[politics] Hey, Rocky!

B: Watch me pull a rabbit outta my hat!
R: Aw, that trick never works!
I feel like I'm watching Rocky & Bullwinkle, only not as well drawn and with much worse writing:

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - The operational commander of al-Qaida, possibly the No. 3 official in the terrorist organization, was killed early Thursday by a CIA missile attack on a safehouse in Pakistan, officials have told NBC News.

Again!?