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Official: CIA Killed Al Qaeda Suspects in Yemen
Reuters ^
| 11-4-02
| Anon
Posted on 11/04/2002 2:40:09 PM PST by Pharmboy
Official: CIA Killed Al Qaeda Suspects in Yemen
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A missile fired by an unmanned CIA (news - web sites) drone hit a car believed to be carrying suspected al Qaeda members in Yemen Sunday and killed several occupants, a U.S. official said Monday.
Mon Nov 4, 5:18 PM ET A Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicle is seen with a Hellfire-C laser guided missile under one wing in this file photo from a February 21, 2001 test flight at Nellis Airforce Base in Nevada. A missile fired by an unmanned CIA (news - web sites) drone hit a car believed to be carrying suspected al Qaeda members in Yemen November 4, 2002 and killed several occupants a U.S. official said November 5. Six alleged al Qaeda members were believed killed including a key suspect in the bombing of the USS Cole (news - web sites). While the CIA is known to operate armed Predator aircraft, it could not be confirmed if the Predator was used in this attack. (USAFMC/Reuters)
The official, who asked not to be identified, told Reuters the American military was not involved in the attack, which reports from Sanaa said killed six alleged al Qaeda members, including a key suspect in a bombing attack on the U.S. warship Cole in Aden two years ago.
"As I understand it, it was an agency drone" that conducted the weekend strike, said the U.S. official, who did not provide any details.
The Defense Department and CIA refused to comment on the incident, but Yemen's news agency reported in Sanaa that a car explosion had killed six alleged members of al Qaeda. The radical Muslin group led by fugitive Osama bin Laden (news - web sites) is blamed by Washington for the devastating attacks on America in September of last year.
TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cia; ciakillsterrorists; death2islamofascists; retribution; terrorism; yemen
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To: areafiftyone
What a great shot!!!
To: Pharmboy
Very kewl...good policy too.
Shoot first, ask questions...well...never in this case!
Thank you CIA!
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posted on
11/04/2002 8:22:37 PM PST
by
Heff
To: Pharmboy
Looks more like a mystery laser hit ... gesh, nothing left of the car abnd bodies but a small crator and a little charcoal.
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posted on
11/04/2002 9:30:34 PM PST
by
Z-28
To: Pharmboy
Score one for the good guys.
144
posted on
11/04/2002 9:32:00 PM PST
by
GOPJ
To: Pharmboy
145
posted on
11/04/2002 9:49:13 PM PST
by
Z-28
To: Pharmboy
146
posted on
11/04/2002 10:10:39 PM PST
by
sixmil
To: Alberta's Child
**On another thread I noted that the wreckage looked no bigger than a pile of charcoal briquets that someone dumped after a tailgate party at a football game.**
Crispy critters.
To: Grampa Dave
Awesome.........I LIKE IT !!
I suspect the new method of profiling the islamakazis over there will be........"if they are looking "up" they are guilty of something ".......:o)
Stay Safe !
To: Pharmboy
Amazing, the CIA finally gets something right.
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posted on
11/04/2002 10:24:42 PM PST
by
xJones
To: Pharmboy
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posted on
11/04/2002 10:33:24 PM PST
by
Consort
To: Abcdefg
These Muslim Terorists have no idea of what they have unleshed upon themselves. To fight a terrorist war against the 'modern western society' will lead to this 'modern' society unleashing its 'modern weapons'. The west is not going to roll over like Rome did to the barbarians.
I wonder if the person controlling the spotter drone was sitting in a comfy chair, smoking a cigar and drinking a coffee thousands of miles away.
To: Pharmboy
That's a very cool picture, but I don't see my favorite F/A-18 ordnance: the
B-61 tac nuke.
-ccm
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posted on
11/05/2002 2:12:39 AM PST
by
ccmay
To: Pharmboy
See what happens when you don't buckle up
To: Pharmboy
Six down, 1,987,329,419 to go. Get rid of the radical muslim cult and this world will be a nice place to live! I wonder if this would work as well on democrats?
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posted on
11/05/2002 2:52:22 AM PST
by
exnavy
To: Abcdefg
Bzzzzt! Wrong. Re-read my post to you.
Nothing in what you cite had the CIA or the drone. This was new news and therefore I posted it. When you're the posting police you should be right, not wrong. Thank yew again--buh-bye.
To: Pharmboy
I suspect this hit is highly demoralizing for the towel-heads...the thought that they can be wiped out, totally without notice in an apparent "safe haven" must have them worrying.
How sweet it is, hopefully we won't stop and enter into a long self-analysis, "gee, should we really be doing this kind of thing?"...debate. I like making waiting virgens miserable by sending them these turds.
To: Pharmboy
To: IonInsights
I'm not sure that was as big a deal to the folks at large as it was to us conservatives, who made a big deal about it among ourselves.
The majority of people don't pay attention to convoluted stuff like that.
However, scandals involving political candidates who may have broken the very laws they claim to enforce, that resonates. It almost cost GWB the 2000 election.
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posted on
11/05/2002 5:19:27 AM PST
by
Illbay
To: sixmil
Those are great! Where'd you come across 'em?
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posted on
11/05/2002 5:20:34 AM PST
by
Illbay
To: Pharmboy
Members of Al Qaeda are finding it extremely tough to join car pools now.
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