CIA-directed airstrikes against al-Qaida leaders and facilities in Pakistan over the past six to nine months have been so successful, according to senior U.S. officials, that it is now possible to foresee a "complete al-Qaida defeat" in the mountainous region along the border with Afghanistan.
The officials say the terrorist network's leadership cadre has been "decimated," with up to a dozen senior and midlevel operatives killed as a result of the strikes and the remaining leaders reeling from the repeated attacks.
"The enemy is really, really struggling," says one senior U.S. counterterrorism official. "These attacks have produced the broadest, deepest and most rapid reduction in al-Qaida senior leadership that we've seen in several years."
Another senior U.S. official described "a significant, significant degradation of al-Qaida command and control in recent months."
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
WE'VE HEARD THIS BEFORE...
NPR's Morning Edition had a report on yet another U.S. claim of stunning success against Al Qaeda in Pakistan and all I can say is: Yeah, sure. We've been told about success so many times in the past that all such claims are suspicious. Here's the newest claim:
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interesting, unsettling queries posted on comments regards possibility of pampered Israel defying America on Iran.
Ken,
Netanyahu is really liked by the war whore neo-cons.
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