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A few essays on communism
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Add Raid on Yakla to us_atrocities #69

Closed Nutomic closed 5 years ago

Nutomic commented 5 years ago

Seems like it would fit in. 25 civilians, including children, were murdered by US soldiers during a botched raid in Yemen.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_on_Yakla

dessalines commented 5 years ago

Thx, I'll add this soon.

dessalines commented 5 years ago

Oh nm, I noticed this is already here in this line:

In 2010, President Obama directed the CIA to assassinate an American citizen in Yemen, Anwar al-Awlaki, despite the fact that he had never been charged with any crime, killing him with a September, 2011 drone strike. Two weeks later, a separate CIA drone strike in Yemen killed his 16-year-old American-born son, Abdulrahman, along with the boy’s 17-year-old cousin and several other innocent Yemenis. In January 2017, Trump ordered a SEAL strike, and reports from Yemen quickly surfaced that 30 people were killed, including 10 women and children. Among the dead: the 8-year-old daughter of Anwar Awlaki, sister of the 16 year old killed by Obama. 1

Nutomic commented 5 years ago

Oh sorry, I Ctrl-F'd throught the list but ignored that entry because it had the year 2010.