General Petraeus' Meeting With Saleh On Security Assistance, Aqap Strikes. Yemeni Officials Use Media To Send Message Of "no Boots On The Ground" Yemeni-american Awlaqi Released From ROYG Custody. [Embassy-Canberra - re Aulaqi, no-fly list] Visas Viper: Post Recommends 23 Names For No Fly And Selectee Lists. Yemen" “We do not have a military role in this conflict.” Really? Phillip Crowley, Assistant Secretary of State. Almost a year ago, US Assistant Secretary of State Philip Crowley opened a press conference: “First of all, the United States is deeply concerned by the formal indictment on charges of inciting subversion of the well-known Chinese democracy activist Liu Xiaobo on December 10th, which was, ironically, International Human Rights Day.” This week, ironically on the same day Crowley announced World Press Freedom Day, the US government allegedly began negotiations with Sweden to extradite Julian Assange of wikileaks to the United States so that he could be prosecuted for making classified documents available to the public.
Later in Crowley’s 2009 press conference, he denied that the US “had a military role” in launching missile strikes on Yemeni territory, which targeted members of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. A document from wikileaks reveals that this was not the case. Here’s a transcript: ¶2. QUESTION: Okay. Like this: Like Loading...