The Yemen Address

"The Yemen Address" is a speech that U.S Vice President James Edwards delivered about the completion of Operation Good News. The speech was given in Washington D.C on the afternoon of Sunday, June 8, 2025, 68 days after the completion of the operation on April 1, 2025.

"Good evening, Tonight I can report to the American people that the United States has conducted a series of assassinations on prominent Al-Qaeda officers in the Middle Eastern country of Yemen. A Civil War has been raging in Yemen, for more than a decade and as part of a possible speedy end to the War on Terror, I, Former Secretary Dunford, President Miner, and Secretary Jones negotiated with Yemeni officials and received permission to operate militarily in their country. SOAR operatives were dispatched to Yemen and eliminated the following commanders. Khalid Batarfi, Qasim al-Raymi, and Nasir Muhammad 'Awad al-Ghidan al-Harbi

Let this be known, we did NOT declare war and we do not intend to. The purpose was to send Al-Qaeda into disarray and more unorganized then they already were. I have no regrets in these assassinations. Lethal force directed against particular individuals outside a combat zone is legally and strategically appropriate in limited circumstances. America will not stand idle while a war in the Middle East, only one of two threatens to go on for another decade. I have faith in my decision and I hope America does too."