The April 2014 US bombing campaign in Yemen

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EDITED BY Zack Beauchamp

2014-04-22 16:08:21 -0400

  1. Why did the US bomb Yemen in April 2014?
  2. Hadn't the US been bombing Yemen before April 2014?
  3. Why did the US launch such an intense campaign in April 2014?
  4. Did the US bombing campaign in Yemen hurt al-Qaeda?
  5. Did the US bombing campaign in Yemen kill civilians?

  1. Card 1 of 5

    Why did the US bomb Yemen in April 2014?

  2. Card 2 of 5

    Hadn't the US been bombing Yemen before April 2014?

  3. Card 3 of 5

    Why did the US launch such an intense campaign in April 2014?

  4. Card 4 of 5

    Did the US bombing campaign in Yemen hurt al-Qaeda?

  5. Card 5 of 5

    Did the US bombing campaign in Yemen kill civilians?

    Yes. The New America Foundation's data suggests three civilians were killed during the campaign; the Bureau of Investigative Journalism thinks the number could be as high as 10.

    The US campaign planners knew in advance that the risk of civilian casualties was high. Between 2009 and April 2014, somewhere in the range of 10 and 20 percent of all people killed by US drone strikes in Yemen were civilians, depending on the source. In December 2013, a US strike hit a Yemeni wedding party by mistake, killing 12.