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| US Official: Top Bomb-Maker Hit In Syria Strikes |
| 2014-11-07 |
| [Ynet] French murderous Moslem working as Khorasan Group's head bomb-maker was target of US strikes on Syria, which also hit Nusra fighters. American It wasn't certain whether the bomb-maker, French murderous Moslem David Drugeon, was killed or injured, but the officials said the strikes hit their intended targets near Sarmada, in the country's northwest. The officials were not authorized to discuss the issue publicly so spoke on condition of anonymity. Gen. Lloyd Austin, the Central Command commander in charge of US military operations throughout the Middle East, said separately at a Washington forum that he would not discuss results of the strikes until they had been more fully studied. He suggested, however, the Drugeon may have been hit, or at least targeted. "He is clearly one of the leadership elements and one of the most dangerous elements in that organization," Austin said. "And so any time we can take their leadership out, it's a good thing." One of the US officials said Drugeon's bomb-making skills were nearly as worrisome as those of Ibrahim al-Asiri, a member of al Qaeda's Yemen affiliate who has built three nonmetallic devices that were smuggled onto US-bound jet liners. None detonated. Drudgeon, a convert to Islam believed to be 24, spent three years fighting in Afghanistan and Pakistain before coming to Syria in late 2012 or early 2014, US officials have said. In Gay Paree, the French interior minister refused to confirm reports Drudgeon was killed or injured. At the Pentagon, Army Col. Steve Warren said the strikes hit five targets at two locations. Noting that reports coming out of the region suggest members of other murderous Moslem groups were hit, Warren that the Khorasan Group was the pre-planned target of the strikes. The Khorasan Group, he said, "is a group of personnel, some of whom are also al-Nusra ...the current nom de guerre of al-Qaeda in the Levant, which isn't to be confused with al-Qaeda in Iraq and the Levant... affiliated, some of whom are al Qaeda affiliated, some of whom are affiliated with other organizations. But these strikes weren't specifically targeting any of those other organizations. They were targeting the Khorasan group. If a terrorist happens to be a member of both groups, so be it." Austin said none of the ...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli sh-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ... The targets included bomb-making facilities, training areas and meeting locations. US officials say the Khorasan Group is made up of al Qaeda veterans of wars in Afghanistan and Pakistain who traveled to Syria to link up with the Nusra Front fighters. Officials say the group has been actively planning attacks against the West. When Warren said the US believes the latest strikes had a degrading effect because both facilities and individuals were destroyed. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 C'est la mort. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2014-11-07 15:11 |
| #1 C'est la vie |
| Posted by: mossoso 2014-11-07 12:46 |