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Warrior President takes down another al Qaeda leader

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by KingCheetah, May 6, 2012.

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  1. KingCheetah

    KingCheetah Atomic Playboy
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    Senior al Qaeda operative killed by airstrike in Yemen

    Sanaa, Yemen (CNN) -- A senior operative of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula wanted for his role in the USS Cole bombing was killed by an airstrike in Yemen on Sunday, Yemeni officials said.

    Fahd al Quso, 37, was killed while riding in a vehicle in the Rafdh district in Shabwa province, according to the officials.

    Al Qaeda members confirmed the death in text messages to local media, saying al Quso died along with a companion identified as Fahd Lakdum.

    Drone strike kills 13 suspected militants last week

    Al Quso was indicted by a federal grand jury in New York in 2003 on 50 counts of terrorism offenses for his role in the October 12, 2000, bombing of the USS Cole in Aden, Yemen. The bombing killed 17 U.S. sailors.

    In addition to al Quso's status as one of the most-wanted terrorists in Yemen, the FBI had offered a $5 million reward for any information leading to his capture.

    He had been at large since escaping in April 2003 with eight others from a Yemeni prison, where they had been held on suspicion of involvement in the Cole bombing.

    Earlier Sunday, two security officials told CNN that four Yemeni airstrikes killed six suspected al Qaeda militants and wounded two others in Lawder district of Abyan province.

    The Defense Ministry said that 10 other suspected militants had been killed since Saturday morning in the same province's Zinjibar district.

    The ministry said that the strikes were targeting two locations: a militant hideout and a training site.

    Nine troops were wounded in Abyan's capital of Zinjibar when a mortar exploded, a senior Defense Ministry official told CNN. Two of the wounded were in critical condition, he said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the news media.

    Local security officials said that the offensive has been the fiercest since last year, when the country began its anti-terrorism efforts.

    More than 240 militants have been killed over the last month in Abyan alone, the security officials said.

    "Al-Qaeda has been greatly weakened over the last two months and we expect them to evacuate strategic positions over the next two weeks," a senior official in Abyan who is not authorized to speak to the news media told CNN on condition of anonymity.

    He said that 24 soldiers were killed during the same period of time.

    Yemeni government military planes roam the skies of Abyan throughout the day, residents said.

    "We wake up in the morning and see bodies laying on roads or near our farms. Most of the attacks take place late at night or early morning," said Yasser al-Numairi, a resident of Abyan.

    The violence comes as newly elected President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi has vowed to increase the pressure on al Qaeda until they are eradicated from every Yemeni village.

    "Our fight against al Qaeda will continue until the displaced citizens can return safely to their homes and terrorist operatives surrender and lay their arms," Hadi said Saturday night in a speech broadcast on Yemen Television.

    The Interior Ministry said on Sunday that 14 suspected al-Qaeda militants were arrested in April and that it will continue hunting down terrorists nationwide.

    Al Qaeda is seeking to take advantage of the political unrest in Yemen to expand into new areas of southern Yemen.

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    #1 KingCheetah, May 6, 2012
  2. RedRedemption

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    I'm failing to even see what any of this accomplishes anymore.
    We killed the ringleader bin Laden. Now what? We kill off every single upper-level official in al Qaeda? We will never win.
     
    #2 RedRedemption, May 6, 2012
  3. Mr.Scarface

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    Why does the FBI still go after The Mafia/Mob? To make sure it never gets as strong as it used to be. You may never completely eliminate it, but you can keep it small, limit its influence. Same with al Qaeda....if u killed the ring leaders....u limit its effectiveness.
     
    #3 Mr.Scarface, May 6, 2012
  4. bigtexxx

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    back about 7 years ago or so, the liberals would laugh off each of these types of kills, claiming that "oh yeah, that's just their new number 3 guy, another one will just pop up...
     
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  5. QdoubleA

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    President's doing a good job....hmmmm, can't complain about that. Well...hmmm, yeah I got it "liberals who are currently happy about this thing probably wouldn't have been happy about this thing a few years ago!". You tell em tex!
     
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  6. meh

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    Well, to be fair, Warrior president didn't have to invest trillions of dollars, invade an entire country, get thousands of our soldiers killed, hundreds of thousands of locals killed, screw up our entire economy, just to accomplish this task.

    Oh, and Warrior President killed the #1 guy and by far the most beloved man of the terrorist group. Which tends to limit the ability for them to reinforce.
     
    #6 meh, May 6, 2012
  7. Batman Jones

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    Of course, because back then we had a president that was alternately "not too worried about" Bin Laden (the number 1 guy) or he was looking for him in Iraq.

    And of course we're not complaining now because now we have a president that is serious about the war on terror and is getting or killing the bad guys, including the one responsible for killing 3,000 Americans on 9/11, and he is doing it without committing thousands of Americans to follies of wars that cost, most importantly, way too much blood but that also cost trillions of dollars, all off the books. Way to go, fiscal conservatives.

    It's really not very complicated.
     
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  8. bigtexxx

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    The SEALs kill bin Laden, Obama tries to take credit, and all of the sudden you give Obama a complete pass. I guess you're unaware that we still have thousands of troops in Afghanistan? Does HuffPo and Kos know that and feed you that information? Probably not is my guess.

    We can agree that Kos and HuffPo like Dianne Feinstein (D-California), right? RIGHT? Here's Feinstein's thoughts on how things are going over there....and keep in mind that she leads the Senate Intelligence Committee...

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/world...-since-surge/2012/05/06/gIQALbQh6T_story.html
     
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  9. larsv8

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    How do you feel about Obama using a drone to kill an Al'Qaeda leader?

    On this particular issue do you approve or disapprove?

    One word answer please.
     
    #9 larsv8, May 6, 2012
  10. bigtexxx

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    How do you feel about a leader of a nation killing one of his citizens without a trial?
     
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    I do not approve.

    And as for your response to my question?
     
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  12. BetterThanEver

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    Of course back then, the #1 guy wasn't even on Dubya's radar. Dubya let the #1 guy blow up NYC first. Then, he spent the next 7 years focusing on the new number 3 guy. Meanwhile, the #1 guy was watching muslim p*rn, as his jihadists killed and injured several thousand more Americans.
     
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  13. napalm06

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    And aroound aroound in circles we go!
     
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  14. Kojirou

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    The same way I felt when I read about Sherman's march, where he wrecked the countryside and destroyed large amounts of properties of fellow Americans ( remember, according to Lincoln, the South never succeeded) to bring peace.

    Well, Sherman was more awesome than Obama.
     
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    Will they name a tank after Obama?
     
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  16. Mathloom

    Mathloom Shameless Optimist

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    It is a total joke IMO. These people are only as important as the killer tells you, and you have little other info, and it's intentionally designed that way.
     
    #16 Mathloom, May 7, 2012
  17. Mathloom

    Mathloom Shameless Optimist

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    Do you know how much collateral damage results from the citizens of these co-operative countries? Would you accept this many civilian Americans dying as collateral damage?
     
    #17 Mathloom, May 7, 2012
  18. Kojirou

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    Nope. They're Americans.

    Next question.
     
    #18 Kojirou, May 7, 2012
  19. Mr.Scarface

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    Drone strikes limit the killing of civilians. Less of them killed than invading a country.
     
    #19 Mr.Scarface, May 7, 2012
  20. B-Bob

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    bigtrolll and Mathloom forming an alliance? LOL. Good job, Mr. President!
     
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