Did they suppress the story after the Soleimani hit? Personally, I think some of these guys should be hit, don't tell anyone we did it. That might not have been possible at the Baghdad airport. They got the guy in Afghanistan, that part about the "subcontinent" throws me a little.
U.S. military buries press release that would announce killing of Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent’s emir
BY BILL ROGGIO | January 15, 2020 | admin@longwarjournal.org | @billroggio
The U.S. Department of Defense suppressed a press release that would have announced the death of Asim Umar, the emir of Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent, because it “would complicate future negotiations with the Taliban,†military officials have told FDD’s Long War Journal.
The U.S. military killed Umar in the Taliban stronghold of Musa Qala in Helmand province, Afghanistan on Sept. 23, 2019. Umar was killed just two weeks after President Donald Trump canceled a possible deal between the U.S. and the Taliban. As part of that accord, the U.S. was willing to accept the Taliban’s supposed counterterrorism assurances.
The Sept. 23 raid exposed the ongoing ties between the Taliban and al Qaeda’s branch in South Asia. Among the 17 people killed was Haji Mahmood, the Taliban’s military commander for the neighboring district of Naw Zad, which is also controlled by the Taliban.
More: https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2020/01/u-s-military-buries-press-release-that-would-announce-killing-of-al-qaeda-in-the-indian-subcontinents-emir.php
