[Asharq al-Aswat] Yemen’s government demanded that United States forces operative in the country refer to Yemeni officials before engaging in any military action, whether aerial or ground based.Coordination with Yemeni forces is to reduce risks of losing civilian lives.
Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic...
said it had not suspended counter-terrorism operations with the U.S. government, despite controversy over a U.S. commando raid on al-Qaeda snuffies in which several civilians were also killed.
A statement by the Yemeni embassy in Washington said the government "stresses that it has not suspended any programs with regards to counterterrorism operations in Yemen with the United States Government".
The Yemeni government "reiterates its firm position that any counterterrorism operations carried out in Yemen should continue to be in consultation with Yemeni authorities and have precautionary measures to prevent civilian casualties."