This report came out last night but it wasn’t completely confirmed – it looks like President Trump is kinda confirming through his retweets. First, he retweeted this report:
U.S. killed a top al-Qaeda leader in Yemen, reports say https://t.co/MVV9dTl721 via @Yahoo
— Sean D. Naylor (@SeanDNaylor) January 31, 2020
From Yahoo News:
The leader of al-Qaida’s Yemen branch is believed to have been killed in a U.S. airstrike earlier this year.
The New York Times said three current or former U.S. officials “expressed confidence” that Qasim al-Raymi, the emir of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), was killed in Yemen, although there was no official confirmation.
U.S. forces had been tracking al-Raymi for months, and there was a $10 million price on his head.
It is unclear whether the strike was carried out by the U.S. military or the CIA. Spokespersons for U.S. Central Command, the National Security Council and the CIA declined to comment.
And then he retweeted a few parts of a thread from a director of an intelligence group.
3)Breaking: It appears that Qasim al-Rimi, leader of the Yemen-based #AQAP, was the individual targeted & killed in a U.S. drone strike on Saturday, January 25 in Wadi Ubaidah, east of #Sanaa – a longtime stronghold for the group. AQAP has yet to officially confirm his death. pic.twitter.com/ohDcH2d8wz
— Rita Katz (@Rita_Katz) January 30, 2020
4)If true, and it seems to be, the dead of al-Rimi would mark a major blow to #AlQaeda on the whole. Al-Rimi was a candidate for succeeding AQ leader Zawahiri.
— Rita Katz (@Rita_Katz) January 30, 2020
6)Of all living #AlQaeda leaders, al-Rimi was the most compelling, known for his charisma & beloved across the AQ community. #AQAP in Yemen has a longstanding history as being the most directly symbiotic w/ AQC. Thus, this is not only a blow to #AQAP but to AQ as a whole.
— Rita Katz (@Rita_Katz) January 31, 2020
Now, Trump definitely is the kind to spike the football long before the touchdown is confirmed, BUT he’s also the guy who would have at hand the most information about whether a report like this is true or not.
Here’s a news report on the scumbag from a while back:
Hopefully, the military will be able to confirm the killing of another evil terror threat.
Via TRS
