Even as the humanitarian crisis precipitated by Saudi Arabia’s more-than-three-year war in Yemen has deepened, the Pentagon earlier this year launched a new classified operation to support the kingdom’s military operations there, according to a Defense Department document that appears to have been posted online inadvertently.
The
existence of the new classified operation, code-named Yukon Journey,
was partially revealed in a Defense Department inspector general report
posted online earlier this month, which noted that “the Secretary of
Defense designated three new named contingency operations: Operation
Yukon Journey, and operations in Northwest Africa and East Africa.”
The
three operations, which focus on al-Qaida and ISIS, are classified, the
report notes, and the Pentagon has not publicly disclosed their
location beyond saying they are in the Middle East and Africa.
But another document posted earlier this year
on a Pentagon-affiliated website identifies Yukon Journey as a Central
Command operation supporting the “Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Partner
Nations in Yemen.”
The
existence of a classified operation in Yemen raises the possibility
that even as the Pentagon scales back unclassified operations, such as
refueling Saudi-led coalition aircraft, covert support, to include
possible U.S. special forces on the ground, could continue.
The
document, marked for official use only, was posted on the All Partners
Access Network, an unclassified website the Defense Department uses to
share information with NGOs and humanitarian organizations...
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