Well, it appears our drone attack didn't get al-Qaeda's number 2 (and resident Dr. Evil) Ayman al-Zawahri last Friday, but we did terminate the terror careers of four other al-Qaeda members, according to Reuters.
The biggest catch was Dr. al-Zawahri's fellow Egyptian, Midhat Mursi al-Sayid 'Umar, pictured above. According to Rewards for Justice, which was offering up to a $5 million reward for 'Umar, the deceased met an appropriate end since he was an explosives expert.
Also among the dead was Abdul Rehman Al-Misri al Maghribi, al-Qaeda's media guy. Was he the mastermind behind those poorly recorded audio messages from his father-in-law? Or those badly done home videos so cherished by al-Jazeera? A promising PR career has been cut short.
Abu Obaidah al Misri, was the third victim, he was in charge of al-Qaeda's operations in Afghanistan's Kunar province.
The fourth victim has yet to be identified.
Regretfully, there very likely some were innocent victims killed in the drone attack--it happens in all wars. But to say the CIA drone attack was another agency screw up-well, that's just wrong.
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