Al-Zawahiri In Drone Strike

[Ravs]

US kills al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in drone strike in Afghanistan

The United States killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a drone strike, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.

www.cnn.com

 

[Ravs]

One of Trump‘s buddies. Wouldn’t have happened with him as POTUS

 

[Ingleby_Flash]

They’re not letting up are they.

 

[Ravs]

Biden with Covid. Must have done the war room on Zoom

 

[Stocko]

71?
not a bad age to be killed by a missile strike. 👍🏻

 

[S7DiscoDown]

You'd be gutted.... Only recently passed retirement age😂

 

[Cress]

Bush, Blair, CIA; how many kids did you kill today?

 

[Nero]

The Americans fired two hellfire missiles at a safe house yet claim civilians in the house weren't killed! I know nothing about missiles or weapons but surely two hellfire missiles would destroy a house almost entirely?!

 

[Priv]

The Americans fired two hellfire missiles at a safe house yet claim civilians in the house weren't killed! I know nothing about missiles or weapons but surely two hellfire missiles would destroy a house almost entirely?!

Not necessarily, they are designed for precision rather than destruction, the blast radius is a few metres if he was at one side of the building and the civilians at the other they may of been okay.

 

[jeff_potato]

The Americans fired two hellfire missiles at a safe house yet claim civilians in the house weren't killed! I know nothing about missiles or weapons but surely two hellfire missiles would destroy a house almost entirely?!

It may have been the type of missile they used against the Iranian guy a couple of years ago, which is essentially like a food processor landing on a target.

 

[billsykes]

Can they do Putin next?

 

[The Ruthsayer]

Bush, Blair, CIA; how many kids did you kill today?

As many as Al Qaeda?

 

[Unravel_Morrison]

I remember when he was a young terrorist.

The blow up so quickly now.

 

[Cress]

As many as Al Qaeda?

Some kids died on the planes 911 and in New York etc. Also al qaeda affiliates in the Sahel etc have killed kids
& https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejm199209243271306
“ These results provide strong evidence that the Gulf war and trade sanctions caused a threefold increase in mortality among Iraqi children under five years of age. We estimate that an excess of more than 46,900 children died between January and August 1991.”

 

[The Ruthsayer]

Thanks, and yes I’m aware of the impact of sanctions, not just in Iraq. I was also thinking of the child soldiers forcibly recruited to the ranks of AQ.

 

[Cress]

Thanks, and yes I’m aware of the impact of sanctions, not just in Iraq. I was also thinking of the child soldiers forcibly recruited to the ranks of AQ.

Ah, yes, ruddy awful, i'nt it 😢

 

[Expat Smoggie]

Hold that thought Dad I’m off the the loo

 

[Chutney]

Can they do Putin next?

Misread that. Thought you said Pulis.

 

[Anton_Berg]

This also demonstrates what the US is capable of for the benefit of any other players who might be interested.

 

[Sheriff_John_Bunnell_ret]

Another one of our striker targets falls by the wayside.