Posted on 01/10/2019 3:21:24 AM PST by yoe
You have permission to have an adult beverage early today if you like:
(US official: airstrike kills terrorist behind USS Cole bombing)
The terrorist behind the 2000 attack on the USS Cole is believed to have been killed in a US airstrike in Yemen on Tuesday, according to a US administration official.
Jamel Ahmed Mohammed Ali Al-Badawi was an al Qaeda operative who the US believes helped orchestrate the October 12, 2000, attack on the USS Cole that killed 17 American sailors. The official said all intelligence indicators show al-Badawi was killed in a strike in Yemen as a result of a joint US military and intelligence operation.
The administration official said that al-Badawi was struck while driving alone in a vehicle and that the US assessed there was not any collateral damage.
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Sweet.
Breaking? Hardly.
You are a little late to the party.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3717668/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3717785/posts
Nice, but the Mossad would have killed him and most of his family by late 2001.
Haven’t seen much about this on the Fake News.
“Nice, but the Mossad would have killed him and most of his family by late 2001.”
Truer and more quietly than we may imagine. Best I hope for is that he spent every waking moment looking over his shoulder with sleep a rare quantity. And for all that, he still didn’t see the Big One on final.
Even though it’s an old story it’s still nice to replay a dirtbag getting smashed like a bug.
I highly doubt that.
The mills of the gods grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly fine.
The Sand Uyghurs don’t.
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