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Man Considered Most Dangerous Terrorist In The World Killed In US Drone Strike In Yemen
political insider ^ | August 21, 2018 | Vandana Rambaran

Posted on 08/21/2018 8:12:09 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com

U.S. officials confirmed that the man considered the most dangerous terrorist in the world after Osama bin Laden and a top al-Qaeda bomb-maker was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Yemen in 2017.

Ibrahim al-Asiri, a 37-year-old from Saudi Arabia who is responsible for creating a host of bombs — including the underwear bomb intended to take down a flight from Detroit to Amsterdam on Christmas in 2009 — escaped U.S. strikes in the past, despite a $5 million bounty for his capture since 2014, according to reports by Fox News.

Al-Asiri and several associates were standing beside his car when a drone struck and killed him, a tribal leader and a source linked to the deadliest affiliate of al-Qaeda in Yemen told The Associated Press on Friday. Al-Qaeda did not memorialize al-Asiri’s death as they normally would on militant sites, and instead is focusing on identifying potential spies who could have leaked his whereabouts and contributed to his death, Fox News reported.

The top al-Qaeda bomb-maker consistently developed more sophisticated bombs to get past airport security, including explosive devices that could fit into devices such as laptops, cell phones and ink cartridges. His efforts resulted in increased TSA measures to prohibit electronics on some flights to the U.S. and intelligence officials believe he might have been developing other such explosives at the time of his death.

"A good chunk of what you have to take out of your bag and what has to be screened is because of Asiri and his capabilities of putting explosives in very difficult to find places," former CIA deputy director Michael Morell told CBS News.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: abdulmutallab; alasiri; alqaeda; amsterdam; bombmaker; detroit; dronestrike; explosives; ibrahimalasiri; iran; michaelmorell; saudiarabia; underwearbomber; undybomber; waronterror; yemen
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1 posted on 08/21/2018 8:12:09 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

Saudi using Mossad?


2 posted on 08/21/2018 8:13:52 PM PDT by firebrand
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

Thought this might be about Obama.


3 posted on 08/21/2018 8:14:03 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (The MSM is in the business of creating a fake version of reality for political reasons.)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

Did his get his 72 Helen Thomas babes? (PLEASE no pics!!!!)

He was just killing for Allah. It’s a religion of peace.


4 posted on 08/21/2018 8:14:18 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/08/20/al-qaeda-bomb-maker-killed-in-us-drone-strike-in-yemen-official-says.html

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/08/21/al-qaeda-master-bomb-maker-ibrahim-al-asiri-killed-yemen-strike/

https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/20/politics/yemeni-bombmaker-dead/index.html


5 posted on 08/21/2018 8:14:26 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

Why was George Soros in Yemen?


6 posted on 08/21/2018 8:14:28 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

Brennan was croaked?


7 posted on 08/21/2018 8:15:27 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: ClearCase_guy; KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle


Posted by someone we see no more which is too bad. Have no idea about him.
8 posted on 08/21/2018 8:15:57 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: ClearCase_guy

You are correct, but Iwas not allowed to include full title
Full Title: Man Considered Most Dangerous Terrorist In The World After Bin Laden Killed In US Drone Strike In Yemen


9 posted on 08/21/2018 8:16:51 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
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To: firebrand

Shhhh... Ixnay...


10 posted on 08/21/2018 8:17:15 PM PDT by OKSooner (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE): The 1200 pound gorilla...)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com
I'll believe it when I see the guy's head in a jar of alcohol sitting on President Trump's desk. After years of these "reports", color me skeptical.

By the way, what ever happened to Ayman al-Zawahiri? We were told that he was the "brains" and the number one terrorist. Seems they let him slip away, likely living in a seaside villa in Qatar (pronounced "gutter"). He's probably just chillin' with a cool one and couple babes, kicking back with Dancing with the Stars.
 

11 posted on 08/21/2018 8:19:26 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ("Nature, Mr. Allnut, is what we are put in this world to rise above.")
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To: SaveFerris
Do cartoons count?…
12 posted on 08/21/2018 8:21:27 PM PDT by Ouchthatonehurt
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com
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13 posted on 08/21/2018 8:24:53 PM PDT by CaliforniaCraftBeer
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

The terrorist has a $5M bounty on his head. So if they were killed by our drones does our drone pilots gets part of the bounty?


14 posted on 08/21/2018 8:27:39 PM PDT by prophetic (Trump is today's DANIEL. Shut the mouth of lions Lord, let his enemies be made the Cat Food instead.)
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15 posted on 08/21/2018 8:31:03 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

And he had blew eyes.


16 posted on 08/21/2018 8:33:41 PM PDT by umgud
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To: prophetic

I’m sure the Pilots
Took Great Satisfaction
In launching Hell Fire!


17 posted on 08/21/2018 9:01:19 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

So the drone actually struck and killed him? They probly seen the USA star on the tail.


18 posted on 08/21/2018 9:02:06 PM PDT by Delta 21 (Splodeyhead is the only cure for MAGAphobia)
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To: umgud; UMCRevMom@aol.com

Jihadist disco — disco dis way, disco dat way.


19 posted on 08/21/2018 9:47:46 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: ClearCase_guy

It is, though it will never be clear.


20 posted on 08/21/2018 10:04:50 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (no mntion whast)
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