US believes Al Qaeda leader in Yemen 'likely' killed by airstrike, source says

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Published January 31, 2020
US believes Al Qaeda leader in Yemen 'likely' killed by airstrike, source says
By Louis Casiano | Fox News
U.S. officials believe the leader of Al Qaeda'saffiliate in Yemen was "likely" killed by an American airstrike earlier this month, a well-placed source told Fox News Friday.

Qassim al-Rimi is believed to have died as a result of the attack but his death has not been confirmed. The airstrike was first reported by The New York Times.

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Rimi's Yemen-based network, Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), is considered to be the most dangerous branch of the global terror group since its creation in 2009.

The CIA learned of al-Rimi's location from an informant in Yemen in November, according to the Times, and began tracking him through aerial surveillance and other means.


The CIA did not immediately respond to a Fox News request for comment.

Rimi, 41, became the leader of AQAP when Nasir al-Wuhayshi was killed in a 2015 drone strike.

He previously trained in Afghanistan before returning to Yemen where he was sentenced to five years in prison for plotting to kill an American ambassador. He broke out of prison and rose through the ranks of the group.

In 2017, Rimi released an audio recordingmocking President Trump, calling him the "White House's new fool." The message came days after a U.S.-led raid against AQAP killed 25 people, including 11 women and children.

The State Department had offered a $10 million bounty for al-Rimi, who was linked to numerous plots against U.S. interest, The New York Times reported.

The CIA believes he was involved in the 2008 attack on the U.S. Embassy in Sana that killed 10 guards and four civilians. He is also suspected of having links to Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the so-called "underwear bomber" who attempted to down a Detroit-bound Northwest Airlines flight with plastic explosives on Christmas Day in 2009.



The Al Qaeda affiliate claimed to have organized the attack and supplied him with the bomb.

The airstrike comes in the same month the U.S. targeted Iranian Quds Force Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who American claimed was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of U.S. troops during the Iraq War.

Fox News' Jennifer Griffin contributed to this report.

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I wonder if the Dems might want to lower their flags to half staff and honor one of their hero’s?

 

I salute our intelligence professionals and special operators.

 

Good riddance and much respect to those involved. Get them while you can boys. The only good terrorist is a dead one!

 

Apparently they are someone's hero's - as we fought on the same side as Al Qaeda in Yemen - and are still on the side of Al Qaeda in that fight- albeit congress recently tried to put a leash on our activities there.

We are currently being investigated for complicity in war crimes and crimes against humanity for our heroic efforts in Yemen - fighting alongside our heroic Islamist brothers - which includes El Saud - cradle of the ideology that inspires these nut jobs.

This guy has already been replaced .. hopefully doing business with the new guy will be better than the last ?! Can't have these leaders in our proxy army going rogue now can we.

 

I'm more interested in the Al Qaeda member / leader living in the Phoenix area that was just picked up on a murder warrant from Iraq.

Great vetting of immigrants, barry!

 

I wonder who's next in line...

 

Awesome! it's open season on Terrorists. The Predator Drone might be the Greatest Invention ever, invisible Death to Terrorists from Above, while the Drone Pilots kick back, sippin Latte's in Nevada.

 

So?
Trump met with a guy who did the same thing.

 

WOW! You got me! That's exactly the same thing.



Truth bomb us. Tell everyone why you even bothered.

 

I hope he's gone from the earth. Would hate for him to turn up in Arizona.....

http://news.trust.org/item/20200201024729-rhitg

 

Because people who murder innocent people should be in prison, not lauded as hero's just because he's on your side.

 

GOOD, i hope they are right

 

"Awesome .. Just Awesome" - Until the enemy starts killing off our leaders with drones.. pilots sitting back sippin Latte's in Tehran, or any number of other nations.

 

Oh, had you actually bothered to review CPO Gallagher's trial you'd know he was found NOT GUILTY because ISIS was shooting civilians, and no one saw Gallagher shoot them. Oh, those damned facts, eh? But, hey, don't let them get in the way of a deep hatred.

 

Let's all ignore this bit :
The message came days after a U.S.-led raid against AQAP killed 25 people, including 11 women and children.

And no, this doesn't mean that the other 14 men were terrorists.

The US are the number 1 terrorist nation in the world. Here is an idea, why don't you leave countries on the other side of the world and defend your own country instead of continually interfering in other countries