
The drone strike shot through the afternoon sky and slammed into the white Suzuki jeep carrying three al Qaeda militants along a remote road in Yemen’s Marib province, sending up a ball of fire and killing the passengers.
Instead of the standard silence surrounding such top-secret U.S. attacks on Yemen-based al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, or AQAP, the shadowy group sent photos of the charred vehicle and detailed obituaries to reporters within hours. One fighter was engaged, another, the father of a little girl.
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March 13, 2015 9:36 PM
Not enough!
March 13, 2015 9:35 PM
Remember when American-hating radical Islamists terrorists could just yell "Death to America" a few times and call the US the "Great Satan" and it stayed with people?Now the younger generation needs constant validation through social media to stoke their hate and talk about what they're going to do when they get the 72 virgins. It must be exhausting to be an older radical Islamist terrorist, the younger guys getting the better missions and more notice because they know how to Twitter. Having to explain how you hauled mortar shells up and down the mountains of Afghanistan but these young kids complain when they can only get a 3G signal.They sure don't make terrorists like they used to.
March 13, 2015 9:35 PM
What about the virgins? They should be thanking us. LOL
March 13, 2015 9:35 PM
The photo shows there is no there there... need more like this to demonstrate the naked ground "occupied". thanks, boys