Botched Yemen Raid Shows Risks of Trump’s Approach

A botched raid on al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in Yemen in January 2017 by US commando forces was emblematic of President Trump's governance style: bold, impulsive, and with a very certain disregard for consequences.

• Primary Source

The Telegraph, 08.02.17: Yemen to 'reassess' US commando operations after Donald Trump's botched raid http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/02/08/yemen-withdraws-permission-us-commando-operations-trumps-botched/

ICG: Report, No.174, February 2017: Yemen’s al-Qaeda: Expanding the Base https://www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-north-africa/gulf-and-arabian-peninsula/yemen/174-yemen-s-al-qaeda-expanding-base

ESO: Background information: Yemen’s Forgotten War: How Europe Can Lay the Foundations for Peace http://www.europeansources.info/record/yemens-forgotten-war-how-europe-can-lay-the-foundations-for-peace/

EU: EEAS: Yemen and the EU https://eeas.europa.eu/headquarters/headquarters-homepage/1877/yemen-and-eu_en

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