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REPORT: President Trump ordered airstrike on AQAP leader Qassim al-Rimi, awaiting confirmation of his death Greg Pollowitz twitchy.com /gregp-3534/2020/01/31/report-president-trump-ordered-airstrike-on-aqap-leader-qassim-al-rimi-awaiting-confirmation-of-his-death/ Multiple media outlets are reporting tonight that the U.S. targeted Qassim al-Rimi, the leader of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula: The United States conducted a strike recently targeting Qassim al-Rimi, the leader of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, a US official tells CNN t.co — CNN International (@cnni) January 31, 2020 President Trump reportedly gave the order earlier this week: I'm told the order to hit Qassim al-Rimi was given by President Trump earlier this week after months of intelligence gathering. — Shelley Carbone (@shelleycarbone) January 31, 2020 There was a $10 million bounty on his head: 6. al-Rimi's growing importance in the al-Qaeda network can be traced by the amount of money that @StateDept put up for information leading to him. Initially set at $5 million, the bounty was doubled to $10 million in recent years: pic.twitter.com/fvE4zkdcI8 — Rukmini Callimachi (@rcallimachi) January 31, 2020 And we’re awaiting confirmation if the strike was successful or not: 7. We are waiting to hear from officials whether the strike succeeded. Much like Baghdadi, al-Rimi been declared dead before, only to resurface. Folks we spoke to urged caution. If he was taken out, it's another blow to al-Qaeda which has suffered the death of numerous leaders — Rukmini Callimachi (@rcallimachi) January 31, 2020 Rita Katz, Director of the SITE Intelligence Group, started reporting on the strike way back on January 27: 1)An #AQAP leader was killed via U.S. drone strike in Wadi Ubaidah district of #Marib #Yemen, according to Yemeni news reports. The Wadi Ubaidah area is known as a long-standing stronghold for AQ militants in the country. Name of the leader was not stated. — Rita Katz (@Rita_Katz) January 27, 2020 2)Will be interesting to see which #AQAP official warranted the intel & military resources required to carry out a precise U.S. drone attack…AQAP in recent years has dwindled. As it stands now, top publicly known officials are leader Qassim al-Rimi and official Ibrahim al-Qosi. pic.twitter.com/GlGgygCqgB — Rita Katz (@Rita_Katz) January 27, 2020 And this is from January 30: 3)Breaking: It appears that Qasim al-Rimi, leader of the Yemen-based #AQAP, was the individual targeted & killed in a U.S. drone strike on Saturday, January 25 in Wadi Ubaidah, east of #Sanaa – a longtime stronghold for the group. AQAP has yet to officially confirm his death. pic.twitter.com/ohDcH2d8wz — Rita Katz (@Rita_Katz) January 30, 2020 4)If true, and it seems to be, the dead of al-Rimi would mark a major blow to #AlQaeda on the whole. Al-Rimi was a candidate for succeeding AQ leader Zawahiri. — Rita Katz (@Rita_Katz) January 30, 2020 We shall see: 5)As I said yesterday, all but confirmed that #AQAP leader Qassim al-Rimi was killed in a U.S. drone strike. AQAP, although reduced in vitality in recent years, remains dangerous + has est. itself as a rival to Houthi and ISIS militants in the country.https://t.co/SIkj03iQHg — Rita Katz (@Rita_Katz) January 31, 2020 More on his background: 6)Of all living #AlQaeda leaders, al-Rimi was the most compelling, known for his charisma & beloved across the AQ community. #AQAP in Yemen has a longstanding history as being the most directly symbiotic w/ AQC. Thus, this is not only a blow to #AQAP but to AQ as a whole. — Rita Katz (@Rita_Katz) January 31, 2020 7) #AQAP has not offered any confirmation of the death of its leader, which happened almost a week ago. Will be interesting to see how long the confirmation takes. The last major death in AQ leadership, #HamzaBinLaden, was never confirmed by the group.https://t.co/71sBSh3XTi — Rita Katz (@Rita_Katz) January 31, 2020 8)In his last speech, released in Nov. 2019, al-Rimi drew on his past experiences w/ AQ in #Afghanistan & #Yemen in dealing w/ difficult circumstances, rallying fighters in #Syria, urging them to avoid loyalty to factions if it interferes with best interests of the Muslim public pic.twitter.com/VHlpKbjVXz — Rita Katz (@Rita_Katz) January 31, 2020 We’ll keep you posted.