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2022-08-01 Afghanistan
US takes out Al Qaeda leader Ayman Al Zawahiri in 'successful' Afghanistan counterterrorism operation
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Posted by Mullah Richard 2022-08-01 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11134 views ]  Top
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#1 Going to be very interested to hear how this was confirmed.
Posted by M. Murcek 2022-08-01 18:35||   2022-08-01 18:35|| Front Page Top

#2 He may come to the podium in a sedan chair, but Brandon will be claiming credit in prime time tomorrow.
Posted by Besoeker 2022-08-01 18:36||   2022-08-01 18:36|| Front Page Top

#3 ^ Yes, the same guy who told Bath House not to kill bin Laden.
Posted by M. Murcek 2022-08-01 18:41||   2022-08-01 18:41|| Front Page Top

#4 The last straw for Biden was Zawahiri saying the USA was in a recession.
Posted by Airandee 2022-08-01 18:44||   2022-08-01 18:44|| Front Page Top

#5 Classic Onion (yeah, I know, but this is old)
Posted by M. Murcek 2022-08-01 18:47||   2022-08-01 18:47|| Front Page Top

#6 Finally Zawahiri has bumped his head on the ground for last time. I hope Shaitan welcomes into Jahannam
with highest honors.
Posted by jpal 2022-08-01 18:47||   2022-08-01 18:47|| Front Page Top

#7 Drone flown out of Paklandia, would be my guess.
Posted by Besoeker 2022-08-01 18:49||   2022-08-01 18:49|| Front Page Top

#8 I wonder if ISI sold him out.
Posted by M. Murcek 2022-08-01 18:53||   2022-08-01 18:53|| Front Page Top

#9 NYT 21 June 2021 - C.I.A. Scrambles for New Approach in Afghanistan

One focus has been Pakistan. The C.I.A. used a base there for years to launch drone strikes against militants in the country’s western mountains, but was kicked out of the facility in 2011, when U.S. relations with Pakistan unraveled.
Posted by Besoeker 2022-08-01 18:54||   2022-08-01 18:54|| Front Page Top

#10 sound awfully convenient
Posted by 746 2022-08-01 18:55||   2022-08-01 18:55|| Front Page Top

#11 Bidet will say he pulled out the way he did to reel Zawahiri in.

And, no, I'm not snarking.
Posted by M. Murcek 2022-08-01 18:56||   2022-08-01 18:56|| Front Page Top

#12 So he became inconvenient to somebody?
Posted by James  2022-08-01 19:00|| https://idontknowbut.blogspot.com  2022-08-01 19:00|| Front Page Top

#13 Expect a Brandon victory lap with FMV (Full Motion Video) tomorrow evening around 1900. Who knows, maybe tonight! Obama's UBL Abbottabad redux.
Posted by Besoeker 2022-08-01 19:01||   2022-08-01 19:01|| Front Page Top

#14 Mullah Richard, thank you for working uo an article for us on this.

I did give it today’s headline, and lets see what President Biden has to say — but 48 Hour Rule, guys. Osama bin Laden was killed several times, too, if I recall correctly, as was the founder of ISIS.
Posted by trailing wife 2022-08-01 19:04||   2022-08-01 19:04|| Front Page Top

#15 More thanks to Airandee for the Daily Mail article, and Besoeker who got the ball rolling in comments here.
Posted by trailing wife 2022-08-01 19:14||   2022-08-01 19:14|| Front Page Top

#16 Biden Slammed Trump When He Took Out ISIS’ Al-Baghdadi, Iran’s Soleimani
Posted by M. Murcek 2022-08-01 19:40||   2022-08-01 19:40|| Front Page Top

#17 After watching the speech on ABC — President Biden looked buffed but unsteady on his feet, poor man — one of the commenters said that we have absolutely no presence on the ground, so the intel must have come from locals.

Bitch is going to get people killed with that.
Posted by trailing wife 2022-08-01 19:45||   2022-08-01 19:45|| Front Page Top

#18 Last time old plugs drone zapped a supposed terrorist, he got zero terrorist but he did get a 10 year old girl, so we'll see how this goes.

