July 21, 2015
OUR REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT:
Senior al Qaida figure, Muhsin al-Fadhli, killed in US airstrike in Syria, officials say (KEN DILANIAN, AP)
Muhsin al-Fadhli was killed in a July 8 air attack while traveling in a vehicle near Sarmada, Syria, Pentagon spokesman Capt. Jeff Davis said in a statement. Davis did not further elaborate on the nature of the air strike, such as whether al-Fadhli was killed by a drone or a piloted aircraft.Al-Fadhli was a leader of the Khorasan Group, a cadre of al-Qaida operatives who were sent from Pakistan to Syria to plot attacks on the West. Officials say the Khorasan Group is embedded in the al Nusra front, Syria's al-Qaida affiliate.
Posted by Orrin Judd at July 21, 2015 5:06 PM
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