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Senior al-Qaeda Leader Dead After US Strike in Syria: CENTCOM
Epoch Times ^ | 10/22/2021 | Mimi Nguyen Ly

Posted on 10/22/2021 7:53:40 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

A U.S. airstrike in northwest Syria has killed a senior al-Qaeda leader on Friday, the U.S. Central Command announced in a release.

U.S. Army Maj. John Rigsbee, a CENTCOM spokesperson, said Abdul Hamid al-Matar was killed in the vicinity of Suluk in northwest Syria.

The strike was conducted using an MQ-9 aircraft—an armed, remotely piloted aircraft.

There are “no indications of civilian casualties as a result of the strike.”

“Al-Qaeda continues to present a threat to America and our allies. Al-Qaeda uses Syria as a safe haven to rebuild, coordinate with external affiliates, and plan external operations. Al-Qaeda also uses Syria as a base for threats reaching into Syria, Iraq, and beyond,” he said in a statement.

“The removal of this al-Qaeda senior leader will disrupt the terrorist organization’s ability to further plot and carry out global attacks threatening U.S. citizens, our partners, and innocent civilians,” he added.

“The U.S. will continue to target members of al-Qaeda and other terrorist organizations who intend to harm the U.S. homeland.”

The strike comes two days after a base housing U.S. troops in southern Syria was attacked.

It is unclear whether the U.S. drone strike on Friday was carried out in retaliation.


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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: abdulhamidalmatar; alqaeda; centcom; dronestrike; iran; iraq; johnrigsbee; lebanon; miminguyenly; mq9; suluk; syria; waronterror; yemen

1 posted on 10/22/2021 7:53:40 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

A notch in the Cadaver-in-Chief’s gun. Nobody calls it murder when a lib does it.

I’m all for it.


2 posted on 10/22/2021 7:55:41 PM PDT by Migraine
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To: SeekAndFind

Will they notify the potato in chief tomorrow?


3 posted on 10/22/2021 8:06:44 PM PDT by dynachrome ("I will not be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
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To: SeekAndFind

Will we be getting a second opinion on that?


4 posted on 10/22/2021 8:11:21 PM PDT by budj (Combat vet, 2nd of three generations.)
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To: SeekAndFind

I trust Epoch Times, and I hope this is accurate, even if SloJoe gets the credit.


5 posted on 10/22/2021 8:18:14 PM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: SeekAndFind

Next week we’ll learn it wasn’t actually him, it was a dozen children and their parents.


6 posted on 10/22/2021 8:18:18 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong)
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To: SeekAndFind
Al-Qaeda never seems to run out of "senior leaders" and "masterminds". I guess Al-Qaeda has gone "woke" — everybody gets a trophy. No P.L.O.s here — permanent latrine orderlies.

7 posted on 10/22/2021 8:23:57 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: SeekAndFind

The Left is good at killing camels and such; they blow arse at actually killing their ‘intended target’...../s


8 posted on 10/22/2021 8:43:51 PM PDT by cranked
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Senior al-Qaeda Leader Dead After US Strike in Syria — a.k.a. Al-Queda Senior Prom.


9 posted on 10/22/2021 9:04:43 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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“Abdul Hamid al-Matar [also known as Ceiling Spackle] was killed in the vicinity of Suluk in northwest Syria.”


10 posted on 10/22/2021 9:52:45 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Halyna Hutchins didn't kill herself.)
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To: Migraine

And now we’ll have attacks here, they snuk across the border and Biden flew thousands in.


11 posted on 10/22/2021 9:57:14 PM PDT by Basket_of_Deplorables (Convention Of States is our only hope now! Desantis 2024!!!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Squirrel!


12 posted on 10/22/2021 11:19:41 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: SeekAndFind

Much like the farce Obama take out of osma bin laden. Some poor slob taking out the garbage got tagged with the title, who would know?


13 posted on 10/23/2021 3:14:59 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: Migraine

I don’t believe it. Nothing that comes out of our current government is believable.


14 posted on 10/23/2021 4:07:27 AM PDT by Machavelli (True God)
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To: SeekAndFind

Big deal. It’s a dog-eat-dog culture and we’re using bazookas to kill “senior” mosquitos. 1000’s of them just moved up a notch.


15 posted on 10/23/2021 9:21:40 AM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: SeekAndFind

Whack-A-Mole


16 posted on 10/23/2021 9:25:21 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: mikey_hates_everything
Big deal. It’s a dog-eat-dog culture and we’re using bazookas to kill “senior” mosquitos

"People ask us why we don't use fly spray? Well, where's the sport in that?"

17 posted on 10/23/2021 9:26:07 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: SeekAndFind

“ There are “no indications of civilian casualties as a result of the strike.”

Not yet, anyway.

L


18 posted on 10/23/2021 9:32:36 AM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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