So we should all be happy about this today -- although I suspect some on the Left aren't.

A senior al-Qaeda commander was killed this week in Pakistan, according to Western officials and an Islamic radical Web site, marking a rare success in the flagging U.S. and Pakistani campaign to hunt down members of the network.

Abu Laith al-Libi, the nom de guerre of a Libyan fighter who had served alongside al-Qaeda and the Taliban since the late 1980s, had become an influential field commander in recent years, overseeing many operations against U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan, officials said. The U.S. military blamed him for organizing a suicide attack that killed 23 people outside Bagram air base during a visit by Vice President Cheney in February last year.

The Western officials declined to give details of how Libi died. But there is evidence he was targeted in a missile strike that killed 12 people early Tuesday in a remote village in northwestern Pakistan.

Yeah, that's right. This is the guy who tried to get to Dick Cheney last year. Folks at Kos, DU, HuffPo and other "progressive" sites were upset that the assassination attempt was thwarted. So ask your favorite liberal how they feel about this success in the Crusade Against Islamist Terrorism, mentioning the attempt to kill the Vice president. You'll quickly find out if that if they are with us or with the terrorists.

Posted by: Greg at 10:41 PM | No Comments | Add Comment
Post contains 247 words, total size 2 kb.