Top Terrorists Killed in Iraq, and We Only Hear From Biden?
Sunday night, while listening to Liz Cheney and Debra Burlingame speak at a function in Los Angeles (the two co-founded Keep America Safe with Bill Kristol), I was reminded that al-Qaeda has two roots: one in Saudi Arabia from Osama bin Laden, and one in Egypt, from Ayman al-Zawahiri.
This made it particularly interesting to wake up on Monday morning to news of a major military success against al-Qaeda.
Most of the world now knows that U.S. troops and Iraqi security forces, in what is being touted as a joint operation, have killed the two most wanted men in Iraq: Abu Ayyub al-Masri and Abu Omar al-Baghdadi. While holding up gruesome photographs of the dead terrorists, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told reporters:
During the operation computers were seized with e-mails and messages to the two biggest terrorists, Osama bin Laden and [his deputy] Ayman al-Zawahiri.
Abu Ayyub al-Masri is an alias that translates as “the Egyptian.” He was allegedly hand-picked by Ayman al-Zawahiri and trained by Osam bin Laden to specialize in truck bombs. Before his death, he was considered the terrorists’ top military commander in Iraq, a position he took over in 2006 after Abu Musab al-Zarqawi met a similar fate by U.S. air strikes.
Abu Omar al-Baghdadi translates along the lines of “the Faithful Prince of Baghdad.” He was the figurehead for the Islamic State of Iraq. Little else is known about al-Baghdadi. His death, as well as the death of al-Masri, had been incorrectly reported several times before by Prime Minister al-Maliki. Wafiq al-Samaraei, a former general in the Iraqi military intelligence services and a former advisor to the president, told Al Jazeera:
It is true we heard many allegations in the past about the capture of Baghdadi and or al-Masri but they were from the Iraqi side only and the U.S. Army in Iraq used to keep silent. … This time we have a U.S. confirmation.
Providing that confirmation was General David Petraeus:
These two extremist leaders were responsible for barbaric attacks that killed thousands of innocent Iraqi citizens and Iraqi and Coalition Security Force members. Their deaths constitute another major milestone in the effort to defeat extremism in Iraq.
Great to see more of these POS sent on to their virgins. . . .the “o” keeps silent because he wants to distance himself from our success. He has to please his little moslem buddies.
Shhh! Do not tell the Left that we are still killing the enemy in Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, and elsewhere; it upsets them.
“Why is the commander-in-chief silent following this news?”
In mourning perhaps?
All is good. The only thing Obama is doing right and he wants to hide from it!! Doesn’t want his Muslim friends or US voting bloc to think he might be responsible for it!! The military and evil forces in Iraq did it!! Thanks Barry.
It’s very annoying to see the dimwit Biden, who would have propelled Iraq into a real civil with his insane partition plan, grandstand over these George Bush initiated inevitable accomplishments, however it’s fitting that the undocumented president stand down on this progress, given the fact that he advocated and agitated for Iraq to be conceded to al Qaeda and Iran.
That said, given that Obama is beyond embarrassment and shame I fully expect him to take credit for the progress in Iraq which is entirely the work of his courageous and resolute, but much maligned, predecessor. And I fully expect our ignorant media not to take notice of the irony.
No, Terry… Obama will give full credit to Bush for these successes, just as he continues to give full credit to the previous administration for the economic mess he “inherited” and has heroically put behind us.
Obama doesn’t feel the need to comment on these deaths because he really doesn’t think they’re that important. He doesn’t think that there is a “War” on terrorism or that there are radical Muslim fundamentalists who are capable of killing innocent people. In short, the War on Terror is simply a police operation to Obama, simply a law enforcement issue that has nothing to do with national security. Just like Obama wouldn’t feel the need to comment on the death of a major gang member in Chicago, he doesn’t feel the need to talk about the deaths of now three major terrorists in Iraq. And you wonder why the terrorists don’t take this guy seriously?
