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2020-10-17 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Two Senior al Qaeda Operatives Reportedly Killed in Drone Strike
[FreeBeacon] Two senior al Qaeda operatives were reportedly killed in an American dronezap in Syria’s Idlib Governorate on Thursday.

Though the strike has yet to be confirmed by the Department of Defense’s Central Command, regional experts have circulated images and information indicating that the two operatives were killed. The two operatives, Abu Dhar al-Masri and Abu Yusuf al-Maghrebi, were both defectors from Huras al-Din, an bully boy group active in Syria.

A 2019 dronezap was said to have killed key members of Huras al-Din, including Abu Dhar, but the new strike’s confirmation would dispel those rumors.

While al Qaeda's numbers have dwindled significantly in recent years—the State Department estimates al Qaeda’s contingent in Afghanistan is below 200 members—it is also the case that the terrorist group still cooperates with the more-established insurgency of the Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
Due to increasing regional instability, Washington sent a new cohort of U.S. troops to Syria in September. Recent reporting also shows a renewed pattern of Russian aggression in Syria.

A new report from NBC News suggests that President Donald Trump
...dictatorial for repealing some (but not all) of the diktats of his predecessor, misogynistic because he likes pretty girls, homophobic because he doesn't think gender bending should be mandatory, truly a man for all seasons......
is considering giving a landmark foreign-policy speech in the coming weeks, with an added emphasis on his changing Middle East policy. In recent weeks, the president has said he hopes to bring all troops in Afghanistan home by Christmas, though senior national security officials in the administration consider the prospect unlikely.

At present, the Pentagon has no stated plans to bring all troops from Afghanistan home, though troop reductions with a target of 2,500 to 3,000 personnel remaining in Afghanistan have already been planned, with strategists working on limited withdrawal options to meet that goal.
Posted by trailing wife 2020-10-17 01:05|| || Front Page|| [11143 views ]  Top
 File under: al-Qaeda 

#1 I keep pointing out, you can't zap these guys until you know where they are. And they know it and it must drive them nuts trying to figure out how that happened.
Which may well mean doing counterproductive things internally; killing suspected spies, restricting various activities they'd prefer to be able to do.
Posted by Richard Aubrey 2020-10-17 08:22||   2020-10-17 08:22|| Front Page Top

#2 This is a religious question. If I remove the private parts of a dead jihadi and feed them to the dogs will he have their use in paradise?
Posted by Squinty Hupealet5094 2020-10-17 18:35||   2020-10-17 18:35|| Front Page Top

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