Saturday, March 3, 2012

When Was The Last Al Qaeda Fighter Killed In Afghanistan?

When Was The Last Al Qaeda Operative Killed Or Captured In Afghanistan? -- Long War Journal

Over at The Nation (the US version, not the Pakistani version), George Zornick asked when the last al Qaeda operative was killed in Afghanistan, because US troops are dying there and the President says we are in Afghanistan to fight al Qaeda. He received a response from the Department of Defense [see below] that is riddled with errors. The Nation reports:

Finally, ABC's Jake Tapper asked Carney when was "the last time US troops in Afghanistan killed anybody associated with Al Qaeda." Carney didn't have an answer, and referred Tapper to the Defense Department and NATO's International Security Assistance Force.

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My Comment: Bottom line .... Al Qaeda is far from dead and finished.

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