"The seizure follows past joint operations by Yemen and the United
States, including American Navy Tomahawk missile strikes against reputed
Al Qaeda encampments in 2009 about which the governments issued false or misleading statements.
Investigations by members of the Yemeni Parliament and by Amnesty
International later found that in one of those attacks, many civilians
had been killed by American-made BLU-97 cluster munitions.
The United States has not taken responsibility for the deaths or fully
acknowledged its role, raising questions about the Pentagon’s honesty
and transparency regarding its security collaboration with Yemen."
