Obama Doesn't Fool Around with Al Queda

A lot of days I read about another NATO or U.S. drone strike that has killed Al-Qu-ida operatives.

I've not yet found a complete list, but some names follow.

Some of the killings were done by U.S. forces and some by NATO, but the NATO strikes were U.S. led, so I've attributed them to U.S. forces.

This is a VERY PARTIAL List of Terrorists Killed or Apprehended by U.S. and Joint U.S./Other National Forces During the Administration of President Barack Obama.

Yes, a lot of innocents have been killed by drone strikes. That's horrible, but war has always been horrible. I'm just sayin' that contrary to claims by certain Republicans that he is not protecting America, Obama is on the job.

June, 2009

Baitullah Mahsud

Leader, Tehrik e-Taliban Pakistan
Killed by U.S. Forces

September, 2009

Noordin Muhammad Top

Operational Planner, Jemayah Islamiya

Killed by U.S. Forces

Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan

Planner, Al-Qa-ida in East Africa

Killed by U.S. Forces

December, 2009

Saleh al-Somali

Operational Commander, Al-Qa'ida

Killed by U.S. Forces

Abdallah Sa’id

Operational Commander, AL-Qa'ida

Killed by U.S. Forces

February, 2010

Abdul Ghani Beradar
Deputy and Military Commander, Taliban
Apprehended

Muhammad Haqqani
Haqqani Network Commander
Killed by U.S. Forces

Qari Zafar
Leader, Lashkar-e Jhangvi
Killed by U.S. Forces

March, 2010

Hussein al-Yemeni
Operative, Al-Qa-ida
Killed by U.S. Forces

Dulmatin
Senior Operative, Jamahay Islamiya
(Believed to be the mastermind behind the 2002 Bali bombings)
Killed by U.S. Forces

April, 2010

Abu Ayyub al-Masri 

Leader, Al-Qu'ida in Iraq

Killed by U.S. Forces

Abu Omar al-Baghdadi

Leader, Al-Qu'ida in Iraq
Killed by U.S. Forces

May, 2010

Sheik Saeed al-Masri 

Al-Qu-ida No. 3

June, 2010

Hamza al-Jawfi
Commander, Al-Qu-ida
Killed

May, 2011

Osama Bin Laden
Founder of Al-Qa'ida
Killed by U.S. Forces

June, 2011

Ilyas Kashmiri

Commander, Al-Qa'ida

Killed by U.S. Forces

Ammar al-Wa’ili

Senior Operative, Al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula

Killed by U.S. Forces

Abu Ali al-Harithi

Senior Operative, Al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula

Killed by U.S. Forces

Ali Saleh Farhan

Senior Operative, Al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula

Killed by U.S. Forces

Harun Fazul

Senior Leader, Al-Qa'ida in East Africa

Killed by U.S. Forces

August, 2011

Atihay Abd al-Rahman
Al-Qa'ida No. 2
Killed by U.S. Forces

September 2011

Anwar al Awlaki,
Leader, Al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula
Killed by U.S. Forces

Younis al-Mauritani
Senior Leader, Al-Qa'ida

Apprehended by U.S. and Pakistani Forces
Abu Hafs-al-Shahra
Chief of Pakistani Operations, Al-Qa'ida
Killed by U.S. Forces

May, 2012

Sakhr al-Taifi, also known as Mushtaq and Nasim

No. 2 Al-Qu-ida in Afghanistan

Killed by U.S. Forces