US airstrike targets al-Qaida-linked militant in Libya

[jacksmar]

http://bigstory.ap.org/urn:publicid:ap.org:59224bd4270849b69e171ec3422baa b0

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S military launched weekend airstrikes targeting and likely killing an al-Qaida-linked militant leader in eastern Libya who has been charged with leading the attack on a gas plant in Algeria in 2013 that killed at least 35 hostages, including three Americans.

The Libyan government said warplanes targeted and killed Mokhtar Belmokhtar and several others in eastern Libya. A U.S. official said two F-15 fighter jets launched multiple 500-pound bombs in the attack. The official was not authorized to discuss the details of the attack publicly so spoke on condition of anonymity.

U.S. officials said they are still assessing the results of the Saturday strike, but Pentagon spokesman Col. Steve Warren said the military believes the strike was successful and hit the target. Neither U.S. officials nor the Libyan government provided proof of Belmokhtar's death, which likely requires a DNA test or an announcement by Belmokhtar's group that he was killed.

Officials said there were no U.S. personnel on the ground for the assault.

The U.S. filed terrorism charges in 2013 against Belmokhtar in connection with the Algeria attack. Officials have said they believe he remained a threat to U.S. and Western interests. Belmokhtar, an Algerian in his 40s, had just split off from al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb, or AQIM, to start his own franchise.

Belmokhtar has a long history of leading terrorist activities as a member of AQIM, is the operational leader of the al Qaida-associated Al Murabitun organization in Northwest Africa, and maintains his personal allegiance to al-Qaida, Warren said.

The Libyan government in a statement Sunday said that the strike targeting BelMokhtar came after consultation with the U.S. so that America could take action against a terror leader there.

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[Kristy]

Hey Asscracksmar, what do you think of the 2016 Rethuglicon clown car?
http://crooksandliars.com/files/primary_image/15/06/18053097218_6d3c63e937_z_d.jpg

Was it "invented" at Indy?

[jacksmar]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/exclusive-trump-will-declare-9-billion-net-worth-as-he-reveals-2016-plans/2015/06/15/a00e74c0-137c-11e5-9ddc-e3353542100c_story.html?tid=sm_fb

Donald Trump will declare $9 billion in assets as he reveals 2016 plans

Donald J. Trump, the billionaire real-estate mogul, on Tuesday will release a summary of assets that total about $9 billion as part of his likely entry into the race for the Republican presidential nomination, according to people familiar with his plans.

The two-page document — which will be published after he holds a political rally at Trump Tower in New York — will provide a valuation of his hotels and other properties. It will also show hundreds of millions in cash on hand and an outline of his debts, these people said.

The details he will reveal Tuesday will provide one of the first looks at the worth of the real-estate and television empire that the colorful impresario has amassed — one whose value has been avidly debated.

Trump’s declared assets are more than double the estimate of his net worth by Forbes, which currently pegs his net holdings at $4.1 billion. That figure would make him the wealthiest Republican contender.

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$,$$$,$$$,$$$ talks

[Seshmeister]

He's a fucking idiot and a windbag.

He inherited over $300 million over 40 years ago, any fucking bozo could make money in property with that start in life, he almost didn't.

[jacksmar]

He's a fucking idiot and a windbag.

He inherited over $300 million over 40 years ago, any fucking bozo could make money in property with that start in life, he almost didn't.

Money makes the man.............just ask Hillary Diane Rodham................aka ERoosevelt the second..........................

[Seshmeister]

I'm not optimistic that you are going to get much worth voting for.

Doesn't make a huge difference really anyway, huge areas like foreign policy and the economy don't change no matter who you vote for.

[jacksmar]

He's a fucking idiot and a windbag.

Tell me what politician is not full of himself? Which one is not driven by ego? Trump's ego is bigger than his assets and.................

The Kenyan Houseboy has given the country away. Trump will do what it takes to get it back. Trump thinks outside the Beltway and hates D.C. Trump fires dead beats and rewards talent and achievement. Trump is an American success story and is the opposite of what we have now.

Trump's best move would be to stop illegal immigration, build a few manufacturing plants, and......................................

immigrate middle class people from foreign countries to offset the illegals and insure a second term.

You people didn't see that coming........................

[Nickdfresh]

Tell me what politician is not full of himself? Which one is not driven by ego? Trump's ego is bigger than his assets and.................

He's a simpleton jackoff retard with his rantings...


The Kenyan Houseboy has given the country away.

Really? who'd he "give" it too? The Chinese? That's a laugh, pinhead...


Trump will do what it takes to get it back. Trump thinks outside the Beltway and hates D.C. Trump fires dead beats and rewards talent and achievement. Trump is an American success story and is the opposite of what we have now.

Take it "back" from whom? Wall Street billionaires?

Success story? He inherited his success and has essentially recycled himself by being a shitbag...


Trump's best move would be to stop illegal immigration, build a few manufacturing plants, and......................................

immigrate middle class people from foreign countries to offset the illegals and insure a second term.

You people didn't see that coming........................

You really are an idiot. You think Trump or any corporatist wants to crack down on immigrant labor they can use to drive down labor costs and shrink the middle class of unruly questioners?

