For all the times that the Americans drop the ball and fail to prevent things, occasionally they get the payback thing right.
Just a few days ago, the pen pal of Major Nidal Hasan, the Fort Hood shooter that killed 14 and wounded dozens more, scoffed at the effectiveness of American intelligence and military power. The US delivered its own message to Anwar al-Awlaki (also spelled Aulaqi by some sources) in its raids on an al-Qaeda leadership meeting that left 30 dead, including the cleric that some believe played an operational role in 9/11:
Gotta love those airstrikes. From a technical standpoint I'm curious what they hit this meeting with that had the punch to kill 30 of the bastards. The
Hellfire missle is the standard tool of the Predator and is ideal for taking out vehicles and even bunkers, as it was designed to kill tanks. Given the part of the world the Yanks have lots of airbases and carriers within range, so this was likely an actual bomb. Not too many problems of this sort that can't be solved with a
2000lb JDAM.
Awlaki claims that Hasan initiated the e-mail correspondence with a message on Dec. 17, 2008. “He was asking about killing U.S. soldiers and officers,” says Awlaki. “His question was is it legitimate [under Islamic law].”
The Al Jazeera questioner asks for confirmation that Hasan forwarded this query nearly a year before the shooting.
“Yes,” responds Awlaki. “I am astonished. Where was American intelligence that claimed once that it can read any car plate number anywhere in the world?”
You appear to have your answer; not dead, just sleeping a lot.
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