Statement from the President (Confirms Ibrahim al-Asiri killed in 2017 US Counter Terrorism OP)

whitehouse.gov ^ | 10/10/19 | Whitehouse

[ransomnote]

This will confirm for the first time that Ibrahim al-Asiri, a senior al-Qa’ida bomb maker and terrorist coordinator, was killed two years ago in a United States counterterrorism operation in Yemen. Al-Asiri built explosive devices that were used in the failed Christmas Day 2009 underwear bomb attack and the disrupted printer cartridge bomb plot in 2010. He also built an explosive device intended to be used against a passenger aircraft in 2012, and the device used in the attempted assassination of the former Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. Al-Asiri’s death significantly handicapped al-Qa’ida in the Arabian Peninsula. The United States will continue to hunt down terrorists like al-Asiri until they no longer pose a threat to our great Nation.

[Moonman62]

On August 27, 2009, Abdullah blew himself up at the Jeddah palace of Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Minister of the Interior prince Mohammed bin Nayef, in attempt to assassinate him after posing as a repentant militant.[1][7][8] Abdullah, who had been recruited by Ibrahim as a suicide bomber, used a pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN) bomb that his brother had hidden in his rectum. Abdullah died in the attempt, but bin Nayef survived with minor injuries.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibrahim_al-Asiri

[PGalt]

HOORAY Chief

Detroit Metro Airport 2009. Quite a disruption to services that day.

Going upstream for this one. It took some time, but finally some justice.

[nicollo]

2017? Gee, why didn’t the President announce it the day after, isn’t that what Presidents are supposed to do?

[ransomnote]

Not if it involves national security - if it would cause problems at the time, it can wait.

[Darksheare]

This was also the dude behind the vagina bomber threat.
Yes, that was a thing for a bit back in ‘04 and not apparently attempted since.