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2017-03-04 Arabia

US tries to ID hundreds of al Qaeda contacts thanks to Yemen raid

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Posted by Fred 2017-03-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top
File under: al-Qaeda in Arabia

#1 "The object was to go in and collect intelligence. We accomplished that, so from that perspective it was successful. I certainly understand how the family would look at this in a different light," Votel told CBS News.Emphasis added

The SUCCESS of the mission should be the overriding perspective. How anyone else 'looks at it' is a detractor and irrelevant.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-03-04 05:34|| 2017-03-04 05:34|| Front Page Top

#2 If 7 of 8 had died but the 8th returned with targeted material, the mission would have been a success, however tragic the losses.

Posted by Skidmark 2017-03-04 14:47|| 2017-03-04 14:47|| Front Page Top

#3 I don't recall the media or Democrats chin-stroking every mission's value under Obama

Posted by Frank G 2017-03-04 15:27|| 2017-03-04 15:27|| Front Page Top

#4 Nine were killed at Camp Chapman AFG. The 'mission' was a total failure. The left said nothing.

On December 30, 2009, Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi was picked up by Arghawan, an Afghan who was the chief of external security at Camp Chapman, at the border between Miranshah, Pakistan, and Khost, Afghanistan. Arghawan drove al-Balawi to Camp Chapman, arriving around 4:30 pm.

The car was waved through three security checkpoints without stopping before arriving at its destination well within the base. Sixteen people were waiting for the car near a building set up to debrief al-Balawi. Al-Balawi got out of the vehicle and detonated the explosives hidden in his suicide vest.
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Posted by Besoeker 2017-03-04 15:32|| 2017-03-04 15:32|| Front Page Top

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