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US Airstrike Kills Senior al-Qaida Leader in Yemen (USS Cole, Christmas plane bomb attempt)
The Associate Press ^
| Sunday, May 6, 2012
| Ahmed Al-Haj
Posted on 05/06/2012 5:44:37 PM PDT by kristinn
An airstrike Sunday killed a top al-Qaida leader on the FBI's most wanted list for his role in the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole warship, Yemeni officials said. The drone attack was carried out by the CIA, U.S. officials said.
Fahd al-Quso was hit by a missile as he stepped out of his vehicle, along with another al-Qaida operative in the southern Shabwa province, Yemeni military officials said. They were speaking on condition of anonymity in accordance with military regulations.
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Al-Quso, 37, was on the FBI's most wanted list, with a $5 million reward for information leading to his capture. He was indicted in the U.S. for his role in the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole in the harbor of Aden, Yemen, in which 17 American sailors were killed and 39 injured.
He served more than five years in a Yemeni prison for his role in the attack and was released in 2007. He briefly escaped prison in 2003 but later turned himself in to serve the rest of his sentence.
A telephone text message claiming to be from al-Qaida's media arm confirmed al-Quso was killed in the strike.
Al-Quso was also one of the most senior al-Qaida leaders publicly linked to the 2009 Christmas airliner attack. He allegedly met with the suspected Nigerian bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, in Yemen before he left on his way to execute his failed attack over Detroit with a bomb concealed in his underwear.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: abdulmutallab; alqaeda; alqasa; alquoso; alquso; fahdalquso; shabwaprovince; umarfarouk; undybomber; waronterror
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Rest in pieces.
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posted on
05/06/2012 5:44:53 PM PDT
by
kristinn
To: kristinn
Wouldn’t it be better to wipe out all the privates too so there is no one left to promote?
2
posted on
05/06/2012 5:45:53 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: kristinn
It’s apparently The Will of Allah.
3
posted on
05/06/2012 5:47:04 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: kristinn
Okay - so when do we start dancing in the streets parading his mangled lifeless corpse as a trophy? Oh, sorry, we're not a pack of 7th Century barbarians bent on world subjugation!
Nos genuflectitur ad non princeps sed Princeps Pacem!
Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)
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posted on
05/06/2012 5:49:30 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
To: kristinn
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posted on
05/06/2012 5:51:35 PM PDT
by
MEG33
(O Lord, Guide Our Nation)
To: kristinn
I believe we will see a ramping up of strikes
before November. Got to keep up the image.
6
posted on
05/06/2012 5:51:35 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: kristinn
“Yet even as Yemeni officials were announcing Mr. Qusos death, American officials said they needed a few days to confirm what they said was a drone strike and any casualties.”
Sounds like he’s only mostly dead.
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posted on
05/06/2012 5:54:39 PM PDT
by
ILS21R
(John Locke: When the social contract is broken, the people must revolt.)
To: tet68
and image is what B.Hussein O. is depending upon..
he may be head of the Military but he knows diddly shit about how military runs and operates...
others do the work that Hussein takes credit for...
To: kristinn
What nice news to cap off a wonderful weekend.
9
posted on
05/06/2012 5:58:51 PM PDT
by
Skooz
(Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
To: kristinn
Al-Quso, 37.... Would have been 24 at the time of the Cole bombing...seems a little young to run a major operation.
O well...even collateral damage is damage.
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posted on
05/06/2012 5:59:50 PM PDT
by
lightman
(Adjutorium nostrum (+) in nomine Domini--nevertheless, Vote Santorum!)
To: kristinn
I understand Obama, himself, was controlling the joystick and the button that launched the weapon that killed the perp. What a hero!
To: WKB; wardaddy; Pathdoc; olemisspatriot; dixiebelle; Downsouth55; Michael; houeto; Knight; ...
Magnolia State Ping!
Remember the USS Cole!
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posted on
05/06/2012 6:20:57 PM PDT
by
Islander7
(There is no septic system so vile, so filthy, the left won't drink from to further their agenda)
To: kristinn
May jackals feast upon his remains.
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posted on
05/06/2012 6:29:17 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
To: haircutter
he may be head of the Military but he knows diddly shit about how military runs and operates... You're so right. Unfortunately today's America has been dumbed down so much by the public school system and continued education (A LA Mainstream media) they'd never know the difference if it weren't for people like you posting the truth.
To: lightman
Would have been 24 at the time of the Cole bombing...seems a little young to run a major operation. Good point. Probably need killing, though. Let Allah sort them out.
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posted on
05/06/2012 6:37:08 PM PDT
by
The_Media_never_lie
(The President who ate the dog, will soon wag the dog.)
To: kristinn
I wonder if there was a nose camera and it caught him dropping a deuce just before the final curtain fell.
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posted on
05/06/2012 6:39:37 PM PDT
by
reagan_fanatic
(2012 isn't an election - it's a restraining order.)
To: kristinn
I'd have nailed him all by myself if
those Seals hadn't been in the way!
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posted on
05/06/2012 6:45:43 PM PDT
by
Zakeet
(Obama loves to wok dogs)
To: Zakeet
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posted on
05/06/2012 6:53:49 PM PDT
by
Gator113
(***YOU GAVE it to Obama. I would have voted for NEWT.~Just livin' life, my way~)
To: Gator113; Zakeet
Needs photoshopping to a limp-wristed version.
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posted on
05/06/2012 7:01:19 PM PDT
by
lightman
(Adjutorium nostrum (+) in nomine Domini--nevertheless, Vote Santorum!)
To: MEG33
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posted on
05/06/2012 7:21:09 PM PDT
by
elcid1970
(Nuke Mecca now. Death to Islam means freedom for all mankind.")
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