight against terror in the Middle East.
Our government is in coordination with the government of Yemen and according to the article, “U.S. forces are supporting ongoing counter-terrorism operations in Yemen against ISIS and AQAP to degrade the groups’ ability to coordinate external terror attacks and limit their ability to hold territory seized from the legitimate government,” said Maj. Earl Brown who is a spokesman for the U.S. military’s Central Command. It indeed is hopeful and good to know that our military is very active in helping theses places that are facing ISIS fighters in their country.
I really learned a massive amount of information from this article in particular. For example, “the U.S. military has conducted over 100 air strikes in Yemen since President Trump took office, more than the last for years combined. President Donald Trump said, “They’ll go to parts of Africa, they’ll go to other places, when they get to those places— we’ll beat them.” Well, for now that seems possible. If the Trump administration has been able to preform this great work so far and more than any in the last four years, than I believe that we can make a great stride in helping other countries face these ISIS fighters.
However, aside from just these ISIS fighters, there is a much bigger war occurring in Yemen and many White House lawmakers are supporting a bill that would halt the U.S. military involvement in Saudi Arabia’s war against the Houthi rebels in war-ravaged Yemen (foxnews.com). In another article on Fox News entitled, “America’s role in Yemen war must end, US lawmakers demand.” This bill would remove U.S. forces from unauthorized hostilities in Yemen within 30 days. However, the article makes it clear that this bill, “would not prevent the Pentagon from going after Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and ISIS, which for the first time has established a foothold in Yemen.” According the Rep. Ro Khanna, the bill will hopefully see a vote in the coming weeks.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/10/24/americas-role-in-yemen-war-must-end-us-lawmakers-demand.html
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