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ACLU sues Trump administration for records from botched Yemen raid
Source: The Guardian
ACLU sues Trump administration for records from botched Yemen raid
Lawsuit seeks to enforce freedom of information request
on decision-making process that led to controversial killings
of up to 25 civilians and one Navy Seal
Julian Borger in Washington
Monday 8 May 2017 17.24 BST
The Trump administration is being taken to court in an effort to force the release of documents connected to a military raid on Yemen that killed up to 25 civilians and left one Navy Seal dead.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit on Monday to enforce a freedom of information request it filed in March for records on the decision-making process that led up to the special forces raid on 29 January on a suspected al-Qaida base.
Donald Trump, who approved the raid after dinner with generals and defence secretary James Mattis, called the mission “successful”, but the residents of al Ghayil village in al-Bayda province told the Bureau of Investigative Journalism that 25 civilians, including nine children were killed, many as they tried to escape the gunfire on the ground and from helicopters.
The victims included US citizen Nawar al-Awlaki, the eight-year-old daughter of the al-Qaida propagandist Anwar al-Awlaki, who was killed in a September 2011 US drone strike in Yemen.
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Lawsuit seeks to enforce freedom of information request
on decision-making process that led to controversial killings
of up to 25 civilians and one Navy Seal
Julian Borger in Washington
Monday 8 May 2017 17.24 BST
The Trump administration is being taken to court in an effort to force the release of documents connected to a military raid on Yemen that killed up to 25 civilians and left one Navy Seal dead.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit on Monday to enforce a freedom of information request it filed in March for records on the decision-making process that led up to the special forces raid on 29 January on a suspected al-Qaida base.
Donald Trump, who approved the raid after dinner with generals and defence secretary James Mattis, called the mission “successful”, but the residents of al Ghayil village in al-Bayda province told the Bureau of Investigative Journalism that 25 civilians, including nine children were killed, many as they tried to escape the gunfire on the ground and from helicopters.
The victims included US citizen Nawar al-Awlaki, the eight-year-old daughter of the al-Qaida propagandist Anwar al-Awlaki, who was killed in a September 2011 US drone strike in Yemen.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/08/yemen-raid-trump-administration-aclu-lawsuit