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Offline TomSea

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U.S. killed a top al-Qaida leader in Yemen, reports say
« on: February 01, 2020, 02:58:18 am »
Note, the headline seems to overstate the case some, We think we killed him, "expressed confidence" we did but it is unconfirmed. $10 million bounty on his head.

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U.S. killed a top al-Qaida leader in Yemen, reports say
Sean D. Naylor  National Security Correspondent
,Yahoo News•January 31, 2020

The leader of al-Qaida’s Yemen branch is believed to have been killed in a U.S. airstrike earlier this year.

The New York Times said three current or former U.S. officials “expressed confidence” that Qasim al-Raymi, the emir of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), was killed in Yemen, although there was no official confirmation.

U.S. forces had been tracking al-Raymi for months, and there was a $10 million price on his head.

Read more at: https://news.yahoo.com/us-killed-a-top-al-qaeda-leader-in-yemen-reports-say-215555178.html

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Re: U.S. killed a top al-Qaida leader in Yemen, reports say
« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2020, 03:00:25 am »
So, does the pilot get the bounty?
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