US Mercenaries fail to assassinate Yemeni politician, shoot at civilians, blow up SUV (Video)

[FIVR]

US mercenaries (former navy SEALs amongst them) failed to assassinate a Yemeni politician using a bomb and were caught on video. In the video, these state-sponsored terrorists can be seen shooting at civilians and setting bombs on a crowded public street. I can't link the video because buzzfeed doesn't allow it, but if you look in the link below there is a video. The article is quite long but also quite good.

It doesn't surprise me that US military members turn to terrorism to get their "fix" after they wash out of the military. These people were trained murderers and terrorists for years... they don't have many other skills. I just wish they would target military objectives instead of civilians and politicians. I guess that is too much to ask for.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/articl...assassination-us-yemen-uae-spear-golan-dahlan

 

[Josephus312]

US mercenaries (former navy SEALs amongst them) failed to assassinate a Yemeni politician using a bomb and were caught on video. In the video, these state-sponsored terrorists can be seen shooting at civilians and setting bombs on a crowded public street. I can't link the video because buzzfeed doesn't allow it, but if you look in the link below there is a video. The article is quite long but also quite good.

It doesn't surprise me that US military members turn to terrorism to get their "fix" after they wash out of the military. These people were trained murderers and terrorists for years... they don't have many other skills. I just wish they would target military objectives instead of civilians and politicians. I guess that is too much to ask for.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/articl...assassination-us-yemen-uae-spear-golan-dahlan

You do realize that mercenaries are not under US military command? They are no different than the ones who joined ISIS from your homeland, Russia.

 

[FIVR]

One thing that really strikes me from watching the video: These guys really suck ass at combat. The guy carrying the bomb doesn't even know where to go. They shoot at anything that moves. They almost blow themselves up (and are clearly within the blast radius when it goes off).

Why do these guys suck so much?

 

[FIVR]

You do realize that mercenaries are not under US military command? They are no different than the ones who joined ISIS from your homeland, Russia.

Lol. DoD bot doesn't even know DoD policy.


You do realize that the US military has to approve of any postings of former US military personnel like Navy SEALs in foreign countries like the UAE, right? You are American, right?


You think former Navy SEAL Capt. Johnny Badass can go work as a trained killer for MBS or the Sultan of Dubai without approval from US government?

 

[Josephus312]

Lol. DoD bot doesn't even know DoD policy.


You do realize that the US military has to approve of any postings of former US military personnel like Navy SEALs in foreign countries like the UAE, right? You are American, right?


You think former Navy SEAL Capt. Johnny Badass can go work as a trained killer for MBS or the Sultan of Dubai without approval from US government?

No, not as mercenaries. They are not under US command, they are absolutely doing this without any form of support from the US chain of command.

You should probably look up what a mercenary is, per definition they are not acting in accordance with US military law.

Just report back that this didn't get any traction because you were not properly informed. I'm sure they'll give you your rubles for your effort.

Also, from the video, these are not SEAL's at all, these are yahoos from the national guard or something.

 

[dainthomas]

I wonder if how bad they suck is due to a lack of intel/support that they would receive while working for the US military?

 

[Jhhnn]

No, not as mercenaries. They are not under US command, they are absolutely doing this without any form of support from the US chain of command.

You should probably look up what a mercenary is, per definition they are not acting in accordance with US military law.

Just report back that this didn't get any traction because you were not properly informed. I'm sure they'll give you your rubles for your effort.

Also, from the video, these are not SEAL's at all, these are yahoos from the national guard or something.

You don't know that they didn't receive US support. You're also ignoring the fact that mercenaries are just a way to hold plausible deniability when it goes to Hell in a hand basket.

 

[Josephus312]

You don't know that they didn't receive US support. You're also ignoring the fact that mercenaries are just a way to hold plausible deniability when it goes to Hell in a hand basket.

You are correct that I won't know that they didn't receive US support but if they did that would be against both US and international law. If it can be shown that they did recieve support then I would be in full support of charging the culprits to the highest degree of military law.

However, from what is KNOWN they are mercenaries doing what mercenaries do.

I'm going to say that these are mercenaries without support until such support is shown to be actually true. You may assume whatever the fuck you will as you always do and cling to that as a fact even when shown to be wrong, as you always do.

 

[KMFJD]

What do you suppose would happen if the Houthi's had captured them?

 

[Josephus312]

What do you suppose would happen if the Houthi's had captured them?

Imprisonment and used as bargaining chip, they don't have much else to do.

 

[KMFJD]

Imprisonment and used as bargaining chip, they don't have much else to do.

Nah what do you suppose the Cheeto in charge would do if these us mercenaries where caught

 

[ivwshane]

Is this legal?

 

[Jhhnn]

You are correct that I won't know that they didn't receive US support but if they did that would be against both US and international law. If it can be shown that they did recieve support then I would be in full support of charging the culprits to the highest degree of military law.

However, from what is KNOWN they are mercenaries doing what mercenaries do.

I'm going to say that these are mercenaries without support until such support is shown to be actually true. You may assume whatever the fuck you will as you always do and cling to that as a fact even when shown to be wrong, as you always do.

Awww... I made no assumptions. You did. And if you think using mercenaries doesn't provide plausible deniability you might own some Arizona oceanfront. I'm not even saying that's the case, merely that it's possible.

I don't put much stock in any of it. Yemen is like Chinatown- we can't really tell what's going on, other than to be sure a whole shitpile of Yemenis are getting screwed.

 

[Vic]

Hey wait.. I thought Trump was supposed to be getting us out of all these foreign wars?..

