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Trump hints that US may have killed Al Qaeda leader in drone strike
NY Post ^ | 2/01/20 | Mary Kay Linge

Posted on 02/01/2020 3:50:40 PM PST by Libloather

President Trump appeared to confirm reports that a US drone killed the leader of al Qaeda’s Yemen branch by posting - without comment - a series of retweets Saturday.

Qassim al-Rimi, head of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, was the target of a January airstrike in Yemen, soon after another US strike killed Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, CNN reported Friday.

Al-Rimi, a veteran terror chief, was implicated in the 2008 attack on the American embassy in Sana, Yemen that killed 14, as well as in an “underwear bombing” plot in 2009, according to the New York Times.

He was the target of the first military operation Trump ordered as president, a January 2017 raid that left a Navy SEAL dead.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: blowedup; drone; terrorist; trump
“The fool of the White House got slapped at the beginning of his road in your lands,” al-Rimi scoffed at the time.

He chose poorly.

1 posted on 02/01/2020 3:50:40 PM PST by Libloather
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To: Libloather

Impeach! Impeach!


2 posted on 02/01/2020 3:51:46 PM PST by Sir Bangaz Cracka (wHAT A HOT STEAMING LOAD.)
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To: Libloather

Another room temperature Islamist DJT can notch up


3 posted on 02/01/2020 3:52:27 PM PST by BigEdLB (BigEdLB, Russian BOT, At your service)
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To: Sir Bangaz Cracka

Quit hyperventilating Nan,


4 posted on 02/01/2020 3:53:07 PM PST by BigEdLB (BigEdLB, Russian BOT, At your service)
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To: BigEdLB

If Solemani’s successor leaves Iran it’s open season.


5 posted on 02/01/2020 3:56:52 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: Libloather

Another austere Islamic scholar whacked by Bad Orange man.


6 posted on 02/01/2020 3:57:17 PM PST by MuttTheHoople
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To: Libloather

It’s too bad we didn’t try to understand him and find him a job...


7 posted on 02/01/2020 4:02:42 PM PST by 2banana (My common ground with islamic terrorists - they want to die for allah and we want to kill them.)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Solemani’s successor sure as hell won’t be driving down the streets of Baghdad!


8 posted on 02/01/2020 4:04:11 PM PST by donozark (Free Roger Stone!)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

“If Solemani’s successor leaves Iran it’s open season.”

Where I work, people will (figuratively) kill for a promotion. One has to wonder just how hard Solemani’s successor lobbied for his promotion (I kind of suspect that this guy was told his family wouldn’t last long if he turned it down).


9 posted on 02/01/2020 4:12:27 PM PST by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart - I just don't tell anyone.)
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To: Libloather

With each passing dirt-bag, it gets quieter and quieter.


10 posted on 02/01/2020 4:13:16 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Time to up our FR Monthlies by 5-10%. You'll <hardly miss it and it will help.)
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To: 2banana

He must of been part of the NASA muzzie outreach program 0bama started. ....he was a good boy. ..going to junior college in the fall....


11 posted on 02/01/2020 4:20:25 PM PST by redshawk ( I want my red balloon. ( https://youtu.be/V12H2mteniE))
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To: Libloather

All I want to hear is that Trump called a drone strike to “Get his ass” and was misinterpreted to Congress.


12 posted on 02/01/2020 4:25:22 PM PST by Bommer (2020 - Vote all incumbent congressmen and senators out! VOTE THE BUMS OUT!!!)
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To: DoughtyOne; BTerclinger
With each passing dirt-bag, it gets quieter and quieter.

Orange Man bad.

Pretty soon Air Force One is going to look like





13 posted on 02/01/2020 4:42:30 PM PST by Ezekiel (The pun is mightier than the s-word. Goy to the World!)
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To: Libloather

I love all of this winning.


14 posted on 02/01/2020 4:46:20 PM PST by Parley Baer
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To: Libloather

They need to get al Zawahri.


15 posted on 02/01/2020 4:55:25 PM PST by Brilliant
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To: Libloather

Just when Pelosi thought things couldn’t get worse.


16 posted on 02/01/2020 6:46:19 PM PST by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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To: Ezekiel

Yeah, with Melania cutsie-doll painting on the for side pannel...


17 posted on 02/01/2020 7:47:36 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Time to up our FR Monthlies by 5-10%. You'll <hardly miss it and it will help.)
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To: Libloather

Our military has been busy as of late.


18 posted on 02/01/2020 10:31:36 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (BLACK LIVES MAGA)
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To: Libloather

Got him with a “RimiShot”.

Some camel is probably munching on his nuts as revenge for being violated.


19 posted on 02/02/2020 3:23:08 AM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: Libloather

Dems decide to add killing high-level terrorists to their impeachment articles...


20 posted on 02/02/2020 7:11:48 AM PST by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches, or Trump in general, while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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