The war against al-Qaeda continues...

This time in Pakistan. An airstrike in South Waziristan has apparently eliminated the explosives expert that engineered the U.S.S. Cole bombing in 2000,Abu Khabab al-Masri , as well as several other senior Al-Qaeda officials. Several Arab "experts" from various Middle Eastern institutes downplay the significance of the killings, but I think this is a big win for the US. Al-Masri is known to have run an al-Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan, as well as conducting numerous chemical and explosives test, usually on dogs, and carried a $5 million US bounty. Sounds like a nice guy. Left unsaid in the AP article, is that the US had apparently received approval for an airstrike in Pakistani territory. This is a good sign that senior leadership in Pakistan remains committed to cooperating in the War on Terror. Now if they can only restrain some of the rogue elements in their intelligence service, which supports al-Qaeda and the Taliban, and is suspected to have some involvement in the barrage of bombings in India last week. Hopefully the US can continue to leverage good intelligence into swift action. That is what is going to ultimately take out foes like Osama bin Laden.