U.S. Airstrike in Yemen Targets al-Qaida Operative Accused of USS Cole Attack

ktla ^ | 10:15 AM, January 6, 2019,

[BenLurkin]

The man targeted, Jamal al-Badawi, is wanted in the United States for his role in the Cole attack on Oct. 12, 2000. He was indicted by a U.S. grand jury in 2003 and charged with 50 counts of various terrorism offenses, including murder of U.S. nationals and murder of U.S. military personnel.

“U.S. forces are still assessing the results of the strike following a deliberate process to confirm his death,” the spokesman for U.S. Central Command, Navy Capt. William Urban, said Friday.

President Donald Trump tweeted Sunday morning that the airstrike killed al-Badawi.

“Our GREAT MILITARY has delivered justice for the heroes lost and wounded in the cowardly attack on the USS Cole. We have just killed the leader of that attack, Jamal al-Badawi,” Trump said in the tweet.

[bert]

The man targeted, Jamal al-Badawi, is wanted in the United States

Poor writing

Correctly.....

The man targeted, Jamal al-Badawi, was wanted in the United States

[headstamp 2]

JDAM’ed his ass.

[BenLurkin]

[Delta 21]

18 years to kill this scumbag? Musta been a fluke, he stumbled into the open or Trump must just be better at delivering justice for America than his predecessors in the office.

[minnesota_bound]

I bet obama knew where he was all the the time and did nothing. Just like Bin Laden. He was only killed when obama was up for re-election.

[dhs12345]

72 virgins time!

[butlerweave]

Oh look Obama needs a bathroom break

[Big Red Badger]

,,,
Courtesy of a Predator Drone?

[SantosLHalper]

I don’t think 0bama wanted Bin Laden dead and that Leon Panetta acted on his own.
Don’t know why I think that, just a weird feeling about the whole operation.

[SantosLHalper]

I always think of this song when the term “Predator Drones” is referenced.

Scavengers. By Clutch

Behind the surgeon’s tent
Muzzles at the door
Wait for the scraps
Growl for more
Under the shadow
Talon and threat
The crown of creation
Victim of feces
And ichor up to his neck

So say the chorus of predator drones
Cower as savages, fight over bones
Campfires cool under violet skies
One by one the scavengers rise

The trenches are filled
Stones are laid
The ledger runs black
The wagon man is paid
Outside the surgeon’s tent
There’s a look in their eyes
And the crown of creation
Is more than happy to oblige

So say the chorus of predator drones
Cower as savages, fight over bones
Campfires cool under violet skies
One by one the scavengers rise

Will you accompany me to Manassas and watch the show?
Perch on the picket, stretch out our wings, watch the whole thing unfold?
See how they leave their standards and run with pieces of country and gods?
When they are dust it’s just between us, the shovel, the vulture, the dogs.

[minnesota_bound]

You are correct but add in Valerie Jarrett and the democrat party leadership. They had to win another 4 years.

[Big Red Badger]

Interesting piece,,,
I dig into it’s origin,
Thanks.

I’ve been on a song to the
tune of “Green Beret”

Killer Drones
Up in the Sky,
You Bad Guys
are gonna Die!

[onedoug]

Why not airstrikes? And a lot of them.

[Cen-Tejas]

Trump got the sob in 2 years, almost to the day.

[Cen-Tejas]

….uh, few on FR despise BHO more than I do. But, let’s not be like the FAKE news.

George Bush authorized 50 drone attacks that killed 296 jihadis.

Obama authorized 506 that killed 3,040.

Source: Google

[Big Red Badger]

I’ve seen those numbers before
and it doesn’t make much sense.
Can you give an opinion?

[Big Red Badger]

My theory is taking out specific
Players that wouldn’t “Fit”
The prior Administrations
“Arab Spring” agenda.

[minnesota_bound]

obama authorized 506 that killed 3,040 random people.

[Cen-Tejas]

I don’t know any more than anyone else knows. But, below the asterisks is an excerpt from the NYT. I guess it’s about as credible as anything else emanating out of the NYT.
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Obama’s embrace and vast expansion of drone strikes against militants and terrorists will be an enduring foreign policy legacy. Whereas President George W. Bush authorized approximately 50 drone strikes that killed 296 terrorists and 195 civilians in Yemen, Pakistan and Somalia, Obama has authorized 506 strikes that have killed 3,040 terrorists and 391 civilians. (Using the average estimates provided by three non-governmental organizations.) A technology developed and matured shortly before 9/11 to kill one individual, Osama bin Laden, became the default tactic for a range of counterinsurgency and counterterrorism missions outside of traditional battlefields.