Al Qaeda's underwear bomb plot mastermind killed by special forces in 'biggest hit since Bin Laden'

[Eugene]

Source: Daily Mail

Al Qaeda's underwear bomb plot mastermind killed by special forces in 'biggest hit since Bin Laden'

Ibrahim al-Asiri thought to be dead - most senior member since Bin Laden
Al-Asiri believed to be behind explosive devices including pant bombs
Comes after 'U.S.' backed forces engaged vehicle in gun battle
Those inside managed to shoot back, but all inside were reportedly killed

By AMANDA WILLIAMS
PUBLISHED: 02:04 GMT, 22 April 2014 | UPDATED: 11:52 GMT, 22 April 2014

Al Qaeda's chief bombmaker is believed to have been killed in an ambush by U.S- backed special forces in Yemen.

A 4x4 vehicle, believed to be carrying Ibrahim al-Asiri, 32, mastermind of the 'underwear bomb plot', was engaged in a gun battle with special forces, dropped in by helicopter.

Witnesses have described seeing soldiers take up position in the road, waiting for the vehicle to pass before opening fire.

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[CBGLuthier]

1. So the "biggest kill" is a guy whose stupid-ass plan never even worked once.

USA! USA! Fuck Yeah USA!

[Renew Deal]

2. You seem upset that he's gone

[frylock]

3. maybe we should throw a parade?

[MADem]

4. You do seem upset; what are you saying, ignore the behavior if we catch the perps first?

I really want to understand your objection to this response to a series of very aggressive and terroristic acts of war. This guy was also the inkjet bomb guy, the body bomb guy, and a trainer of bombers. And we really don't know if all of his bombs didn't work--there are plenty of bombings where we haven't identified the perps; particularly in cases involving the Sunni-Shi'a divide in Iraq.

[bemildred]

5. Real headlines are better than anything you could just make up.

"Al Qaeda's underwear bomb plot mastermind killed by special forces in 'biggest hit since Bin Laden'"

I mean, if someone asked you twenty years ago to make up the headlines for 2014, would you have even considered something like that? It sounds like parody.