05-08-2015, 11:05 AM
(01-20-2015, 06:39 PM)HairOfTheDog Wrote: The Charlie Hebdo Aftermath
Well, radicals on all sides are having an effin' field day in the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo attacks in France.
Here's the reported chain of command behind the attacks orchestrated from Yemen; AQAP has now formally claimed responsibility.
Remember that ^ guy? He's dead.
Senior al-Qaeda militant Nasser bin Ali al-Ansi (seen in a video in January in which he claimed responsibility for the Charlie Hebdo attacks) and his eldest son were reportedly just killed by a US air strike.
The killing of al-Ansi -- who also called for lone wolfs to strike in the US, France, Britain and Canada -- appears to indicate that the covert US drone program against the AQAP in Yemen is still underway, despite the evacuation of American military advisers from the country amid a worsening civil war.