Top Al Qaeda Militant in Yemen Dead in US Drone Strike
Source: Yahoo News/AFP
Dubai (AFP) - Al-Qaeda said Thursday that Harith al-Nadhari, a senior figure who threatened more attacks on France after last month's Charlie Hebdo killings, had died in a US drone strike in Yemen.
Nadhari and three other militants were killed in a January 31 "crusader (sic) American drone strike against their car" in the southern Shabwa province, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula said on Twitter.
AQAP named the others as Said Bafaraj, Abdelsamie al-Haddaa and Azzam al-Hadrami.
Tribal sources had said at the time that four suspected militants were left charred in their car after a drone strike.
Nadhari was considered to be one of AQAP's senior religious scholars tasked with promoting sharia, Islamic law.
He had urged more attacks on France such as those on satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and a Jewish supermarket in Paris that killed 17 people.
Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/us-drone-kills-senior-qaeda-militant-yemen-aqap-112205061.html
Fuzzy Slipper
(25 posts)His always seems to get the top guys while the others usually only got #2.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)Obama means business.
hack89
(39,171 posts)their dead bodies burned.
nichomachus
(12,754 posts)And how is it different?
hack89
(39,171 posts)it has a powerful warhead - if it hit a car then everyone in it was killed instantly.
Do I have to explain the difference between being killed instantly and slowly being burned to death?
nichomachus
(12,754 posts)Their wives, children, family members, associates, and tribal members will be tremendously comforted by your fine distinction.
hack89
(39,171 posts)Or are you suggesting the need for a more humane way to kill guys like this.
cosmicone
(11,014 posts)Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)Maybe Fox will have an embedded video they will post?
"Tribal sources had said at the time that four suspected militants were left charred in their car after a drone strike."
bluestateguy
(44,173 posts)snappyturtle
(14,656 posts)splinted into pieces of shrapnel to hurt innocent bystanders.
Hulk
(6,699 posts)Al Qaeda declared war on the US. Guess if you are going to align yourself with them, you had better expect bad things to happen to your smarty ass.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)In their "other news" column:
Obama administration facing pressure to define ISIS strategy, boost aid to Jordan
- Jordanian fighter jets strike hard at ISIS
- Al Qaeda in Yemen says cleric believed to be behind Paris attacks among 4 killed in drone strike
arely staircase
(12,482 posts)rollin74
(1,989 posts)Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)"Four days later, (after Charlie Attack in Paris) AQAP ideologue Nasser bin Ali al-Ansi claimed the Charlie Hebdo assault on behalf of the group.
Despite an ongoing political crisis in Yemen, US President Barack Obama vowed on January 25 not to let up in Washington's campaign against jihadists there.
He ruled out deploying troops, but said Washington would continue "to go after high value targets inside Yemen".
At least 11 suspected Al-Qaeda militants have been killed in drone strikes in central and southern Yemen since then."
Jesus Malverde
(10,274 posts)Kaleva
(36,327 posts)Jesus Malverde
(10,274 posts)Kaleva
(36,327 posts)Jesus Malverde
(10,274 posts)Kaleva
(36,327 posts)Kaleva
(36,327 posts)"Kerry's comments echoed those of the U.S. Ambassador in Baghdad, who was quoted as saying U.S.-led airstrikes have killed "more than half" of the terror group's leadership."
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/john-kerry-half-of-isis-leaders-killed-by-iraq-and-allies/
Adam051188
(711 posts)for some reason i can't muster up any sympathy or anything witty to say.
alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)...
rgbecker
(4,834 posts)Just google drone strikes in Yemen for any year and read the list.
The dreamers in Washington and apparently on DU think a little revenge is going to take care of everything.
Can't wait to get my check into the IRS this year so the ol' USA can continue killing them all before they (whoever they are) find my house in New England.
https://www.google.com/#q=Top+Al+Qaeda+Militant+in+Yemen+Dead+in+US+Drone+Strike+2013
JonLP24
(29,322 posts)certainly puts a different view on this, especially regarding the "four suspected militants".
Apparently the evidence is some talk or warnings so when are the drone strikes coming for the originals of Salafi-hate?