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| 4-5 foreign terrorists killed in al-Zawahiri hit |
| 2006-01-17 |
| At least four foreign terrorists died in the U.S. airstrike purportedly aimed at al-Qaida's No. 2 leader, the provincial government said Tuesday. A statement by the administration of Bajur, the Pakistan's tribal region bordering Afghanistan, also said that 10 to 12 foreign extremists had been invited to dinner at the village hit in Friday's attack. Pakistani intelligence officials have said Ayman al-Zawahri, Osama bin Laden's top lieutenant, had been invited to a dinner in the targeted village of Damadola to mark an Islamic holiday but did not show up and sent some aides instead. The statement was the first official confirmation by Pakistani authorities that foreign militants were killed in the attack, which officials have said also killed innocent civilians. The provincial government did not identify who the foreigners may have been or who was the target of the missile strike. "Four or five foreign terrorists have been killed in this missile attack whose dead bodies have been taken away by their companions to hide the real reason of the attack," the statement said, citing the chief official in the Bajur region where Damadola is located. "It is regrettable that 18 local people lost their lives in the attack, but this fact also cannot be denied, that 10-12 foreign extremists had been invited on a dinner," it said. |
| Posted by:Sposing Spomong7836 |
| #14 Quite so, gromgoru. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-01-17 23:00 |
| #13 TW ...Remember, women martyrs get to be the most beautiful amongst their husband's set Brrrrr. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2006-01-17 22:11 |
| #12 There is no such thing as an innocent Muslim. They are all guilty of aggression. The only good jihadi is a dead one. |
| Posted by: CaziFarkus 2006-01-17 22:11 |
| #11 Boy, I sure hope that's not true that they lied. It would damage my faith in the Muslim religion. Come on now, ye of little faith! It's not like they'd try to pass of an artillery shell as a bomb or something, right? xblanke - I stopped buying the Glob about 10 years ago (a bit after Drudge got on line). Before that I'd buy the weekly version of the paper, keep the sports section (best in the land, at the time) and toss the rest. |
| Posted by: Raj 2006-01-17 19:40 |
| #10 If you lay down with dogs, don't whine when the dog-catcher nabs you. Maybe one or two of these people learned that lesson. Probably not... |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2006-01-17 17:44 |
| #9 Here is hoping they didn't get their 72 rasins. |
| Posted by: IceRigger 2006-01-17 16:57 |
| #8 18*72 = ? False calculation, gromgoru. Remember, women martyrs get to be the most beautiful amongst their husband's set (assuming he, too, earnt martyrdom -- hey, maybe that's why that woman went off to the Jordanian hotel with her husband: she wanted to make sure she was his favourite afterward!). Children, I assume, don't get anything. Allah is a frugal god, it seems. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-01-17 15:08 |
| #7 It is regrettable that 18 local people lost their lives in the attack 18*72 = ? |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2006-01-17 13:42 |
| #6 Rex Mundi, I read the Worcester T&G (well, I get it any way). I dumped the Boston Glob when I found out they're owned by the NYT. After subscribing I found out the T&G is also owned by NYT. Damn, I can't get away from those bastards. |
| Posted by: Xbalanke 2006-01-17 12:35 |
| #5 Xbalanke - are we reading the same paper? Also, letter to ediitor full of LLL breast beating over the deaths of "innocent civilians" Pfeh. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2006-01-17 11:45 |
| #4 The big headline on my local fishwrap yesterday was: "Pakistanis Decry Botched US Bombing." I want to send them a letter titled: "Readers Decry Botched News Coverage". BTW - I only subscribe to the Sunday for the grocery coupons. |
| Posted by: Xbalanke 2006-01-17 11:17 |
| #3 Angry is right. I thought there were ten's of thousands of protestors because we killed 18 innocents and there were no foreigners there. Could those protestors have been lying? Boy, I sure hope that's not true that they lied. It would damage my faith in the Muslim religion. |
| Posted by: plainslow 2006-01-17 10:58 |
| #2 But I thought it was just another wedding party like the one, two, three, four ... we've pounded in Iraq on several occasions? Soon, Al Gore and Ray Nagin will go check it out. |
| Posted by: The Angry Fliegerabwehrkanonen 2006-01-17 10:08 |
| #1 And that is most likely 4-5 experienced foreign terrorists...and 18 cockroaches that demonstrated by their presence they supported the. |
| Posted by: Fleasing Spereger5697 2006-01-17 09:46 |