President Trump and Yemen’s al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) have both offered claims, each without any proper evidence, of having been behind semi-recent attacks on the other. AQAP claimed the early December attack in Pensacola, while Trump implied US involvement in killing the AQAP leader.
On December 6, a Saudi Air Force member attacked and killed three people in Pensacola, during training at Naval Air Station Pensacola. AQAP is now claiming that the Saudi was working for them for years.
AQAP offered no direct evidence of this, referencing the gunman’s will, which made no mention at all of al-Qaeda. It is also doubtful, if AQAP was behind that, that they would fail to mention that for nearly two solid months.
Over the past few days, reports emerged claiming the death of AQAP leader Qassim al-Rimi. Some speculated this was by US drone attack, and President Trump appeared to confirm this, retweeting the claims and then tweeting a photo of himself swinging a golf club.
At the same time, Trump offered no evidence this was the case, the US never actually announced it, and the Pentagon issued a subsequent statement denying that the killing was in any way a US military operation.
Straight from the marketing boys at Langley….
Someone is itching to get directly involved in Yemen shooting war. To eliminate pesky local leadership standing in the way of the grand end-game design in Yemen. Old invented Al-Qaeda to the rescue. Let us see what kind of shock will be invented to awe the enemy and strike fear in their hearts. Except we are never told who are we really fighting, so invented boogeymen will do.
It would not shock me if Trump says Iran is behind it!
If he does say Iran’s behind this latest shooting in Pensacola, DJT will be telling a WHOPPER of a lie. Bianca. He’s already told such whoppers about the late IRGC Commander Qassem Soleimani, who had helped US troops in Syria a few years back.
I’d point a finger at Saudi Arabia for the Yemen shooting war, not Iran .. Iran hasn’t attacked its neighbors in 500+ years, which is quite a feat, being that the Middle East has been embroiled in conflicts for centuries. However, Iran does have the right to defend itself from attack, like it did during the 1980-88 war with Iraq, the aggressor country. That war ended in a stalemate.