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2011-04-26 Afghanistan

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2011-04-26 13:05|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Music Maestro, wine, bring on the dancing girls.

Time for celebration...

Posted by Bill Clinton 2011-04-26 13:51|| 2011-04-26 13:51|| Front Page Top

#2 Ululululululooooooo!

Allan snackbar!

Posted by Frank G 2011-04-26 14:03|| 2011-04-26 14:03|| Front Page Top

#3 "...a regional commander in charge of suicide bombings and cash flow..." Age 27. This says a lot.

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-04-26 14:37|| 2011-04-26 14:37|| Front Page Top

#4 Even more from the Telegraph:

Abu Hafs al-Najdi, also known as Abdul Ghani, a Saudi Arabian, was killed 12 days ago in Dangam district, on April 13, as he met other senior insurgents and al Qaeda members, an International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) statement said.

"Abdul Ghani was responsible for the co-ordination of numerous high-profile attacks. On the morning of his death, he reportedly directed the suicide attack that killed tribal elder Malik Zarin and nine other Afghan civilians," ISAF said.

ISAF said he was one of more than 25 al Qaeda operatives killed in Afghanistan during operations over the past month in the lead-up to Afghanistan's summer fighting months.

SAF began hunting him in Afghanistan in 2007.

It looks like the connections mapping program we used to such effect in Iraq is starting to pay dividends in Afghanistan. Well done to all involved!

Posted by trailing wife 2011-04-26 15:01|| 2011-04-26 15:01|| Front Page Top

#5 Detailed information not released until about two weeks later.... I wonder - did we perhaps send some SpecOps folks in after the attack to collect cell phones, computers, etc.? Will we be seeing 5-10 similar reports in another 2 weeks? One can only hope.....

Posted by Glenmore 2011-04-26 20:12|| 2011-04-26 20:12|| Front Page Top

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