posted February 13, 2017 06:36 PM            

http://thehill.com/policy/international/318185-strike-in-yemen-missed-al-qaeda-leader-report

President Trump’s first counter-terrorism offensive missed its primary target, according to a new report from NBC Nightly News.

Military and intelligence officials told NBC that the Jan. 29 raid in Yemen was aimed at taking out Qassim al-Rimi, an al Qaeda recruiter and one of the most sought after terrorists in the world.

The operation’s main goal failed, however, and NBC has obtained an audio tape it says military sources have authenticated of al-Rimi taunting Trump in the aftermath of the offensive.

"The fool of the White House got slapped at the beginning of his road in your lands," al-Rimi allegedly says in the recording.
It is unclear whether al-Rimi was at the compound at the time of the U.S. strike and escaped, or whether he was somewhere else altogether.

The raid in Yemen has become a flashpoint of controversy.

Chief Special Warfare Operator William "Ryan" Owens, 36, a Navy SEAL was killed in the strike and four other service members were injured.

U.S. Central Command has said that more than a dozen terrorists were also killed, and that intelligence gathered from the raid “will likely provide insight into the planning of future terror plots."

However, Centcom acknowledged “regrettably that civilian non-combatants were likely killed.”

There are reports that these number as high as two-dozen and include women and children.

Media reports of the raid describe a chaotic scene in which U.S. service members assaulted a heavily guarded compound. Some have indicated that al Qaeda operatives there were tipped off to the raid ahead of time.

Reuters cited U.S. military officials in a report claiming that the operation was approved without sufficient intelligence, ground support or adequate backup operations.

The White House has pushed back strenuously against those reports, providing a detailed timeline of the weeks-long vetting and preparation that took place in advance of the raid.

posted February 13, 2017 07:25 PM            

This strike into Yemen was planned under the direction of the Marxist Messiah, Obama...only awaiting a moonless night upon which to launch the strike.

posted February 13, 2017 08:55 PM            

Yes, it was designed under Obma`s administration

BUT

The treasure trove of evidence was ten years old and available on the internet.

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WASHINGTON – U.S. Central Command on Friday released a short video clip that it said was representative of the intelligence gathered by Navy SEALs during a deadly raid of an al-Qaida compound in Yemen. But within two hours of releasing the video, the Pentagon pulled it from its website.

The problem was the video is nearly a decade old and likely has long been circulated in jihadi forums on the Internet. After Central Command uploaded the video to DVIDs, the Pentagon’s media distribution website, it received feedback from the public that the video was old, said Air Force Col. John Thomas, a Central Command spokesman.

Central Command, which overseas military operations in the Middle East, immediately took it down “because we didn’t want to pass off something that was old as new,” he said.

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http://www.stripes.com/news/pentagon-releases-video-seized-in-seal-raid-in-yemen-then-pulls-it-from-website-1.452375

posted February 13, 2017 11:07 PM            

Righto!

posted February 14, 2017 08:12 AM            

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Originally posted by jwhop:
"The rest of the material seized in the raid will remain [b]classified, officials said."

Righto!

Why would Obama lay on a special forces mission to capture 10 year old intelligence?[/B]

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Easy peasy, bad intellegence.

Classified always covers someones butt when the info is a dud.

posted February 14, 2017 01:19 PM            

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Originally posted by jwhop:
Ummm, the rest of the seized information is still classified "Secret".

A lot more than a video was seized.

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When one has his butt in his hand , it`s always best to fall back on secret & classified

posted February 14, 2017 02:42 PM            

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What a pathetic disgrace...guy can't do anything right. Total loser.

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posted February 14, 2017 03:26 PM            

But because Trumps admin enacted it it was a huuge success . Even tho they waited till 2 nights AFTER the new moon.. perhaps they think the almanac and weather stations are fake news too?

So good plan? Bad plan? Obama's fault? Trump's victory?

How does it feel to be a pretzel?

Obama's plan was set aside. Forgive me for suggesting it was not for lack of moondark nights! Also for saying that, given lack of any evidence of success, I find it hard to believe these shockingly bad liars that they have Bigly captured enormous amounys of fantastic info.

posted February 14, 2017 11:37 PM            

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Originally posted by Randall:
I agree--Obama sure is!

"What a pathetic disgrace...guy can't do anything right. Total loser."

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