Posted on 10/01/2011 11:27:05 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
Reporting from Washington— In the wake of the U.S. drone strike in Yemen that killed two Americans linked to Al Qaeda, U.S. intelligence officials were attempting to confirm reports that an inventive Saudi bomb maker for the terrorist organization also was among the dead.
News reports said one of at least two other men killed in the CIA-led operation Friday was Ibrahim Hassan Asiri, a fugitive whose signature bomb-making style has linked him to multiple attacks that were directed by the offshoot group Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
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From everything I have read and learned there is a severe lack of capable leaders in AQ. A strike like this is far more damaging than people realize and AQ in the Arabian Peninsula will take years to recover.
Despite the libertarian concerns, and I certainly understand them, this was too good to pass up.
Oh dear! Oh dear! (Dr. Smith)
That will only make them mad at us, dear boy!
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The usual suspects always say this will only goad them to retaliation but other voices say the elimination of competent leadership does indeed cripple them. Not to mention cooling the ardor of more talented prospects (into considering a career change).
Thank you, Gen. Petraeus.
I hope it hurt.
Asiri "was one of the linchpins driving the success" of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, said Rick Nelson, a counter-terrorism expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
Next thing you know, they'll claim they bagged Billy the Kid, or General Pinochet. Come On, how many of you actually think Osama was alive when he was killed/thawed out in Pakistan?
These liars are involving us in their fantasies and the MSM writes glowing reports about how aggressively Bams fighting a ten year war we are surrendering in 2012. Amazing balls!
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