Was Trump's first raid LEAKED? Al Qaeda fighters 'were heavily armed and knew troops were coming' before botched raid that killed little girl and Navy SEAL 

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Nawar al-Awlaki, also known as Nora, was among the non-combats killed in the raid, which also resulted in the death of several Yemeni women

Fighters for al Qaeda were apparently prepared for Donald Trump's first military raid as president, it's been claimed.

An eight-year-old American girl and a SEAL Team Six member have been named after they were killed in President Trump's first military raid, in which officials have said 'almost everything went wrong.'

It involved 'boots on the ground' at an al Qaeda camp near al Bayda in south central Yemen, officials confirmed in a statement to NBC.

An official told the news outlet that the raid was directed from a US base in Djibouti. 

Officially, it was to search for 'information that will likely provide insight into the planning of future terrorist plots'.  

A US official told ABC News that SEAL Team Six members took a Marine MV-22 from the Gulf of Aden-based ship, the USS Makin Island, to get to the compound on a moonless night.

SEAL Team Six is the US Navy's special forces team that gained worldwide fame for killing Osama bin Laden. 

That source told the news outlet that with armed drones above, the SEALs got to the compound where they were instantly met with heavy fire - and it was obvious that al Qaeda compound fighters had been expecting the Americans.

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Nora, was the daughter of Anwar al-Awlaki (pictured), an American al Qaeda leader, born in New Mexico who was killed in a US strike ordered by Obama five years ago

Per ABC, Pentagon spokesman Capt. Jeff Davis said Monday there'd been female fighters who 'ran to pre-established positions as though they had trained to be ready and trained to be combatants and engaged with us'.

Chief Special Warfare Operator William 'Ryan' Owens, a 36-year-old from Illinois, was killed in a firefight which left three other SEALs hurt, according to the news outlet.

Three different servicemembers were hurt when a Marine MV-22 meant to medevac those who'd been injured sufferd a 'hard landing', ABC News reported.

Fourteen al Qaeda fighters were killed in the raid, it's been revealed. 

Nawar al-Awlaki, also known as Nora, was among the non-combats killed in the raid, which also resulted in the death of several Yemeni women.  

The eight-year-old, Nora, was the daughter of Anwar al-Awlaki, an American al Qaeda leader, born in New Mexico, who was killed in a US strike ordered by President Obama five years ago.  

He was killed by a drone on September 30, 2011, after the Justice Department approved killing him in a memorandum that was disclosed in 2014. 

The memo said: 'We do not believe that al-Awlaki's US citizenship imposes constitutional limitations that would preclude the contemplated lethal action.' 

United States intelligence believed that al-Awaki was a potential successor to Osama Bin Laden.  

Defense Secretary James Mattis said in a statement: 'Ryan gave his full measure for our nation, and in performing his duty, he upheld the noblest standard of military service.' 

The only other American citizen killed was the SEAL, Chief Special Warfare Operator William 'Ryan' Owens

Nora's grandfather, Nasser al-Awlaki, is Yemen's former agriculture minister and told NBC news: 'My granddaughter was staying for a while with her mother, so when the attack came, they were sitting in the house, and a bullet struck her in the neck at 2:30 past midnight. Other children in the same house were killed.' 

He said she died two hours after being shot.  

He continued, 'They (referring to the SEALs) entered another house and killed everybody in it, including all the women. They burned the house. There is an asumption there was a woman from Saudi Arabia who was with al Qaeda. All we know is that she was a children's teacher.' 

The fate of the girl's mother has not been confirmed. However, al-Awlaki's brother-in-law was killed in the raid.  

This was the president's first clandestine strike, and not one that was originally ordered by former President Obama. It involved 'boots on the ground' at an al Qaeda Camp near al Bayda in south central Yemen (pictured)

After American service members landed on the ground, a two-hour gun battle ensued. Some al Qaeda fighters were women, and they were among the casualties, reported the San Diego Union Tribune. 

Al Qaeda has claimed that 30 civilians have died. 

National security experts believe that the death of the girl will be used as a part of al Qaeda propaganda methods.  

Pictured: The rubble of a building destroyed by a US drone air strike that targeted suspected al Qaeda militants. The strike killed Abdulrahman al-Awlaki, son of Anwar and brother of Nora. National security experts believe that the death of the girl will be used as a part of al Qaeda propaganda methods