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U.S. Special Operations Command launched a raid in Yemen’s Baida Province on Jan 29, targeting Qassim al-Rimi, the leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. The first high-profile special forces operation of Trump’s presidency, the raid resulted in the deaths of at least 14 Al Qaeda fighters, 20 civilians and Navy SEAL William “Ryan” Owens. Three other Americans were reportedly wounded and an Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft was destroyed by U.S. forces after it was heavily damaged in a forced landing.

We are sad to report that despite the change in administration, the "new" CIA is exactly the same as the "old" one.

In a stunning mockery of fact, either real, "alternative" or gratuitously made up, on Friday the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, who is also Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, received a medal from the CIA for his distinct intelligence-related counter-terrorism work and his contributions to ensure international peace and security, Al Arabiya proudly reported.

The British government has claimed it cannot halt its weapons sales to Saudi Arabia because of “serious political ramifications” Halting arms sales to Saudi Arabia over concerns that British-made weapons could be used to break humanitarian laws in Yemen would have “serious political ramifications”, a London court heard on Wednesday. Government lawyer James Eadie made the remarks during a UK High Court’s judicial review of London’s extensive arms deals with Riyadh.

The U.S. military have announced that they expect civil unrest to become a major problem in cities across America in the very near future, and have begun training soldiers to prepare for urban warfare.  In Southern Indiana, the army have built a dedicated 1000-acre urban warfare training center that contains houses, apartment buildings, schools, and hospitals. Soldiers use the facility to simulate a U.S. civil war involving members of the public. Govtslaves.info reports: In 2015, it was reported that the U.S. military was conducting urban warfare training in Broward County, Florida.

Submitted by Wayne Madsen via The Strategic Culture Foundation,