Al Qaida admits OBL is dead

[thewayne]

Didn't take as long as I'd expected.

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/05/no-pictures-it-did-happen-al-qaida-confirms-osama-death/


In related news, possibly from intelligence gleaned from the trove gathered from OBL's compound, drone strikes resumed in Pakistan and Yemen. Yemen hasn't been hit in 9 years.

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/05/first-drone-strikes-since-bin-laden-raid-hit-pakistan-yemen/

Comments

[silveradept]

Interesting. Although, one might wonder in this case, even if bin Laden were alive, that al-Qaeda would declare him dead just to get the eat off.

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

Except the way that AQ has split up into factions, and with the intelligence that the US gained from OBL's compound, nothing they do will take the heat off. They're going to be hunted to extinction, at least as best as the US Military can render.

[silveradept]

Oh, quite. But it would buy time, perhaps to put out another couple plots here and there.