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2021-10-01 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Senior al Qaeda leader killed in drone strike in Syria, US defense officials say
[FoxNews] Asenior al Qaeda leader has been killed in a dronezap in Syria, U.S. defense officials confirmed to Fox News Thursday.

Salim Abu-Ahmad was killed in a U.S. Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
near Idlib, Syria on Sept. 20. He was responsible for planning, funding, and approving trans-regional al Qaeda attacks.

"There are no indications of civilian casualties," U.S. defense officials said.

The News Agency that Dare Not be Named reported Sept. 20 that a dronezap hit a vehicle traveling on a rural road in rebel-controlled northwestern Syria, killing at least one person.

The Civil Defense team, known as White Helmets, said the unidentified body was lifted from the car along the Idlib-Binnish road east of Idlib province.

U.S. Central Command said American forces had conducted a "kinetic counterterrorism strike" near Idlib province targeting a big shot of the krazed killer group al Qaeda.

"Initial indications are that we struck the individual we were aiming for, and there are no indications of civilian casualties as a result of the strike," said Navy Lt. Josie Lynne Lenny in a statement.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the vehicle had been carrying a krazed killer linked to al Qaeda.
Posted by Skidmark 2021-10-01 06:40|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11160 views ]  Top
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#1 
Will there be an update telling us a whole other story in a week?

Not knocking the boots on the ground, far from it.

But the DC Brass and wannabes, lately has been too political and in CTA overdrive, since their Afghanistan Gunney Highway collection of screw ups.
Posted by NN2N1 2021-10-01 12:16||   2021-10-01 12:16|| Front Page Top

#2 Did this guy escape Kabul, and has been on the run ever since? Asking for someone who's hiding in a culvert.
Posted by ed in texas 2021-10-01 16:25||   2021-10-01 16:25|| Front Page Top

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