 

[KMFJD]

Is this legal?

- Indeed the Geneva Conventions declares that mercenaries are not recognized as legitimate combatants and do not have to be granted the same legal protections as captured soldiers of a regular army.

- The best known post-World War II example of this was on 28 June 1976 when, at the end of the Luanda Trial, an Angolan court sentenced three Britons and an American to death and nine other mercenaries to prison terms ranging from 16 to 30 years. The four mercenaries sentenced to death were shot by a firing squad on 10 July 1976.

- The Anti-Pinkerton Act of 1893 (5 U.S.C. § 3108) forbade the U.S. government from using Pinkerton National Detective Agency employees, or similar private police companies. In 1977, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit interpreted this statute as forbidding the U.S. government from employing companies offering "mercenary, quasi-military forces" for hire

 

[FIVR]

No, not as mercenaries. They are not under US command, they are absolutely doing this without any form of support from the US chain of command.

You should probably look up what a mercenary is, per definition they are not acting in accordance with US military law.

Just report back that this didn't get any traction because you were not properly informed. I'm sure they'll give you your rubles for your effort.

Also, from the video, these are not SEAL's at all, these are yahoos from the national guard or something.

Read the article, there were US Navy SEALs among the team. I don't know if the retard who almost blew himself up with that bomb was a Navy SEAL or if it was his buddies taking pot shots at random civilians, but at least some of them were former US special operations personnel, including SEALs.

It's pretty funny to see the equivocations and knee-jerk defenses you put up for the obviously illegal and immoral actions of US military personnel here. What is it about US terrorism that makes you unable to even bother to read this article before you stumble in here and mount a defense?

 

[FIVR]

Is this legal?

Trump took these dogs of war their leash. He might want to put them back on the leash considering these dogs can't hunt. They almost blew themselves up.

 

[FIVR]

I wonder if how bad they suck is due to a lack of intel/support that they would receive while working for the US military?

US approval does not equal material US support. Most likely Trump has approved of the use of former SOF by the UAE.

In the video you can see that UAE MRAPs vehicles are supporting the assassination team. So they definitely do have state support it's just that the US has allowed the UAE to take the blame for their actions.


I wonder who was flying the drone that recorded this video? Something tells me that perhaps US drone operators were the ones to leak this video, probably because they were so outraged by the actions of their countrymen they felt they needed to take action.

 

[Cr0nJ0b]

What I'm wondering, outside of the political debate here, is whether it's legal for US citizens to go blow things up in a foreign country. I always thought that if you kill someone or blow things up in other countries, you are still subject to US law as a citizen. Isn't that right? Maybe just my bad assumption. Would Yemen have to try the mercs and ask for extradition? Weird world.

 

[KMFJD]

Read the article, there were US Navy SEALs among the team. I don't know if the retard who almost blew himself up with that bomb was a Navy SEAL or if it was his buddies taking pot shots at random civilians, but at least some of them were former US special operations personnel, including SEALs.

It's pretty funny to see the equivocations and knee-jerk defenses you put up for the obviously illegal and immoral actions of US military personnel here. What is it about US terrorism that makes you unable to even bother to read this article before you stumble in here and mount a defense?

Ex-US Navy SEALs

 

[FIVR]

Ex-US Navy SEALs

Yes, that's what I meant to say. They are not active duty Navy SEALs.


That doesn't mean they have no connection to the US government, or that the government doesn't know what they're up to.

 

[FIVR]

What I'm wondering, outside of the political debate here, is whether it's legal for US citizens to go blow things up in a foreign country. I always thought that if you kill someone or blow things up in other countries, you are still subject to US law as a citizen. Isn't that right? Maybe just my bad assumption. Would Yemen have to try the mercs and ask for extradition? Weird world.

There are certain countries where Americans, especially member of the US military or associated forces, are allowed to act with total impunity. They can disregard any and all laws.

Examples of these countries: Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq, Afghanistan. If you want to murder somebody and face no consequences, join a military contractor and go to Iraq or Afghanistan. You'll be payed 80-200k/yr depending on your skill set and you can kill anybody who is part of the local population. Worst case scenario they'll fire you and you won't get to go back. There are multiple cases of US military contractors killing all sort of people and when they were caught they flew them back to USA and payed them and told them "thanks but we're not looking for that right now"


The US has even gone so far as to pass laws that specifically outlaw the protection of US citizens for war crimes. At the same time, we constantly decry these same nations for war crimes.

 

[Victorian Gray]

Trump took these dogs of war their leash. He might want to put them back on the leash considering these dogs can't hunt. They almost blew themselves up.

Trump had what political position/power in 2015/16?

 

[FIVR]

Trump had what political position/power in 2015/16?

My bad. You're right, this is Obama's fault.


One thing the Trump presidency has taught me is that Obama was a huge pussy who let the MIC walk all over him and basically made him a figurehead president in relation to foreign policy. The way you can tell Obama is still a huge pussy is he continues to pretend that Trump, a Russian plant, is a legitimate president and refuses to publicly comment on the ongoing destruction of our nation.

 

[Victorian Gray]

My bad. You're right, this is Obama's fault.


One thing the Trump presidency has taught me is that Obama was a huge pussy who let the MIC walk all over him and basically made him a figurehead president in relation to foreign policy. The way you can tell Obama is still a huge pussy is he continues to pretend that Trump, a Russian plant, is a legitimate president and refuses to publicly comment on the ongoing destruction of our nation.

Dude, you try waaaaaay too hard.