Another day, another Number 2 for Al Qaeda gets killed

[ck4829]

A senior al-Qaida operations planner was killed in an American missile strike this week in western Pakistan, a U.S. counterterrorism official said Friday.

Saleh al-Somali was responsible for the terror group's operations outside the Afghanistan-Pakistan region, reaching into activities in Africa. The official said al-Somali was believed to have been involved in plotting attacks against the United States and Europe. He was killed by an unmanned drone missile Tuesday.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_missile_strike_al_qaida

Look guys, maybe you should pat yourselves on the back and break out the champagne only when the charred remains are identified as Osama bin Laden, Adam Gadahn, or Ayman al-Zawahiri.

Until then, you're killing foot soldiers.

We were killing #2's for eight years under Bush and what did that get us exactly in Afghanistan?

[dixiegrrrrl]

1. After a missile hits you, how they tell who you were?

Esp. since they say they hit "a party of 30 people".

[HCE SuiGeneris]

2. I say we go after number 3s. Our stats would go WAY up!

:sarcasm:

We are so disenfranchised as citizens these days.

[DJ13]

3. I wouldnt ever want to be a #3

[jobycom]

4. That's kind of like being Darth Vader's second in command. nt

[csziggy]

5. Just like The Prisoner - a new Number Two almost every week!

:evilgrin:

[provis99]

6. we attacked Pakistan?

so if we see an al-Qaeda guy in Canada, are we going to lob a missle into Toronto?

[Renew Deal]

7. The more dead al queda members the better.

[AlinPA]

8. Maybe we just missed the "Emmanuel Goldstein" of this war. nt