Officials are reporting that top al-Qaeda bombmaker Ibrahim al-Asiri is believed to have been killed in an ambush by US ground troops on Monday, calling him the “most senior member” slain since Osama bin Laden.
The troops, US Navy Seals, were dropped onto an area near the highway to wait for the jeep Asiri was thought to be traveling in, and opened fire on it, killing all within.
Asiri’s primary claim to fame is being the “mastermind” behind the failed 2009 underwear bomb plot, in which he made explosive underpants intended to destroy an airplane, but instead just severely burned the lap of the guy wearing them.
After killing everyone in the jeep, a sniffer dog was sent in to inspect the corpses, and identified one of them as Asiri. So far that’s the closest we’ve gotten to confirmation on the incident, but the dog’s word was apparently good enough for Yemeni officials, who are already crowing about the killing.
Interesting timing how just as the court is forcing the Pres to release why they killed anwar al alawki that all of sudden a flury of drone strikes and then this apparent killing of the bomb maker. Coincidence? Timing? Propaganda?
Wow, this "violation of sovereignty", this aggression. Those damned Russians! Oh, it's Americans doing it, then it's all A-OK!
That's one accomplished sniffer dog! Checked the ID on every corpse and came up with the right name. Wow! Probably the same critter that found the hijacker passport on the street after the 9/11 attack.
So, you don't believe that they got smart dogs in the US Navy? Must be a cat lover…
I have to admit that was very poorly worded. Perhaps one of the Seal team members' nickname was Dog – with a sinus problem?
I'd guess that means the other 68 Yemenis killed by recent drone strikes were just collateral damage to get this "top al-Qaeda bombmaker." If this fizzle in the pants bomb maker was one of al-Qaeda's best, just how much of a threat really exists?
To what length will American "presidents"go to make their country hated worldwide.
Lol…. and the evidence he is a top bomber is based on what? Unless the US is willing to back this claim up the headline should be US kills more civilians and tries to claim otherwise because they are evil.
All this fight against al quida in Yemem is to protect Saudi / aramco / monarchs from democratic forces. It started more than 30 years before al quida existed. They change the European names, the tribal/clan names have not changed.
All this fight against al quida in Yemem is to protect Saudi / aramco / monarchs from democratic forces. It started more than 30 years before al quida existed. They change the European names, the tribal/clan names have not changed.
All this fight against al quida in Yemem is to protect Saudi / aramco / monarchs from democratic forces. It started more than 30 years before al quida existed. They change the European names, the tribal/clan names have not changed.
The takeaway for me on this is that the USG has just proven that the use of drones is not necessary and that the insertion of a kill squad, especially when authorized by the Yemeni government, is doable – something they've denied to justify use of the drones in the past (when asked by the press…occasionally…sometimes…rarely.)
Yemen is being used as a (punching bag) by the USG after Russia
embarrassed it in the Ukraine. The regime in DC lacks backbone
for a direct confrontation with Russia, outside of a few stupid
remarks by Obama.
The USG, in order to save face, (selected) Yemen, a (soft target),
it can beat on, without fear of it hitting back. This is a disgusting display
of cowardance by the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.
This is just more lurid detail of alleged hits by the US government's Murder Inc.
The US population has been desensitived by such regular (though of murky sources) reports of kills by US government personnel or robot drones. Ho hum, nothing new here. Move along, proles.
What other government on the planet operates this brazen murder machine? All in the name of "fighting terrorism." No trials, no evidence provided, nothing but claims by secret government sources who are usually too cowardly to even admit they are mouthpieces for these murder claims.
Terrorists are after all, folks who kill others without trial or due process.
So now it's OK to outright murder someone not charged with a crime? When did a "SUSPECT" become synonymous with a 'Charged Criminal?'