An Islamist website published a video message on Tuesday from Abu Yahya al-Libi, the high-level al-Qaeda member that Washington supposedly killed in a drone strike for at least the second time, although it was unclear when the message was recorded.
Obama administration officials announced last week that they killed al-Libi in a drone strike in Pakistan, parading the feat as a major blow to al-Qaeda. The same accomplishment was “confirmed” by U.S. officials in 2009.
Al-Qaeda-affiliated websites denied the reports and promised video proof that al-Libi was still alive. The video posted does not mention the U.S. reports of his assassination and was only dated with the current Islamic year 1433.
The subject of the video speech was Syria. “We call on our brothers in Iraq, Jordan and Turkey to go to help their brothers,” he said.
Whether the video is legitimate as proof of life is unclear at this point. But what this case shows is that U.S. officials have, with no evidence, tried to claim a major victory in the fight against al-Qaeda by killing the group’s supposed No. 2 and thereby vindicating the strategic worth of the drone war. The confusion also highlights how difficult it is to know who is actually being killed by the CIA’s unaccountable drone strikes.
See drones are good. CIA killed Alciaduh #2. So forget about the civilian deaths or Pakistan protesting against the drone strikes at the UN. Next time Pakistan complains about drone strikes to the UN the CIA will kill Alciaduh #3 to prove to the UN and Pakistan wrong again on drone strikes. The CIA will be killing alCIAduh at convenient times when their drone strikes are under international scrutiny.
FIRST, Pakistan to Complain in Nov 2011 http://news.antiwar.com/2011/11/23/pakistan-to-co…
SECOND, UN Human Rights Questions Drones in June 2012 http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1234940…
THIRD and a drone kills al-ciaduh during this time period of high scrutiny of their precious drone program.
Dudded again – When will they ever learn?
They care less what nonsense they put out because they don’t give a fuck what people may think as they know well that people don’t count in this faux democracy.
If the USA would concentrate on real problems instead of the ridiculous pretence that 9/11 is the most terrible thing ever to happen it would avoid huge amounts of destruction, hatred and fear, on all sides.The obsession that "terrorists" are wanting to attack the USA at any moment (as if they need to now that the USA is terrified and has removed all former freedoms from its population) has prevented any advances in the "homeland" as wars, arrests, incarcerations, banksters occupy all the resources and the people are frozen in fear and loathing.
What this world is all about
Drone murder, this is the greatest illusion of good that the world has ever known, the greatest misery hidden by the greatest pretense of good that the deceitful mind of man has ever conceived.
Most profound, for whether it is by intelligent design or evolution, since the beginning of civilization this kill or be killed war loving world has accomplished absolutely nothing good, but establish a full and perfect understanding of all the misery caused by illusions of good.
For someday surely our Universe will be free of all wars and misery, but first we must reach the ultimate conclusion of this liar’s paradise called earth.
a “temporary deal” on the northern border posts, formalizing NATO’s military control over the posts for the foreseeable future.