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Syria-Lebanon-Iran

[UPDATE]Motorbike-riding Al Qaeda chief is MINCED by US Hellfire Ninja missile in precision drone strike on Syrian dirt road

2022-06-30

[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] More on this story, now with DM photos and a labelled diagram of what dunnit!

The strike killed Abu Hamzah al-Yemeni, the leader of the Hurras al Din group

He was riding his motorbike when he was hit, most likely by an R9X 'Ninja' missile

The R9X is often used for similar surgical strikes to reduce collateral damage

It uses extendable blades and a heavy metal tip to shred its target rather than trigger an explosion

More from An Nahar at 10:20 p.m. ET, to get it into the record:

The opposition's Syrian Civil Defense, also known as White Helmets, said the attack occurred just south of the rebel-held city of Idlib. The White Helmets said there were no other fatalities except the man on the motorcycle, adding that they have handed over the man's body to morgue officials in Idlib.

Syrian opposition activists did not identify the slain man while the U.S. Central Command statement indicated he was a Yemeni citizen.

Members of Horas al-Din, Arabic for "Guardians of Religion," are hardcore al-Qaida elements who broke away from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the strongest insurgent group in Idlib, the last major rebel enclave in war-torn Syria.

In June 2020, the U.S. military killed Khaled Aruri, a top Jordanian commander with Horas al-Din, also in Idlib. A drone strike in December 2019 killed a senior Horas al-Din commander, the Jordanian citizen Bilal Khuraisat, also known as Abu Khadija al-Urduni.

CENTCOM said in its statement that violent extremist organizations, including Al Qaida-aligned organizations such as Horas al-Din, "continue to present a threat to America and our allies." It added that al-Qaida-aligned militants use Syria as a safe haven to coordinate with their external affiliates and plan operations outside of Syria.

"The removal of this senior leader will disrupt al-Qaida's ability to carry out attacks against U.S. citizens, our partners, and innocent civilians around the world," CENTCOM said.

Brett McGurk said at the time when he was the top U.S. envoy for the coalition battling the Islamic State group, that Idlib is the largest al-Qaida haven since bin Laden's days in Afghanistan.

Hmmmmm. Perhaps we should no longer support their independence from Syria....

A U.S. airstrike killed al-Qaida's second in command, former bin Laden aide Abu al-Kheir al-Masri, in Syria in 2017.

In February, the U.S. military killed the latest IS leader, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, in Idlib province near the Turkish border. The first leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was also killed in a U.S. strike in Idlib, in 2019.

Posted by:Skidmark

#4 An excerpt from Zen and the Art
of Taking al-Qaeda Apart:
A pilot, a pickle,
A murderous sickle...
"Hey, Dad, he won't start!"
"Where's his heart?"

Posted by: Whoger Gleque4366 2022-06-30 12:40

#3 I knew he would just fall apart.

Posted by: DarthVader 2022-06-30 11:43

#2 C'mon, kids! There's a piece there for all of youse!

"I got an ear! Or lips? Hard to tell"

Posted by: Frank G 2022-06-30 10:15

#1 It slices, it dices and makes julienne fries

Posted by: Procopius2k 2022-06-30 07:48

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