Yemen: Al-Qaeda Knew SEALs Were Coming
February 1st, 2017Via: ABC:
Al-Qaeda fighters seemed ready for Sunday’s deadly Navy SEAL raid in Yemen, a source familiar with the action told ABC News, almost as though they knew the Americans were coming.
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Accompanying the SEALs on the raid were dozens of special operations forces from a partner nation in the region, the source familiar with the raid told ABC News.
With armed drones flying overhead, the SEALs arrived at the compound under the cover of darkness and immediately took heavy fire, the source said.
According to the source, it was clear that the AQAP fighters in the compound knew the Americans were coming and engaged them with heavy weapons.
On Monday, Davis said there were women among the AQAP fighters who “ran to pre-established positions as though they had trained to be ready and trained to be combatants and engaged with us.”
Odd.
Tip-off? Leak? Surveillance drones spotted earlier?
@Dennis: “Accompanying the SEALs on the raid were dozens of special operations forces from a ‘partner’ nation in the region”
@Prov
Ah…gotcha.