The Pentagon says a U.S. airstrike in Syria last month killed what the Defense Department describes as a senior al-Qaida leader who once had ties to Osama bin Laden.
A Pentagon spokesman, Navy Capt. Jeff Davis, identifies the target as Haydar Kirkan. The spokesman says Kirkan oversaw the planning of attacks against Western targets outside of Syria, including in Turkey.
Davis says a U.S. drone carried out the airstrike Oct. 17 in the vicinity of Idlib, in western Syria.
The U.S. has previously announced that in the week after that airstrike, it hit al-Qaida targets in Yemen and Afghanistan.
(AP)
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Al queda grows leaders faster than the idiot in charge of the pentagram grow missiles.
Obama will have to lie faster and harder about what a good job he’s doing to go after them. all he does is lie, like Hillary, so nothing they say is believable.
#1 Al Queda’s and ISIS strength are thanks to the Clinton Foundation which is masterminded by the one some meshugaim are voting for.