Afghanistan claims US drone strike kills Pakistan Taliban leader

[TomSea]

Afghanistan claims US drone strike kills Pakistan Taliban leader
By Euan McKirdy, CNN 5 hrs ago

This frame grab taken November 11, 2013,from 2008 video footage shows Maulana Fazlullah, newly appointed chief of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), speaking with local journalists in the Pakistan's northwestern Swat valley. ...

A US drone strike in Afghanistan's northeastern Kunar province has killed the leader of the Pakistan Taliban (TTP), according to a Afghan government official.

Ministry of Defense spokesman Mohammad Radmanish confirmed to CNN that Mullah Fazlullah, who led the terror group from 2013, was killed in the strike Wednesday.

US forces had conducted the strike close to the border of Pakistan, targeting the "Emir" of the group, according US Forces-Afghanistan spokesman Lt. Col. Martin O'Donnell.

Read more at: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/afghanistan-claims-us-drone-strike-kills-pakistan-taliban-leader/ar-AAyGp38?OCID=ansmsnnews11

[dfwgator]

Whack-A-Mole, kill one, another one pops right up.

[TomSea]

Whack-A-Mole, kill one, another one pops right up.

It really is "whack-a-mole" because I read this morning, we got an Al Qaeda terrorist in Libya, who knew we are carrying out airstrikes in Libya still.... and... just one terrorist... that's good... but I'm sure it costs quite a bit to have those planes in the sky and other expenses. 

This almost looks like hitting a foot soldier.

US air strike in Libya kills Qaeda operative: military

The US military has conducted an air strike in Libya targeting an Al-Qaeda affiliate, killing one “terrorist,” the US military said on Thursday.

The Wednesday strike took place approximately 80 kilometers southeast of the town of Bani Walid, US Africa Command (AFRICOM) said in a statement.

“In coordination with the Libyan Government of National Accord, US forces conducted a precision air strike against Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)... killing one terrorist,” the statement read, adding that no civilians had been killed in the action.

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2018/06/15/US-air-strike-in-Libya-kills-Qaeda-operative-military-.html

The guy hit in Afghanistan though, does look like he's up in the hierarchy.

[edpc]

Always nice to drone someone in an area called Swat.

[Fishrrman]

e pluribus unum.

Still one more down, is one more down.