[Nickdfresh]

What is Donald Trump actually "worth?":


Net worth

Estimates of Trump's net worth have fluctuated along with real estate valuations: In 2013, Forbes put it at $3.2 billion.[46] As early as 2005, however, New York Times writer Timothy L. O'Brien questioned the accuracy of the Forbes figure: He quoted a Forbes editor stating that the magazine "work[ed] hard to ensure the accuracy of its data but that it also [relied] on information provided by those whom it surveys" and that Trump would "constantly [call] about himself and [say] we're not only low, but low by a multiple." While the magazine put Trump's 2004 net worth at $2.6 billion, O'Brien's 2005 article references three unnamed business associates of Trump who "thought his net worth was somewhere between $150 million and $250 million."[47]

After the publication of the article, Trump unsuccessfully filed a libel lawsuit against O'Brien; it was dismissed in 2009.[48][49] In the lawsuit it was revealed that, in 2005, Deutsche Bank valued Trump's net worth at $788 million, to which Trump objected.[45][48][49]

In April 2011, amidst speculation whether Trump would run as a candidate in the US presidential election of 2012, Politico quoted unnamed sources close to him stating that, if Trump should decide to run for president, he would file "financial disclosure statements that [would] show his net worth [was] in excess of $7 billion with more than $250 million of cash, and very little debt."[50] (Presidential candidates are required to disclose their finances after announcing their intentions to run.) Although Trump did not run as a candidate in the 2012 elections, his professionally prepared 2012 financial disclosure was published in his book stating a $7 billion net worth.[41]

LINK (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump)

So basically Trump is worth about what he inherited, maybe less...

[jacksmar]

He's a simpleton jackoff retard with his rantings...



Really? who'd he "give" it too? The Chinese? That's a laugh, pinhead...



Take it "back" from whom? Wall Street billionaires?

Success story? He inherited his success and has essentially recycled himself by being a shitbag...



You really are an idiot. You think Trump or any corporatist wants to crack down on immigrant labor they can use to drive down labor costs and shrink the middle class of unruly questioners?

with all respect nick, Trump is a pro-American candidate and that sets him apart from the entire retread, repuke field, as well as team homo donkey.

You don't understand because it’s not a team homo donkey position. It's a pro-American platform.

[jacksmar]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHnZhEM9-kg

thanks for the opening nick.................

[jacksmar]

http://news.yahoo.com/al-qaida-confirms-us-strike-killed-leader-yemen-060933504.html#

Al-Qaida confirms US strike killed leader of Yemen affiliate

CAIRO (AP) — A U.S. airstrike has killed Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader, who commanded its powerful Yemeni affiliate, dealing the global network its biggest blow since the killing of Osama bin Laden and eliminating a charismatic leader at a time when it is vying with the Islamic State group for the mantle of global jihad.

In a video statement dated June 14 and released Tuesday by the Yemeni affiliate, a senior operative announced the death of Nasir al-Wahishi, a veteran jihadi who once served as bin Laden's aide-de-camp, and said his deputy, Qassim al-Raimi, has been tapped to replace him.

"Our Muslim nation, a hero of your heroes and a master of your masters left to God, steadfast," Khaled Batrafi said in the video, vowing that the group's war on America would continue.

[Nickdfresh]

with all respect nick, Trump is a pro-American candidate and that sets him apart from the entire retread, repuke field, as well as team homo donkey.

You don't understand because it’s not a team homo donkey position. It's a pro-American platform.

They're ALL "pro-Americans" to themselves. Do you think Trump gives a fuck about anyone on Main St. or just Wall St. I'm not saying the Clintons are much better with their little public speaking empire...

[Von Halen]

Of course Trump is Pro American. He has been one of the best at abusing the American system. How many times has that fucknut filed bankruptcy?

[Kristy]

No wonder Asscrackasmr is perfect fodder for the likes of Trump.

"So, ladies and gentlemen, I am officially running for president of the United States, and we are going to make our country great again," Trump told the crowd, in a lengthy and meandering speech that hit on his signature issues like currency manipulation from China and job creation, as well as taking shots at the President and his 2016 competitors."

I'll give this rich boy some credit in that he won't be indicted like a Rick Perry before the primaries and that he has enough money of his own to not be another Koch Brothers puppet. That's the problem. What Trump has going for him is his money and the bullshit way past sell date of America can be great again rhetoric. Yes, by great again again he means shitting all over the poor like Reagan did, starting wars in places where we can't fight them, and a general malaise of instilling pro-corporate bankers to fuck up the rest. Someone should cock-slap this ragweed scalped idiot that America was never great to begin with. Most likely it will be China. Maybe the idea of America was but to sell his campaign platform on that horseshit gets no one nowhere. Fuck him.

[Seshmeister]

He's only just announced and he's already bullshitting at ram speed.

http://www.factcheck.org/2015/06/trump-tramples-facts/

[Seshmeister]

Wait a minute he used Rockin' In the Free World as his campaign track?

I think we're going to need a whole thread for the Trump campaign... :D

http://thrasherswheat.org/fot/ritfw.htm

[Nickdfresh]

Was Trump drunk during that fucking car accident of a press conference? Seriously...

[jacksmar]

apparently last thread 404'd





http://conservativebyte.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dtrump5.jpg


we're swingers...........

so are we...................

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Wait a minute he used Rockin' In the Free World as his campaign track?

I think we're going to need a whole thread for the Trump campaign... :D


And Neil don't like it one bit....


http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/06/neil-young-donald-trump-bernie-sanders

[jacksmar]

lots lots lots and more lots

haughtily sniffing haughtily

too funny.............................................