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louis-t

(23,199 posts)
Sun May 6, 2012, 04:08 PM May 2012

Airstrike kills senior al-Qaida militant wanted in 2000 bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen

Source: Associated Press

Local official Abu Bakr bin Farid said Fahd al-Quso was killed Sunday along with an aide in an airstrike in the southern Shabwa province. The Yemeni Embassy in Washington confirmed the report.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/airstrike-kills-senior-al-qaida-militant-wanted-2000-185817783.html

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Airstrike kills senior al-Qaida militant wanted in 2000 bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen (Original Post) louis-t May 2012 OP
Like it or not - Obama's full court press against AQ is unrelenting jpak May 2012 #1
Geez I hope people like it. dkf May 2012 #6
My old division, 10th Mtn, was going up the valley of Tora Bora tabasco May 2012 #15
Well he certainly is whittling down the usual suspect list..... Historic NY May 2012 #20
I find it highly immoral, but, heh, can't disagree with you. joshcryer May 2012 #24
Thank you Bush and Dick!! Laf.La.Dem. May 2012 #2
Been ODing on Fox or something? Jackpine Radical May 2012 #3
sorry - I assumed “sarcasm” was understood!! Laf.La.Dem. May 2012 #7
Well, I HOPED it was sarcasm, but Jackpine Radical May 2012 #16
Good. dkf May 2012 #4
worked really hard on that one didn't you? eom Kolesar May 2012 #18
Of course Iliyah May 2012 #5
Mitt rushing to a microphone to say he would have gotten him too aint_no_life_nowhere May 2012 #8
excellent news! rollin74 May 2012 #9
Excellent news. jefferson_dem May 2012 #10
Republican version: Turbineguy May 2012 #11
Good news! Scurrilous May 2012 #12
Well done! tabasco May 2012 #13
I am so glad that a Muslim apologist, fascist, socialist that is weak on security is now in the WH. appleannie1 May 2012 #14
yay for the drones !! n/t cosmicone May 2012 #17
Obama's Drone Surge is making things worse.... lib2DaBone May 2012 #19
Troops on the ground may3rd May 2012 #21
romney would have killed 3 guys not just 2 Garion_55 May 2012 #22
Whereas Obama has to pretend it never happened aint_no_life_nowhere May 2012 #23
He's just doing this to get re-elected lunatica May 2012 #25
 

tabasco

(22,974 posts)
15. My old division, 10th Mtn, was going up the valley of Tora Bora
Sun May 6, 2012, 06:08 PM
May 2012

chasing the bastids out of caves, when AWOLBush/Cheny announced that "our allies" in Pakistan were "guarding the border" for us. I knew right then that killing Bin laden and other terrorists was not their priority.

Holding back troops for the Iraq oil grab was why we didn't have US troops guarding the border at Tora Bora.

joshcryer

(62,265 posts)
24. I find it highly immoral, but, heh, can't disagree with you.
Mon May 7, 2012, 01:46 AM
May 2012

He did exactly what he'd said he'd do. Unlikely waffling Bush who LIHOP'd his way into the White House that second time.

Jackpine Radical

(45,274 posts)
16. Well, I HOPED it was sarcasm, but
Sun May 6, 2012, 07:04 PM
May 2012

that's the kind of comment you can find all over the web by disinformed Foxheads who think they know what they're talking about.

 

dkf

(37,305 posts)
4. Good.
Sun May 6, 2012, 04:27 PM
May 2012

Wow Obama is relentless. This is so much better than endless wars with thousands of troops.

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
8. Mitt rushing to a microphone to say he would have gotten him too
Sun May 6, 2012, 04:39 PM
May 2012

Romney's argument about Obama being an appeaser, apologist, and a disaster on foreign security is unraveling more every day. Romney's a clown and America knows it.

 

may3rd

(593 posts)
21. Troops on the ground
Sun May 6, 2012, 10:24 PM
May 2012

in many parts of africa hunting down leads and greasing the palms of greedy sellouts.
By hook or by crook, there is a lot going on in the shadows

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
23. Whereas Obama has to pretend it never happened
Mon May 7, 2012, 12:36 AM
May 2012

Otherwise, even a passing reference to it by Obama is considered spiking the football.

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