Secret War on Terrorism

classicman · 08-16-2010, 01:21 PM

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WASHINGTON — At first, the news from Yemen on May 25 sounded like a modest victory in the campaign against terrorists: an airstrike had hit a group suspected of being operatives for Al Qaeda in the remote desert of Marib Province, birthplace of the legendary queen of Sheba.

But the strike, it turned out, had also killed the province’s deputy governor, a respected local leader who Yemeni officials said had been trying to talk Qaeda members into giving up their fight. Yemen’s president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, accepted responsibility for the death and paid blood money to the offended tribes.

The strike, though, was not the work of Mr. Saleh’s decrepit Soviet-era air force. It was a secret mission by the United States military, according to American officials, at least the fourth such assault on Al Qaeda in the arid mountains and deserts of Yemen since December.

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Lamplighter · 08-16-2010, 01:56 PM

Classic, that's an very good article ! Thanks

Each one of these incidents makes more enemies that it kills, and their friends and families will remember all it for generations.

classicman · 08-16-2010, 02:55 PM

Guess it wasn't so secret - eh?

xoxoxoBruce · 08-16-2010, 05:10 PM

No it wasn't, I knew about it shortly after it happened.

classicman · 08-16-2010, 06:28 PM

well then stay away from my virgins up there.
Hey, who is your ISP? Godlink?

xoxoxoBruce · 08-16-2010, 09:11 PM

It was on the web, as a matter of fact it was predicted, we would strike in Yemen, although some said Israel would do it. Maybe they did?

classicman · 08-16-2010, 10:22 PM

whatever - just stay away from my virgins - you dog.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-16-2010, 10:24 PM

No, dogs are harram.

lookout123 · 08-17-2010, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Lamplighter

Classic, that's an very good article ! Thanks

Each one of these incidents makes more enemies that it kills, and their friends and families will remember all it for generations.

The obvious answer to that problem is bigger bombs.

Lamplighter · 08-17-2010, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by lookout123

The obvious answer to that problem is bigger bombs.

It seems someone has already given an answer to this here

lookout123 · 08-17-2010, 02:36 PM

So you're saying we should use bigger bombs on a guy who sang a crap song?

Pico and ME · 08-23-2010, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Lamplighter

It seems someone has already given an answer to this here

09-05-2010, 12:03 AM

This doesn't surprise me in the least bit. I wouldn't doubt it if the US military is engaged in other "secret" anti-terrorism activities around the world.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-05-2010, 01:48 AM

Welcome to the Cellar, Holly3278.

It's been a pretty open secret that the government has been working covertly, since at least since WW I.

TheMercenary · 09-06-2010, 08:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Holly3278

This doesn't surprise me in the least bit. I wouldn't doubt it if the US military is engaged in other "secret" anti-terrorism activities around the world.

I would certainly hope so, and expect it!

08-16-2010, 02:55 PM	#3
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Guess it wasn't so secret - eh? __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

08-16-2010, 05:10 PM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	No it wasn't, I knew about it shortly after it happened. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-16-2010, 06:28 PM	#5
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	well then stay away from my virgins up there. Hey, who is your ISP? Godlink? __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

08-16-2010, 09:11 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	It was on the web, as a matter of fact it was predicted, we would strike in Yemen, although some said Israel would do it. Maybe they did? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-16-2010, 10:22 PM	#7
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	whatever - just stay away from my virgins - you dog. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

08-16-2010, 01:56 PM	#2
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Classic, that's an very good article ! Thanks Each one of these incidents makes more enemies that it kills, and their friends and families will remember all it for generations.

08-16-2010, 10:24 PM	#8
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	No, dogs are harram. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-17-2010, 02:36 PM	#11
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	So you're saying we should use bigger bombs on a guy who sang a crap song? __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

09-05-2010, 12:03 AM	#13
Holly3278 Guest Posts: n/a	This doesn't surprise me in the least bit. I wouldn't doubt it if the US military is engaged in other "secret" anti-terrorism activities around the world.

09-05-2010, 01:48 AM	#14
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Welcome to the Cellar, Holly3278. It's been a pretty open secret that the government has been working covertly, since at least since WW I. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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