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Pakistan Media: Drone Killed Qaeda's (Update - Kill has been Confirmed)
cbsnews.com ^ | Dec.11, 2009

Posted on 12/11/2009 10:15:24 AM PST by Free ThinkerNY

(CBS) A U.S. government official says a top al Qaeda operative has been killed in a drone attack in western Pakistan and local media says that the strike killed al Qaeda's number 3 in command, Abu Yahya al-Libi, CBS's Sami Yousafzai reports.

The U.S. is still not confirming the report, CBS News has learned.

Abu Yahya al-Libi is the spiritual successor to Palestinian philosopher Abu Azzam - and the inspiration for much of Bin Laden's beliefs, according to CBS News chief foreign affairs correspondent Lara Logan. He is very powerful and believed by some to be the natural successor to Bin Laden.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: allibi; alqaeda; deathfromabove; drone; elvisbinladen; jihad; mortabalto; pakistan; uav; waronterror; wot
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To: Free ThinkerNY
A "natural" successor to Osama bin Laden?

Perhaps it's his son.

21 posted on 12/11/2009 11:01:16 AM PST by hennie pennie
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Splattered Islamicist BUMP!!!


22 posted on 12/11/2009 11:02:31 AM PST by VOA (I)
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To: NormsRevenge

.....Al-Libi escaped in July 2005....

No more prisoners...... kill as they are found


23 posted on 12/11/2009 11:04:05 AM PST by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . Lukenbach Texas is barely there)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Wonder how many of his 72 virgins has he got to yet?


24 posted on 12/11/2009 11:45:53 AM PST by longhorn too
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To: Pikachu_Dad
It must SUCK to be Number 3 in Al Q.

Kind of like being the drummer in Spinal Tap.

25 posted on 12/11/2009 12:09:42 PM PST by hc87
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Bring me the head of Osama Bin Laden and bring me nothing else.
26 posted on 12/11/2009 12:25:41 PM PST by Phlap (REDNECK@LIBARTS.EDU)
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To: domenad

lol


27 posted on 12/11/2009 12:26:43 PM PST by Phlap (REDNECK@LIBARTS.EDU)
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To: domenad

Now known as Ramsi El Kaboom.


28 posted on 12/11/2009 12:29:18 PM PST by 19zulu (Reparations? Try 600,000 dead Americans.)
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To: Pan_Yans Wife

Two most dangerous jobs in the world: Body Guard for Musharraf and #3 man in Al Qaeda.


29 posted on 12/11/2009 12:37:39 PM PST by Pan_Yan
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To: Free ThinkerNY; Ernest_at_the_Beach

-Confirmed-

US says senior Al-Qaeda figure killed in drone strike

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091211/ts_afp/usattackspakistanusqaedamissile_20091211205910

WASHINGTON (AFP) – A senior Al-Qaeda leader has been killed in a drone strike in northwest Pakistan, a US official told AFP on Friday.

The person killed was an “upper-tier” figure in the Al-Qaeda network, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

The raid was part of a growing bombing campaign by the United States against Al-Qaeda and Taliban figures in tribal areas of Pakistan and came amid CBS reports that the man killed was the Al-Qaeda number three, Abu Yahya al-Libi.

The operation did not target Al-Qaeda’s leader, Osama bin Laden, or his Egyptian deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, officials said.


30 posted on 12/11/2009 1:24:08 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. May yur bandwidth exceed your girth)
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Good shooting, Dick Cheney! ;-)


31 posted on 12/11/2009 1:35:36 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. May yur bandwidth exceed your girth)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; All

Rats!!!

CBS News update says it is not al-Libi..

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/12/11/world/main5967266.shtml?tag=topnews

(CBS) Sources tell CBS News the al Qaeda operative believed killed in a drone strike in Pakistan this week is Saleh al-Somali, who was in charge of external operations for the group. He was considered one of a half dozen top Qaeda operatives.

Saleh al-Somali’s position as al Qaeda’s external operations boss means he was in charge of plotting against the U.S. and Europe, reports CBS News national security correspondent David Martin.


32 posted on 12/11/2009 1:41:50 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. May yur bandwidth exceed your girth)
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To: Repeat Offender; Pining_4_TX; Forgiven_Sinner; grey_whiskers; BlueDragon; LittleBillyInfidel; ...

Pakistan ۋﮧ۱م

Ping to #32; Salih al-Somali fried to a crisp
33 posted on 12/11/2009 1:52:35 PM PST by G8 Diplomat
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To: NormsRevenge; G8 Diplomat; Marine_Uncle

And we had him once...


34 posted on 12/11/2009 1:53:02 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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To: NormsRevenge
How do they know?

Think positive!

35 posted on 12/11/2009 1:54:15 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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To: NormsRevenge
Saleh al-Somali’s position as al Qaeda’s external operations boss means he was in charge of plotting against the U.S. and Europe,

Definitely a worthwhile target.

36 posted on 12/11/2009 1:55:27 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Salih al-Inpeciz now, baby!


37 posted on 12/11/2009 2:02:41 PM PST by mdk1960
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To: RichInOC

Another image of the purportedly killed high value AQ target, which now is being reported as an entirely different person identified as Saleh al-Somali.

38 posted on 12/11/2009 2:06:14 PM PST by freepersup (!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Oh yeah. He’s a keeper, a Top 6er supposedly.


39 posted on 12/11/2009 2:27:34 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. May yur bandwidth exceed your girth)
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To: Velveeta; Nachum

Saleh al-Somal


40 posted on 12/11/2009 2:33:07 PM PST by hennie pennie
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