AMF, Ayman al-Zawahiri

[Mik]

I was wondering about that as well. Was it really worth it for a stunt to rise his popularity? As far as I know, Zawahiri hasn't coordinated much of anything the last 20 years.

Not that I'm sad he is gone, mind you.

[George K]

@Mik said in AMF, Ayman al-Zawahiri:

Zawahiri hasn't coordinated much of anything

More than one headline claimed that he's' irrelevant. That could be true.

[Jolly]

Does send a message, though. No matter how long it takes, you will be executed.

[Renauda]

@Jolly said in AMF, Ayman al-Zawahiri:

Does send a message, though. No matter how long it takes, you will be executed.

And that’s a good message to send to that tribe and others like them.

Good hunting, Uncle Sam!

[George K]

@Jolly said in AMF, Ayman al-Zawahiri:

Does send a message, though. No matter how long it takes, you will be executed.

Good point.

You can run, for a very long time, but….

I would love to see the story of the eyes on the ground that enabled this.

[George K]

https://ewerickson.substack.com/p/terrorist-ayman-al-zawahiri-killed?utm_source=%2Fprofile%2F650243-erick-woods-erickson&utm_medium=reader2

Erick-Woods Erickson

Sirajuddin Haqqani is a New York Times contributor.

American forces blew up Ayman Al-Zawahiri, Al Qaeda’s number two after Osama Bin Laden, in Haqqani’s home in Kabul, Afghanistan.

I’m only being somewhat flippant. The New York Times gave Haqqani space to make a case for the Taliban in its pages. There was no staff revolt.

This is the same New York Times that saw a staff revolt over sitting United States Senator Tom Cotton offering up an op-ed on using force to quell the riots around the United States.

You need to remember the New York Times staff was more at ease with a member of the Taliban in its pages than a sitting United States Senator.

[George K]

[taiwan_girl]

The linked article below I thought was a pretty good summary.

I thought the below was funny

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The R9X is "clearly" something developed by "a couple of guys" who "got high as balls, looked at each other — and watched a bunch of Acme cartoons — and were like, 'Hey, what if we can drop an anvil from the sky?'" joked Dan Smock, a U.S. Army veteran and former USAID worker who told Task & Purpose he had lived in the Kabul house where al-Zarahawi was killed. "And then the guy next to him just finished watching infomercials for some reason because that's his thing, and he goes, 'Yeah, but what if we make it a Slap Chop anvil?'"
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https://theweek.com/briefing/1015696/how-the-us-killed-al-qaeda-leader-ayman-al-zawahiri-and-only-al-zawahiri-with-a

[George K]

@taiwan_girl

Wonderful.

"Slap-chop" anvil, LOL.

I wonder if they cleaned it up with a sham-wow.