{"id":236787,"date":"2010-01-27T10:50:26","date_gmt":"2010-01-27T15:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nw0.eu\/?p=5517"},"modified":"2010-01-27T10:50:26","modified_gmt":"2010-01-27T15:50:26","slug":"us-runs-%e2%80%99secret%e2%80%99-military-operations-in-yemen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/236787","title":{"rendered":"US runs \u2019secret\u2019 military operations in Yemen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Press TV <\/a>
\nWednesday, January 27th, 2010<\/p>\n

Washington has involved in secret joint operations in Yemen after President Barack Obama<\/a> approved US<\/a> military and intelligence teams to be dispatched to the country, the Washington Post revealed Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The operations begun six weeks ago, involving troops from the US<\/a> military\u2019s clandestine Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), whose main mission is tracking and killing suspected terrorists, the Post reported.<\/p>\n

The American agents are helping the Yemeni army develop tactics and providing Sana\u2019a forces with electronic and video surveillance, as well as three-dimensional terrain maps, the report said.<\/p>\n

In addition to \u201chighly sensitive intelligence,\u201d the US<\/a> is sending weapons and munitions to be used against what the White House describes as an al-Qaeda cell operating in the Arabian Peninsula, it added.<\/p>\n

In late December, President Obama<\/a> even approved a strike against a compound in southern Yemen where US<\/a> citizen Anwar al-Aulaqi was allegedly meeting with regional \u201cal-Qaeda leaders,\u201d the report added.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are very pleased with the direction this is going,\u201d the Washington Post quoted an unnamed senior administration official as saying of the cooperation with Yemen.<\/p>\n

Washington has also been sending a steady stream of high-ranking officials to visit Sana\u2019a, including the rarely seen JSOC commander Vice Adm. William McRaven, White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan, and head of US<\/a> Central Command Gen. David Petraeus.<\/p>\n

Earlier in January, the White House pledged $121 million in aid to help the unpopular Yemeni government<\/a> crush uprisings.<\/p>\n

However, amid rising concerns over the US<\/a> role in military operations in Yemen, the government<\/a> continues to its offensive against the country\u2019s Shia minorities in the north.<\/p>\n

Backed by the Saudi military, the operation has left hundreds killed and tens of thousands displaced in the battle zone, prompting repeated warnings of a humanitarian disaster in the making from international organizations.<\/p>\n

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