ACW Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/us-official-says-al-qaidas-second-ranking-leader-has-been-killed-in-pakistan/2011/08/27/gIQAEUDqiJ_story.html?hpid=z1 WASHINGTON — Al-Qaida’s second-in-command, Atiyah Abd al-Rahman, has been killed in Pakistan, delivering another big blow to a terrorist group that the U.S. believes to be on the verge of defeat, U.S. officials said Saturday.The Libyan national had been the network’s operational leader before rising to al-Qaida’s No. 2 spot after the U.S. killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden during a raid on his Pakistan compound in May. :ciao: Some interesting stuff on Atiyah: http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/10-years-after-911-al-qaeda-is-down-but-not-out/2011/08/23/gIQARQ3tZJ_story.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickGiaquinto1 Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 Sweet...Petreus is the man... Props to Obama for staying until the job can be done and putting the right man in charge there... I never would have thought he was up to being a war president but he has done a great job there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixcuincle Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 http://twitter.com/PeteThamelNYT/statuses/107538467352879104 Wow. All the Irene talk I missed this huge story: Al Qaeda’s No. 2 Killed in Pakistan via a drone strike. nyti.ms/qqv9ee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggo-toni Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Awesome that he's dead, but if Zawahiri is #1, then I'd think Al Awlaki is #2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostofSparta Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Man, we do make al-Queda go through some #2's, don't we? It's gotta be getting hard to recruit for that position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoSkins561 Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Wooooot!!!!! Hazaaahhhhh!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nonniey Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Man, we do make al-Queda go through some #2's, don't we? It's gotta be getting hard to recruit for that position. Actually this is the first time we've killed the #2 Al Qaeda guy. Now we have killed a heck of a lot of # 2 Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) personnel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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