Traction or Distraction?
So is Iraq a distraction from Afghanistan? …
Al-Qaida has posted a statement on the Internet saying one of its commanders in Afghanistan has been killed by a U.S. airstrike.
Abu Abdullah al-Shami was one of four al-Qaida militants who brazenly escaped from U.S.-run Bagram prison in Afghanistan three years ago.
Thursday’s statement was dated July 14 and signed by the terror network’s top Afghanistan commander, Mustafa Abu al-Yazeed.
It says al-Shami was “martyred with a group of his companions.” It did not elaborate on where he was killed, or who was with him.
Or is Afghanistan a distraction from Iraq?
Iraqi and US forces on Thursday arrested 189 people in a massive security operation targeting al-Qaeda in the northern province of Diyala, the Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
“Joint police and army forces arrested 155 wanted men, while Multi-National Forces captured 34 others during Bashaer al-Kheir (Promise of Good) operation in Diyala,” General Mohammed al-Askari told the news agency, Voices of Iraq.
Because if this is distraction, I say we… uh, what was I saying?