Man has he got a thing for young girls.
Posted by DarthVader 2022-08-01 19:47||   2022-08-01 19:47|| Front Page Top

#19 So Long, Farewell'
Auf Wiederson, Good bye

doot do do do dod do do do do.
doot do do do do do... as another child runs stage left.
Posted by Capsu78 2022-08-01 19:53||   2022-08-01 19:53|| Front Page Top

#20 Timing. Biden needs a win and "lo and behold..." Bet they knew where he was for a while and just pulled out his dance card when they needed the PR.
Posted by Mercutio 2022-08-01 20:02||   2022-08-01 20:02|| Front Page Top

#21 #20 Timing. Biden needs a win and "lo and behold..." Bet they knew where he was for a while and just pulled out his dance card when they needed the PR. Posted by: Mercutio

You are correct, apparently they got word on his location in the spring...and held until now...likely a political decision directed by our amateur National Security Advisor. I don't trust any of the info being released at this point, because at this point nothing is as it seems.

Ole Z was Egypt centric...and apparently lured back to AF by Mr. Haqqani? WTF? I don't understand, but I guess it worked out for us. And now the parlor game is to guess who in the Taliban leadership snitched on Sirajuddin Haqqani and his BFF houseguest Zawahiri? My guess is one of the Taliban Five (Fazl or Wasiq) that returned to Taliban gov service and didn't want to risk a round two tangle with the US...which means Sirajuddin is a marked man (and he should be).


Posted by Tennessee 2022-08-01 20:45||   2022-08-01 20:45|| Front Page Top

#22 Squirrel
Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom  2022-08-01 20:57||   2022-08-01 20:57|| Front Page Top

#23 Buh Bye, Knothead. This and Nancy going to Taiwan in defiance of Chairman Xi just before the midterms, hmmmmmm. Sure looks good for Joe. Coinkydink? Joe? Joe?
Posted by Jatle Sinatra9653 2022-08-01 21:25||   2022-08-01 21:25|| Front Page Top

#24 Clearly he was behind in his protection payments to "the big guy".
Posted by Woodrow 2022-08-01 22:40||   2022-08-01 22:40|| Front Page Top

#25 For whatever reason, killing evil is always good. Langley's come through once again. Cheers everybody 🥂.
Posted by Dron66046 2022-08-01 23:52||   2022-08-01 23:52|| Front Page Top

#26 He was standing on his balcony when he was hit with two hell fire missle. The kind of hell fire missiles that were also bladed.
Posted by Phons Omert2327 2022-08-01 23:53||   2022-08-01 23:53|| Front Page Top

#27 Al Qaeda was kind of ineffective under his leadership. Might have been best to leave him in power rather than risk a bolder, more creative replacement.
Posted by ruprecht 2022-08-01 23:55||   2022-08-01 23:55|| Front Page Top

#28 /\ Or possibly....

The AeroVironment Switchblade is a miniature loitering munition, designed by AeroVironment and used by several branches of the United States military. Small enough to fit in a backpack, the Switchblade launches from a tube, flies to the target area, and crashes into its target while detonating its explosive warhead. Wikipedia
Posted by Besoeker 2022-08-01 23:58||   2022-08-01 23:58|| Front Page Top

23:58 Besoeker
23:55 ruprecht
23:53 Phons Omert2327
23:52 Dron66046
22:45 Woodrow
22:45 Woodrow
22:43 Woodrow
22:40 Woodrow
22:01 Cletle Shinese1880
21:39 SteveS
21:38 Lord Garth
21:30 AlmostAnonymous5839
21:25 Jatle Sinatra9653
20:57 Sock Puppet of Doom
20:45 Tennessee
20:20 Skidmark
20:11 Dale
20:02 Mercutio
19:55 Dale
19:53 Capsu78
19:48 Dale
19:47 DarthVader
19:45 trailing wife
19:40 M. Murcek
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