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High-Ranking Al Qaeda Leader Reportedly Killed
Foxnews ^ | 12/10/2009 | Staff

Posted on 12/10/2009 4:53:21 PM PST by Red in Blue PA

A high-ranking Al Qaeda figure reportedly was killed Thursday in a U.S. drone aircraft attack in north Pakistan.

The attack, first reported by NBC News, was officially denied by Pakistani officials, though sources told Fox News that neither Usama bin Laden or Ayman al-Zawahiri were among those killed.

Pakistani media report six militants were killed in the attack, including four foreign fighters, a classification in the tribal areas that typically refers to Al Qaeda.

The attack was part of the expanded use of Predator drones recently authorized by the White House, sources told Fox News, though the drone attacks, which began during the Bush Administration, never have been officially confirmed because of political sensitivity in Pakistan.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; cousinbob; drone; gwot; strike; uaf
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To: Redcloak

As far as I’m concerned, they’re all “number 2’s” to me...


41 posted on 12/10/2009 7:25:50 PM PST by Zeppo ("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
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To: hattend

If he thinks he needs to, 0bama will declare that his Muslim brethren, 0sama, was killed.

Some time just before the 2010 elections...

It’s OK if 0bama lies to us. We’re infidels.


42 posted on 12/10/2009 7:30:26 PM PST by airborne (Belial sits in the White House. The 'Sons of Darkness' sit in Congress. Come Lord Jesus and free us!)
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To: G8 Diplomat

/mark


43 posted on 12/10/2009 7:38:57 PM PST by happinesswithoutpeace (You are receiving this broadcast as a dream.)
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To: samtheman

genius idea. could actually quite work.


44 posted on 12/10/2009 7:47:06 PM PST by Tulsa Ramjet ("If not now, when?" "Because it's judgment that defeats us.")
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To: Redcloak
Was it the number 3 guy again? “Al Qaeda #3” has got to be the most dangerous job in the world.

Al Qaeda #3 man is a dead end position.

45 posted on 12/10/2009 7:47:35 PM PST by NautiNurse (Obama: A day without TOTUS is like a day without sunshine)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

I’m a bit surprised we have not heard of more middle and upper AQA, AQP being blown up in recent months by air strikes. Perhaps they are getting harder to pin point since a bit more emphasis within P is being placed on hunting down AQP and Paki Taliban.


46 posted on 12/10/2009 7:51:50 PM PST by Marine_Uncle (Honor must be earned....)
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To: airborne

I’ll bet you’re right. It’ll happen around September 11th....count on it.


47 posted on 12/10/2009 7:53:35 PM PST by hattend (Who wants to be insured by Mutual of Obama?)
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To: Red in Blue PA

I take that they were not read their rights. Fine by me. How would that go? “You have the right to....resemble a smoking hole in the ground.”


48 posted on 12/10/2009 7:57:08 PM PST by 50cal Smokepole (Effective gun control involves effective recoil management)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Thank goodness they got their ticket punched instead of their nose.


49 posted on 12/10/2009 8:07:30 PM PST by Flint
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To: Red in Blue PA

World leftists deeply saddened.


50 posted on 12/10/2009 8:12:14 PM PST by popdonnelly (Yes, we disagree - no, we won't shut up - no, we won't quit.)
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To: Red in Blue PA
I'll bet it was the #3 guy in AQ. We're always finding the #3 leader and capping his sorry A$$. That's why it truly sucks to be the #4 guy in AQ because you days are literally numbered until you're the #3 guy in the organization and then your days are really numbered and the clock is ticking....
51 posted on 12/10/2009 8:19:11 PM PST by ExSoldier (Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

why don’t we pull all our folks out of Guantanamo (the prison not the whole place) and just level the prison until dead terrorists are bouncing with the rubble???

If Hellfires and Predators are good for terrorists on the other side of the world, why do we have to coddle every POS we’ve captured?

crazy country and world, we are allowed to obliterate terrorists in Afghanistan and Pak (sometimes) but all the ones at Gitmo have to be treated with kid gloves and now many of them will be brought to NYC for nutty trials with the loony left lawyers creating a field day for terror apologists and appeasers.


52 posted on 12/10/2009 8:49:46 PM PST by Enchante (Sarah Palin is a mortal threat to the vampires of the left!)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Was his miranda rights read? And what about his mandatory waffle?


53 posted on 12/10/2009 8:50:22 PM PST by Soothesayer9
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To: Redcloak
Was it the number 3 guy again? “Al Qaeda #3” has got to be the most dangerous job in the world. Not even Mike Rowe wants to mess with that one.

LOL! I was going to say something like that!

Really, I want to hear they got #1. Maybe not so many want to advance into the top slot if they can get #1.

54 posted on 12/10/2009 8:50:40 PM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: Red in Blue PA

55 posted on 12/10/2009 8:55:28 PM PST by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

I’m steeled by your insight.


56 posted on 12/10/2009 9:00:18 PM PST by freepersup (!)
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To: broken_arrow1

Bush does it - no.
Obama does it - yes


57 posted on 12/10/2009 9:05:23 PM PST by Locomotive Breath
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To: Red in Blue PA

0bama will soon put an end to any Drone activity.


58 posted on 12/10/2009 9:11:08 PM PST by unkus
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To: Red in Blue PA
The Obama administration reportedly is talking with Pakistan about expanding the program from Waziristan to Baluchistan, a controversial move since it is outside the tribal areas near the Afghanistan border.

It's good to hear that somebody in the current administration has grasped the fact that we've been without a diplomatic component to this war since last January. The enemy aren't stupid - if we offer them a sanctuary they're going to take it. And there is no real compelling reason other than sanctuary for either Zawahiri or bin Laden to be in the area. Find them, fix them, destroy them. Apologize later.

59 posted on 12/10/2009 9:17:25 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: Red in Blue PA; All

Bring 'em on, Reapers! Blow them Qaeda boys to the fires of Hades.


60 posted on 12/10/2009 10:11:03 PM PST by myknowledge (F-22 Raptor: World's Largest Distributor of Sukhoi parts!)
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