Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - "Wannan muhimmin mataki ne da aka ɗauka wanda ya kawar da wani matakin ƙwarewar jagoranci daga al-Qaeda", in ji Vince Cannistraro, tsohon shugaban yaki da ta'addanci na CIA kuma mai ba da shawara na ABC News na yanzu. "Zai taimaka wajen raunana ƙungiyar kuma ya rage ingancinta". Harithi yana cikin gudu, wasu jami'an tsaro da ke neman sa da Muhammad Hamdi al-Ahdal, wani wanda ake zargi da harin bam din USS "Cole"
wannan shari'ar.