This week U.S. officials announced that they’d killed Al Qaeda’s number three operative, who went by the nom de querre Sheikh Saeed al-Masri. The U.S. military has a seemingly impressive record of eliminating #3s - some argue it's been done ten times. So what gives? Slate columnist Timothy Noah and Al Qaeda expert Jarret Brachman weigh in.
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Comments [2]
it is spelled "Nom de Guerre" not "nom de querre". French for name of war
Ah, come on! You never watched The Prisoner? A new No. 2 disappeared every episode.
Now, with No. 1 and No. 2 joined at the hip (reminds me of the Corbomite Maneuver where a funny looking little guy needs a scary looking, tall dummy to front for him), No. 3 is Al Qaida's effective No. 2, so...
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