the big rats can be flushed out.
Map showing North Waziristan on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border,
suspected hiding place of Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden. (AFP)
Posted on 12/24/2009 7:52:24 PM PST by NormsRevenge
SAN'A, Yemen – Yemen's military hit suspected al-Qaida hideouts Thursday and targeted a gathering of top militant leaders, possibly killing a radical cleric linked to the U.S. Army major accused of the Fort Hood mass shooting, in strikes carried out with U.S. intelligence help, officials said.
At least 30 militants were believed to be killed in the second such strike in a week. Pentagon officials could not confirm Thursday whether U.S.-born radical cleric Anwar Al-Awlaki was killed in the strike.
Al-Awlaki was born in New Mexico and attended Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado, before moving in 2002 to Yemen. The imam reportedly corresponded by e-mail with Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, who is charged with killing 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, last month.
Along with Al-Awlaki, the top leader of al-Qaida's branch in Saudi Arabia and Yemen, Naser Abdel-Karim al-Wahishi, and his deputy Saeed al-Shihri were also believed to be at the meeting, the Yemeni Embassy in Washington said in a statement. The strike "targeted scores of Yemeni and foreign Al-Qaeda operatives," the Yemeni embassy said. Al-Wahishi, al-Shihri and al-Awlaki "were presumed to be at the site," it said.
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Merry Christmas and God Bless to Our Patriots Serving Here and Abroad and The FR Brigade as well!
So Anwar gets to spend Christmas with 72 virgins
If Anwar Al-Awlaki is dead, thats a good enough Christmas present for me. (And if he is not dead, kill him again, soon.) That piece of crap was responsible for helping with 9/11. Many US Muslims call him their daddy, as Fort Hood’s Hasan did.
Map showing North Waziristan on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border,
suspected hiding place of Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden. (AFP)
Strange that they left out of the article that al-Awlaki was the Imam for the terrorists who flew the plane into the Pentagon when they lived in San Diego and that al-Awalaki received a degree from San Diego St. Univ.
"He blowed up real good."
Yemeni jihadists are claiming that 120 people were killed. Saw a Russian TV film which showed a lot of bodies (but no blood) lying around.
Whatever hit their compound did a good job of excavating the earth, turning it into a nice graveyard.
Now, where the hell is the follow-up air strikes? Might as well finish the job, and let God sort them out.
I’m right there with you. Hit ‘em again and then once again for good measure.
No blood, huh? E_vap_or_ated. NICE!
Thanks. Great news!...(and thread).
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