I think Obama believes that this law enforcement problem (not war, mind you) can be dealt with as long as our Predator drones and Hellfire missiles hold out. We don’t actually have to “defeat” these animals, just have enough cops around to make them think twice before “breaking the law.” If Obama thinks that this will silence these killers, he’s wrong. Radical Muslim fundamentalists have been around for centuries and have killed scores of people (mostly other Muslims, by the way, if you look at the numbers). So you’re not going to scare these people off by killing a few of them. You need to crush them decisively if you want to reduce the threat. Notice I said “reduce” the threat, because this is a generational war that will never really go away. We have to come to grips with that idea if we are going to live with this problem.
We didn’t hear from Obama because he was mourning the passing of his muslim terrorist brothers. As Obama continues on his path of destroying this country, nobody is going to be more surprised than Biden when Osama bin Laden waltzes into the White House with full diplomatic status and immunity, while Biden and his fellow democrats, who helped Obama, are led off to their deaths. Nobody likes a traitor.
“Why is the commander-in-chief silent following this news?”
He is in mourning for his Muslim brother.
Is it time to line up Americans and determine which ones still have a tingle down their leg over Obama? Then maybe we take away their right to vote.
Two bad guys got killed, thereby proving….. that Obama is a muslim-lover? Alas, he has driven you guys crazy.
Not really, of course, you just like to spout, even when there is little to say. So, let’s start over: what exactly is the problem here?
Obama is silent because he refuses to acknowledge anything positive regarding America`s ability to gain the upper hand whether it be the war, the economy or our inherent exceptionalism…
Obama is not for U.S.
Anyone that knows anything about the last six years or so in Iraq can see why this might be a bit of a “yawner”. Everyone thats anyone in Iraq is a top terrorist. It remains just a bomb lookin for a place to happen over there. And it matters that one of them dies? Lest we forget. Those that live by sword….
The American concern right now is…or should be… to get Iraq shut down as soon as possible, keep collecting our oil dividend to pay off our debts and take care of our veterans and then turn then blow the oil lanterns out and move on to gettin Afghanistan finished. Its time to get these “old horses” laid to rest and move forward. We voted for it so lets do what it needs to get done…on to the final chapter of a long, tragic bedtime story.
And what “oil dividend” would that be?
Would you guys be happier if he had announced the news on an aircraft carrier with a huge “Mission Accomplished” banner in the background?
I seriously doubt Obongo would dare set foot on an American carrier. Too much open deckspace…the kind of place where a guy could….you know, accidently fall overboard.
14. BC
“Would you guys be happier if he had announced the news on an aircraft carrier with a huge ‘Mission Accomplished’ banner in the background?”
Yes. Only it should read ANOTHER Mission Accomplished. I’m not expecting it to happen, because victories in the war against America only encourage the likes of us to keep on being Americans rather than transnational progressives, or some such.
My condolences on your losses, BC.
Maybe they just went under the Witness Protection Program and relocated to Detroit…we, the people, will never know if these two individuals were killed…at least with Bush the people had no doubts…now?
I hope y’all know that Osama’s been dead since 2001. All those tapes were created all these years to ‘keep him alive’ so there was an exuse for the US govt to keeping the wars going.
Also I’ve read many reports that say that the CIA is who created al-Qaeda, that it really doesn’t exist and that those other groups ARE ‘other groups’.
al-Qaeda just gets the blame (becuae they need to keep the al-Qaeda illusion alive).
This is the first time in my life I’m proud of this Administration.
I understand your sentiment, but will rephrase: I’m proud of the men in Iraq who are able to pursue and succeed in their mission in spite of this Administration.
The undocumented resident in the WH did not comment on the Muslim leader killings, because, as a Muslim, he adheres to the Koran, which teaches that Muslims are forbidden to kill other Muslims. He cannot comment in the negative. And to comment in the affirmative would make him appear to be in solidarity with the troops on killing them. He’s attempting to distance himself from those incidents.