Another blow to Al Qaeda and the Taliban

2014-12-26T15:00:30-05:00

Looks like another successful strike may have been conducted.

http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2014/12/us_targets_emir_of_p.php

US targets emir of Punjabi Taliban in pair of drone strikes in North Waziristan | The Long War...

Asmatullah Muawiya (center), from a March 2013 video. Osama bin Laden is to Muawiya's left, and Rasheed Ghazi, the slain leader of the Lal Masjid, is to his right. Image from the SITE Intelligence Group. The US targeted a dual-hatted Pakistani Taliban leader and al Qaeda commander in one of two drone strikes that took place today in Pakistan's jihadist haven of North Waziristan. The CIA-operated, remotely piloted Predators or Reapers launched...

Response by CW5 Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 26 at 2014 3:13 PM

2014-12-26T15:13:16-05:00

This is great stuff, COL Private RallyPoint Member. Maybe this will wind up being the story of the tortoise and the hare. The terrorists are the hare and we are the tortoise, slowing winning the "race."

Response by MSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 26 at 2014 4:04 PM

2014-12-26T16:04:41-05:00

Well we will see if we got Asmatullah Muawiya. Any leader that goes down is something. Although there will be another one to take his place. This is like a chess game in stalemate!