New stealth weapon in US Arsenal against terror. Rat Rockets Baby!!
Posted on 05/13/2005 7:29:13 PM PDT by nypokerface
WASHINGTON (AFP) - An al-Qaeda leader from Yemen was reportedly killed this week by a missile fired by an unmanned CIA Predator plane in a mountain region of Pakistan close to the border with Afghanistan.
Haitham al-Yemeni had been under surveillance for by the US Central Intelligence Agency as it sought information in the hunt for Osama bin Laden, mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States.
After the recent capture of bu Faraj al-Libbi in Pakistan, al-Yemeni was considered Al-Qaeda's number three leader, the ABC television report said.
According to ABC, US authorities acted because they believed the Yemen militant was about to go into hiding and the CIA would neither confirm nor deny the report.
The CIA is authorized to target top al-Qaeda operatives anywhere in the world, the channel said, adding that it was unsure whether Pakistan had been informed in advance of the US decision to stage the attack.
Former CIA counter-terrorism chief Vince Cannistraro, quoted by ABC, said al-Yemeni's death was "an important step that has been taken in that it has eliminated another level of experienced leadership from the directorate of al-Qaeda itself."
The CIA used a Predator in November 2002 to blow up a vehicle carrying six al-Qaeda suspects in Yemen.
The US army has three squadrons of Predator, including the MQ-1 -- equipped with Hellfire surface-to-air missiles.
72 virgins needed at once!;)
New stealth weapon in US Arsenal against terror. Rat Rockets Baby!!
I sure hope the Air Force didn't bother getting an OK from a lawyer before shooting a Hellfire missle at him.
3? 2? ..........? When?
Time to update the scorecard: http://www.angelfire.com/ultra/terroristscorecard/
What do you mean? I'd be utterly appalled if Janet Reno and Mark Geragos were not asked to sign off on this before we took the guy out.... /sarcasm
Seriously, sounds like another good moment for the good guys....just wish we could take out a few every day until there are no more.
Unlike the first time when Sandy Berger the magic sock/pants man tried over and over to contact Slick Willy when he had Monica in the closet, as the Predator had the guy with the white robe on it's screen, then lost the window in time to do something, this time around binny boy will not even hear the big bang as he is translated down to Satan to receive his 72 shriveled up white grapes.
How cool are these predator drones...
Way cool.
hah ha. yea. and their next in line! Boooom!
Good picture.
Poor dems! They lost another fellow traveler.
I'm sure after the wake, Dusty Harry will blame Bush and Bolton and anyone else who comes to mind.
Uh, excuse me, but I thought every variety of Hellfire was air-to-ground, no?
Yeah, baby . . . you-da-drone!
They're just saying what type of missile it is for the people that don't know what a Hellfire is.... though Hellfires will do choppers just fine (along with any other slow-movers).
Someone set him up the bomb. He get signal. For great justice.
UAVs Rock
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