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From: Tapper, Jake Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 7:58 AM To: ’1kf84jkfl3.politics@blogs.abcnews.go.com’; #ABCTV IG News Line Edit; #ABCTV DL-NEWS DC DIGITAL; Gallagher, Nicole E. Cc: #abctv News Media Relations Subject: The Terrorist Notches on Obama’s Belt

The list of senior terrorists killed during the Obama presidency is fairly extensive.

There’s Osama bin Laden, http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/target-bin-laden-death-life-osama-bin-laden/story?id=13786598 of course, killed in May.

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) leader Anwar al-Awlaki http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/09/officials-thought-they-might-kill-awlaki-on-911-anniversary/ as of today.

Earlier this month officials confirmed that al Qaeda’s chief of Pakistan operations, Abu Hafs al-Shahri, http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/09/al-qaeda-chief-of-pakistan-operations-killed/ was killed in Waziristan, Pakistan.

In August, ‘Atiyah ‘Abd al-Rahman, http://abcnews.go.com/International/al-qaeda-atiyah-abd-al-rahman-killed-pakistan/story?id=14394690 the deputy leader of al Qaeda was killed.

In June, one of the group’s most dangerous commanders, Ilyas Kashmiri, http://www.smh.com.au/world/ilyas-kashmiri-killed-in-drone-attack-20110605-1fmv6.html was killed in Pakistan. In Yemen that same month, AQAP senior operatives Ammar al-Wa’ili, Abu Ali al-Harithi, and Ali Saleh Farhan http://dalje.com/en-world/yemen-confirms-qaeda-chiefs-deaths/290351 were killed. In Somalia, Al-Qa’ida in East Africa (AQEA) senior leader Harun Fazul http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/terrorism/jan-june11/alqaida_06-13.html was killed.

(MOVED Masri to below)

Administration officials also herald the recent US/Pakistani joint arrest of Younis al-Mauritani http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2011/09/pakistani_forces_cap.php in Quetta.

Going back to August 2009, Tehrik e-Taliban Pakistan leader Baitullah Mahsud http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=8273644 was killed in Pakistan.

In September of that month, Jemayah Islamiya operational planner Noordin Muhammad Top http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=8106157&page=1 was killed in Indonesia, and AQEA planner Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/15/world/africa/15raid.html was killed in Somalia.

Then in December 2009 in Pakistan, al Qaeda operational commanders Saleh al-Somali http://abcnews.go.com/International/Terrorism/al-qaeda-operations-planner-saleh-al-somali-believed/story?id=9314585 and ‘Abdallah Sa’id were killed.

In February 2010, in Pakistan, Taliban deputy and military commander Abdul Ghani Beradar http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/16/world/asia/16intel.html?pagewanted=all was captured; Haqqani network commander Muhammad Haqqani http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/20/world/asia/20pstan.html was killed; and Lashkar-e Jhangvi leader Qari Zafar http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2010/03/taliban_confirm_want.php was killed.

In March 2010, al Qaeda operative Hussein al-Yemeni was killed in Pakistan, while senior Jemayah Islamiya operative Dulmatin http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2010/0310/Indonesia-says-killed-leading-militant-Dulmatin – accused of being the mastermind behind the 2002 Bali bombings — was killed during a raid in Indonesia.

In April 2010, al Qaeda in Iraq leaders Abu Ayyub al-Masri and Abu Omar al-Baghdadi http://articles.nydailynews.com/2010-04-19/news/27062276_1_abu-ayyub-al-masri-al-qaeda-iraq-baghdadi were killed.

In May 2010, al Qaeda’s number 3 commander, Sheik Saeed al-Masri http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2010/05/officials-al-qaeda-no-3-killed/ was killed.

In June 2010 in Pakistan, al Qaeda commander Hamza al-Jawfi http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2010/06/us_strikes_al_qaeda_1.php was killed.

Remember when Rudy Giuliani warned that electing Barack Obama would mean that the US played defense, not offense, against the terrorists?

If this is defense, what does offense look like?

-Jake Tapper