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days news. but now on bbc news, a special programme on unit of the war against al-qaeda versus united states. there is uncovered evidence that this operation has escalated. that yemen civilians had been killed and that things are being undermined. this film contains graphic images that some viewers may find disturbing. yemen, i've been covering the devastating war here since it began four years ago. i have come back to investigate a different conflict. the escalation against al-qaeda and united states and yemen. there has been little

reporting on the ground about what the us is doing here. but two years ago, one operation made headlines. us forces launched a surprise raiding in united overnight. targeting and al-qaeda. the raid went wrong on almost from the beginning, leaving a navy seal dead. a highly successful raid that will lead to many more victories the future against our enemy. i was hearing reports questioning how successful that mission was, and i was also hearing about civilian casualties. i wanted to go back and see for myself what had happened that night, but also what it might reveal about the larger counterterrorism operation of the us were conducting. yemen has been wracked by war between armed factions since 2014. on one side, a group from northern yemen with links to iran. against them, many tribes

at a coalition including government troops from yemen, saudi arabia, and the united arab emirates supported by the united states. at the same time, the us has been trying to talk at isis and al-qaeda here. ——target. the navy seal raid was on the village on the front line between the tribes. since i heard about the raid, i have been trying for months to get access to the village. i finally got a phone call, i was going to be picked up by somebody from the village and be driven there. this village is a very dangerous place to get to because it sits in the middle of several front lines. you have the group, the tribes, and you have

to government fighting there. you also have elements of al-qaeda so this exposes everyone to the danger of us strikes. on the way, the driver stopped at a clearing where he told me that this is where american specialforces had landed ...they had a check for seven km to the village so we had retraced their trip to the village. on the 29th of january, 2017, navy seals attacked an al-qaeda headquarters here according to a pentagon statement. it says they met resistance, including from numerous female fighters. one american soldier was killed and three others injured.

i wanted to talk to the eyewitnesses that had survived the raid to hear their narrative about what happened. local tribal leader has been in hiding since the raid and has not been interviewed about what happened until now. he says he and his tribe had been fighting on the side backed by the united states. at 2am, he says his 11—year—old son was on the roof and sock armed men approaching.

——saw. thinking they were houthis, he shouted out. he says the commandos shot him through the heart. his family returned fire. he survived that night, but his wife was killed. a man's grandson was killed. the people told me that at least 7 women and ten children were killed that night. the youngest was a three—month—old. the pentagon acknowledged that civilians including children were likely killed and what they call a ferocious fire fight. but they said the navy seals had obtained valuable intelligence and taken out al-qaeda leaders, including two brothers. they deny that they had anything to do with al-anda. he says one of them was a tribal commander with that yemen army,

this was told to us by the yemen government. the family did have connections to al-qaeda in the past. the family is symbolic of the complexities of yemen politics. you have people of his family who did choose to join al-anda. you have members who did not and chose to fight them. the brother—in—law, the leader who was killed in a drone strike in 2011. the 8—year—old daughter, annis, was killed in the raid. the family said that she was shot in the neck. the members of the

family that i spoke to told me that they had paid a really hard pricejust because they were part of the family. the villagers say close to 30 were killed. most are buried in the cemetery. department of defence investigations concluded that there are between four and 12 civilian casualties and that about 35 enemy combatants had been killed. the dod would not comment on the brothers. they said there was no evidence of incomplete information, incompetence, poor decision—making, or bad judgement. they also said lessons had been learned that will be applied to future operations. the raid marked the beginning of the dramatic escalation of the us‘s

ongoing war in al-qaeda and yemen. during president obama's eight years in office, the united states carried out around 154 drone strikes in yemen. and president trump's two years, there have been around 176. our priority is against the fight against al-qaeda and the arabian peninsula. this is a franchise al-qaeda threat. this is the franchise of al-qaeda that has demonstrated ability to try to attack our homeland. the roads leading out of the village with the wreckage of cars destroyed by drone strikes. while i was in yemen, i heard about the drone strike that recently happened. it was in the central region. it all started apparently when a boy had joined al-anda. this is the boy's uncle. he took me

to meet his young nephew. for his safety, we agreed not to show his face. he said he ran away from home with friends tojoin face. he said he ran away from home with friends to join al-anda. al-qaeda and yemen does notjust preach jihad al-qaeda and yemen does notjust preachjihad against the al-qaeda and yemen does notjust preach jihad against the united states, but also against the uae forces and houthis, all of them they consider infidels. this is very complex. you have conflicts about who is fighting who. the people on

the ground are telling me that many at the men who are joining al-qaeda is joining at the men who are joining al-qaeda isjoining for local at the men who are joining al-qaeda is joining for local reasons and local conflicts, and not necessarily because they want to join the global jihad. according to villagers, on the 26th of january 200016 jihad. according to villagers, on the 26th ofjanuary 200016 —— 2016, some rescued him by car to rescue him from al-anda. while driving, they came under attack. the family say that people were killed in the strike. he isa he is a soldier in the army, he said the boys father was a taxi driver and two other uncles who were killed we re and two other uncles who were killed were also in the yemen army. he prepared the state basically the

