(UDHAYAM, WASHINGTON) – Bill Owens, the father of a US Navy Seal killed during a raid on a suspected Al-Qaeda compound in Yemen last month, has refused to meet President Trump.
Mr. Owens had refused to meet with commander-in-chief and his daughter Ivanka after he was informed that they were coming to pay their respects.
William “Ryan” Owens’ death left his father calling for a government investigation into the attack. Owens was reportedly killed in a firefight with AQAP militants.
In an interview with the Miami Herald, Mr. Owens expressed his rage at the raid that killed his son saying “For two years prior, there were no boots on the ground in Yemen – everything was missiles and drones – because there was not a target worth one American life. Now, all of a sudden we had to make this grand display?”
The raid was approved just six days into the Trump presidency and is believed to have killed several civilians, including children.
