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Al-Qaida Document Cache Reveals Toll Of US Drone Strikes On Bin Laden's Plans -- The Guardian
US military publishes memorandums between Osama Bin Laden and his subordinates that detail how al-Qaida reshaped strategy.
Crippling US drone attacks forced Osama bin Laden to consider withdrawing his fighters from what had previously been safe havens in Pakistan, according to newly released documents seized at the compound where the al-Qaida leader was killed a year ago.
Memorandums between Bin Laden and his subordinates, made public by the US military's Combating Terrorism Center on Thursday, also revealed that with support eroding in the Muslim world because of the large number of civilians killed by al-Qaida and its affiliates, he wanted to focus "every bow and arrow" at US targets even at the expense of attacks on other countries, such as Britain, and Nato forces. Bin Laden said it would be a good idea to kill Barack Obama because then an "utterly unprepared" Joe Biden would become president.
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My Comment: Many senior commanders .... probably many that he (Bin Laden) knew personally .... have (over the years) been killed from drone strikes. I call that a clear indication that the US drone program and the CIA's targeted assassination program was having an impact.
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