The Latest: US soldier killed in raid on al-Qaida in Yemen

It is interesting that a raid was conducted on the targeted facility instead of a series of drone strikes SGT (Join to see). I expect that based on the released details (1) that the targets hid among women and children and (2) they were important enough to be captured alive necessitated special operators assaulting the compound.
The fact that (1) 14 militants from al-Qaida's branch in Yemen, formally known as "al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula," were killed in the operation and (2) tribal officials said the Americans captured and departed with at least two unidentified individuals on Sunday indicates that the mission was an operational success at a significant cost of one SEAL killed and three service members were wounded.
Prayers for the family of the slain SEAL and full recovery of the wounded service members.

R.I.P. to the US Soldier killed.