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12-15-2009, 10:48 AM
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While this article from ABC News points out that despite an increase in US drone strikes, many high-value targets such as Adam Gadahn and Ayman al-Zawahiri are still walking around, increased intelligence and capability in the areas where they are believed hiding suggests they may not be for much longer.
The reappearance of two of al-Qaeda’s best known figures this weekend overshadowed last week’s news that an unmanned U.S. drone had killed a behind-the-scenes al-Qaeda operative named Saleh al-Somali in a remote northern region of Pakistan.
Both Adam Gadahn and Ayman al-Zawahiri popped up alive and well on the internet, showing once again that CIA drone attacks have not managed to knock out the high-visibility, high-value Taliban and Al Qaeda targets the U.S. has been seeking in the region since the 9/11 attacks.
Gadahn, a Southern California Muslim convert turned al-Qaeda propagandist, criticized America and its allies in a 17-minute video released Saturday morning. On Sunday, Zawahiri, long considered Osama Bin Laden’s top lieutenant, released an audio statement, blasting Arab government figures as “Obama’s henchmen” and slaves of “the new world order.”
Read Full Article (http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/zawahiri-gadahn-alive/story?id=9332668)
While this article from ABC News points out that despite an increase in US drone strikes, many high-value targets such as Adam Gadahn and Ayman al-Zawahiri are still walking around, increased intelligence and capability in the areas where they are believed hiding suggests they may not be for much longer.
The reappearance of two of al-Qaeda’s best known figures this weekend overshadowed last week’s news that an unmanned U.S. drone had killed a behind-the-scenes al-Qaeda operative named Saleh al-Somali in a remote northern region of Pakistan.
Both Adam Gadahn and Ayman al-Zawahiri popped up alive and well on the internet, showing once again that CIA drone attacks have not managed to knock out the high-visibility, high-value Taliban and Al Qaeda targets the U.S. has been seeking in the region since the 9/11 attacks.
Gadahn, a Southern California Muslim convert turned al-Qaeda propagandist, criticized America and its allies in a 17-minute video released Saturday morning. On Sunday, Zawahiri, long considered Osama Bin Laden’s top lieutenant, released an audio statement, blasting Arab government figures as “Obama’s henchmen” and slaves of “the new world order.”
Read Full Article (http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/zawahiri-gadahn-alive/story?id=9332668)