names of his relatives. he wants the united states to pay compensation for deaths. he said that he is the sole providerfor over 30 for deaths. he said that he is the sole provider for over 30 family members. we asked the pentagon about the strike and the account of the death. the pentagon declined the bbc‘s request for an interview, but said thatair bbc‘s request for an interview, but said that air strikes killed at least ten al-qaeda leaders. it said that it least ten al-qaeda leaders. it said thatitis least ten al-qaeda leaders. it said that it is in our national security interest to pursue violent extremist

organisations like al-qaeda and isis. they need to degrade their ability forfurther isis. they need to degrade their ability for further attacks. the largest known us special forces in the yemen happened west. the pentagon described it that a mission that killed seven al-qaeda leaders and no civilian casualties. the raid took place in a tiny little village on may 23, 2017. the people who live in the village describe in a pot of the apocalyptic scene. they were so frightened about the amount of us soldiers that were sent. they were in the helicopters, the drones. the villages state they had been waiting to tell the world of that version of what happened the night the us attacked their village. this eight—year—old back and hearing

was damaged and the raid. you un investigation later said that 50 us soldiers were involved in the attack. in addition to al-qaeda casualties, five civilians were killed, including an 80—year—old man. demand was at home at night with that a woman was at home last night with her six children. she says her 15—year—old sun was in

the army and was killed that night. this is his guide. he said that he tried to defend his family. either men did the same. —— god. in a statement that they pentagon sense, the strikes were used. the villages state the soldiers withdrew in a hurry. while banning what the family, they brought out a plastic ladder that they were struggling to open. they also had a medical backpack. within the backpack, where several laminated papers. one of the papers had 22 names on it with the blood types. i assume that they were at the names of the special ops that mission and

included two dogs. we checked out some of the names on the list and can find that they were navy seals. to protect their identities, we are obscuring their needs. the pentagon would not comment on the list, saying we will not discuss our tactics, techniques, and procedures. several sources with experience in special forces operations told us that even taking a list of full needs on a mission was a grave mistake. backin back in the village, two years after the raid, family state they still do not understand why the united states attacked their village. the yemen i had talked to all of

them had a common fear, a fear of something that is completely out of their control, at the john strikes, their control, at the john strikes, the raids, and said that nasa fear and confusion that they are fairly and confusion that they are fairly and this complicates it more. since the raid, that has been a lot of joan strikes. including a strike that hit this car and killed the driver. this house has been hit three times. he said three of his bodyguards were

killed. he remains in hiding. but the family's childcare, there is nowhere where satan to go. meanwhile, a new generation of yemens will know nothing but war. the hello there. it is a snow we entered the week with disruptive snow on southern britain, which is easing down on the course of friday night. it will take us to the weekend. it is looking a little quieter. plenty of dry weather with crisp winter sunshine as well. that cold air has travelled south, but it is allowing northerly winds to northern and eastern parts of the country. it will kill many showers off. we will start the weekend with ice and snow.

it could cause disruption early travelling saturday morning. does winter eat showers continued far northern and eastern scotland and down some easter coast. a better day towards wales with plenty of sunshine. in fact, towards wales with plenty of sunshine. infact, much towards wales with plenty of sunshine. in fact, much of half the country will see when certain sunshine. it will be another cold one with a brisk wind. when three showers continue around northern and eastern areas. you can see one or two. other than that, eastern areas. you can see one or two. otherthan that, it eastern areas. you can see one or two. other than that, it will be a dry, clear, and cold night despite monday morning. missed a place where those two showers had been followed. su btle those two showers had been followed. subtle change as we had into sunday. we got a small area of low pressure moving up the atlantic bringing cloud and also rain initially to northern ireland, wind—chill, but it is not until it beats the high

ground scotland well we will see significant snow, mainly in the hills. central and eastern parts of england will stay dry throughout parts that day. it will be another cold one. as he had until monday, significant area of low pressure moving through the atlantic. bringing some gales to the southwest. a pretty heavy rain, again with some snow but the higher grant of scotland. that will also be followed by sunshine and blustery showers. you can followed by sunshine and blustery showers. you can see followed by sunshine and blustery showers. you can see ten or 11 celsius there in the far southwest. that is an area of low pressure moving away, a brief of high pressure but the next area of low pressure but the next area of low pressure will make its way. it turns wetter, cloudier, and windy across the heirs. there will be some snow

around the high ground scotland but notice the temperatures. we are into double figures, a bit milder. at the wednesday... we have atlantic influence with south—westerly winds. it will be fairly brisk across the northern areas. across the eastern parts, we should see plenty of sunshine and rain across the southern and western areas. double figures across the south, about the seasonal norm. throughout the week, it looks like the atlantic will be bringing us more weather systems, south—westerly winds, outbreaks of raid, and looks like the prairie has lost the cold from the north and east. let's cold next week. the areas of low pressure will bring pressure up windy and wet weather. tonight at ten, snow and ice continue to cause treacherous

conditions on roads in wales and southern england. the white out left hundreds struggling, while thousands on the roads were trapped, delayed and had theirjourneys severely disrupted. it's very picturesque, i'm sure, but being here in the traffic is... stationary for nearly five hours now, is not a huge amount of fun. and the forecast is for more severe weather this weekend. also tonight... the dramatic moment millions of tonnes of mining waste engulfed nearby buildings, after a dam burst in south east brazil. the mother of a three—year—old girl has become the first person convicted of female genital mutilation in the uk.