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NYT: Qaeda Leaders' Communication Led To Embassy Closure
2013-08-06
"Well done, journalistic men and women!" cried the editor. "Frissons all around!"
[Ynet] Intercepted communications in which al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri ordered the leader of the affiliate in Yemen to carry out an attack as early as last Sunday prompted the United States to close diplomatic missions in the Middle East and Africa, the New York Times
...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...
reported on Monday.

The intercepted conversations were between Zawahri, who succeeded the late Osama bin Laden
... who has left the building...
as head of al-Qaeda, and Nasser al-Wuhayshi, the head of the Yemen-based al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the newspaper said, citing American officials.
Posted by:trailing wife

#2  * RELATED DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND > [CBS News] AL-QAEDA EMBASSY THREAT AMONG THE "MOST SPECIFIC AND CREDIBLE THREATS" SINCE 9-11, MCCAUL SAYS.

and

* WORLD NEWS > [Detroit Free Press]AL QAEDA ON THE RUN? NO WAY, SAY EXPERTS.

ARTIC = Iff anything, Al-Qaeda has successfully
"morphed" itself + activities, etc. into a function of the very anti-AQ strategy the USA is using to defeat or destroy it. THE US HAS SEEMINGLY DEFEATED ONLY ONE "MODEL/VERSION" OF AL-QAEDA, BUT NOT THE ORG ITSELF???

The Bammer may have declared the GWOT to be over, BUT APPARENTLY NO ONE REMEMBERED TO TELL THE HARD/BAD BOYZ.

OOOOOOOOPPPPPPPPPPSSSSS ... ...
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2013-08-06 23:26  

#1  It appears that any such AYMAN-supported Al-Qaeda = AQAP aka AQIY terrstrike or terrop may NOT had actually targeted the Middle East or North Africa.

To wit,

* CHINA DAILY FORUM > [ABC News] AL-QAEDA MESSAGES INDICATE PLANNED "BIG" ATTACK AGZ AMERICAN SOIL, i.e. CONUS.

Al-Qaeda rescue of MAJOR NIDAL HASAN = "FORT HOOD" SHOOTER, given the recent Militant strikes targeting Prisons in Iraq + Pakistan???
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2013-08-06 23:17  

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