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Top al Qaeda Operative Is Killed in U.S. Drone Attack
Wall St Journal ^
| JONATHAN WEISMAN and SIOBHAN GORMAN
Posted on 03/17/2010 1:06:25 PM PDT by Pharmboy
WASHINGTON—A drone strike last week in Pakistan apparently killed a top al Qaeda trainer who helped supervise December's suicide bombing at a Central Intelligence Agency post in Afghanistan, U.S. officials say.
The strike on a suspected bomb-making facility in Miram Shah killed as many as 15 people, including Sadam Hussein Al Hussami, also known as Ghazwan Al-Yemeni, according to people familiar with the strike. The Obama administration does not comment on such attacks.
"He's a significant operator," said Bruce Riedel, a former CIA officer, now at the Brookings Institution. "And it's another sign that the pressure is substantial" on the top echelons of al Qaeda.
U.S. officials are touting Hussami's death as a significant blow to the terrorist network that carried out the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. At a time of escalating strikes from unmanned drones, the missile hit last week was unusual. The strike landed in or near a population center, Miram Shah, and its aftermath has been kept quiet by U.S. and Pakistani officials.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: drone; niceshot; strike; uav
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Excellent! No place to hide...
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posted on
03/17/2010 1:06:25 PM PDT
by
Pharmboy
To: Pharmboy
No 4 report to headquarters for promotion.
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posted on
03/17/2010 1:08:37 PM PDT
by
Dr. Ursus
To: Pharmboy
[. . .strike on a suspected bomb-making facility. . .]
I wonder if they got a secondary explosion?
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posted on
03/17/2010 1:08:53 PM PDT
by
Brad from Tennessee
(A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
To: Pharmboy
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posted on
03/17/2010 1:09:21 PM PDT
by
SMARTY
("What luck for rulers that men do not think. " Adolph Hitler)
To: Pharmboy
I just love hearing about another dead terrorist, but this is getting to be like cutting a head off the Hydra; another one just grows back.
5
posted on
03/17/2010 1:10:00 PM PDT
by
BuffaloJack
(If you're not patriotic, you're nothing !)
To: Pharmboy
Health insurance for these ‘top’ guys must be a b*tch.
Oh well - maybe Obama will nationalize it for them.
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posted on
03/17/2010 1:10:12 PM PDT
by
reagan_fanatic
(American exceptionalism - for liberals, it's like garlic to a vampire)
To: Dr. Ursus
LOL!
I think his cell phone might have recently been unlisted.
7
posted on
03/17/2010 1:10:49 PM PDT
by
Pharmboy
(The Stone Age did not end because they ran out of stones...)
To: Pharmboy
Has the ACLU weighed in yet?
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posted on
03/17/2010 1:11:03 PM PDT
by
WayneS
(Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
To: Pharmboy
Save this headline. We can use it again!.....................
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posted on
03/17/2010 1:11:50 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Education makes people easy to lead, difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.)
To: Pharmboy
"The Obama administration does not comment on such attacks." Wonder why not?
Oh, forgot--not his pay grade.
10
posted on
03/17/2010 1:12:03 PM PDT
by
molybdenum
((A nation without borders is not a nation......Ronald Reagan.))
To: Pharmboy
The strike on a suspected bomb-making facility in Miram Shah killed as many as 15 people, including Sadam Hussein Al Hussami....
CNN and MSNBC will, no doubt, soon be reporting that the OTHER 14 people killed were ALL school children between the ages of 5 and 8.
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posted on
03/17/2010 1:12:48 PM PDT
by
WayneS
(Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
To: Pharmboy
Obomber, kill more pan-islamists please.
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posted on
03/17/2010 1:13:27 PM PDT
by
onedoug
To: Pharmboy
Finally some good news today!
To: GalaxieFiveHundred
Let’s have a two-fer and see ObummerCare explode just like this bomb-making factory...
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posted on
03/17/2010 1:15:44 PM PDT
by
Pharmboy
(The Stone Age did not end because they ran out of stones...)
To: Pharmboy
harry reid is deeply saddened of this news
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posted on
03/17/2010 1:22:31 PM PDT
by
Dominic01
("...You know the one with the big ears? He ain't my President" - Etta James)
To: reagan_fanatic
Life insurance may be a b$tch but health insurance would bankrupt them in short order.
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posted on
03/17/2010 1:23:25 PM PDT
by
monocle
To: Pharmboy
Keep ‘em coming. There isn’t much job security as an Al-Qaida leader is there?
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posted on
03/17/2010 1:30:05 PM PDT
by
rdl6989
(January 20, 2013- The end of an error.)
To: Pharmboy
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posted on
03/17/2010 1:46:57 PM PDT
by
AliVeritas
(Pray, Pray, Pray.)
To: BuffaloJack
But remember my friend...the new replacement lacks the knowledge of the senior leader.
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posted on
03/17/2010 1:52:10 PM PDT
by
Dog
To: rdl6989
It's like being of of Vader's admirals.
Next!
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posted on
03/17/2010 1:53:13 PM PDT
by
Drill Thrawl
(Another day, another injury, another step closer. Are you prepared?)
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