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2006-12-23 Afghanistan
U.S. airstrike kills a top Taliban leader
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Posted by Frank G 2006-12-23 06:14|| || Front Page|| [9 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Budda-bump-bump-bump
Another one bites the dust!
Bump-bump-bump
Another one bites the dust!
Posted by Mike 2006-12-23 07:59||   2006-12-23 07:59|| Front Page Top

#2 "we thought we had a good chance of hitting him without causing any harm to civilians, we struck,"

This policy needs to change.
Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-12-23 09:00||   2006-12-23 09:00|| Front Page Top

#3 Nice, but what I really want for Christmas is OBL served up halal
Posted by regular joe 2006-12-23 09:01||   2006-12-23 09:01|| Front Page Top

#4 Osmani was also in charge of the Taliban's finances, Collins said.

Maybe the money went up with him. Got a feeling these guys aren't big on banks.
Posted by tu3031 2006-12-23 09:01||   2006-12-23 09:01|| Front Page Top

#5 airstrike this week close to the border

Inquiring minds want to know, on which side of said border, and which way was he headed?
Posted by N guard 2006-12-23 09:13||   2006-12-23 09:13|| Front Page Top

#6 Only his fleas, Musharoff, and Democrats mourn his death.
Posted by airandee 2006-12-23 10:15||   2006-12-23 10:15|| Front Page Top

#7 "He was part of a group of "co-equals" at the top of the Taliban leadership chain just under Omar..."

A group of #2's...how quaint.
Posted by DepotGuy 2006-12-23 10:33||   2006-12-23 10:33|| Front Page Top

#8 the full article indicates "Two associates also were killed".

Been a couple of days since Jimmy Carter has been seen.

Coincidence??
Posted by Justrand 2006-12-23 10:56||   2006-12-23 10:56|| Front Page Top

#9 The start of a very hard winter for the Taliban.

Posted by Penguin 2006-12-23 11:00||   2006-12-23 11:00|| Front Page Top

#10 airstrike this week close to the border

Inquiring minds want to know, on which side of said border, and which way was he headed?

Inquiring minds most definitely do not want to know. Inquiring minds are simply happy to know the result. ;-)
Posted by trailing wife 2006-12-23 12:31||   2006-12-23 12:31|| Front Page Top

#11 LOL! Trailing, to true. knocked him right off his camel they did. Spread over both side of the boarder he is!

In a related story, Keith Ellison is said to be in a state of deep depression.
Posted by Icerigger 2006-12-23 13:47||   2006-12-23 13:47|| Front Page Top

#12 Like Trailing Wife says...who cares.
Posted by anymouse">anymouse  2006-12-23 13:49||   2006-12-23 13:49|| Front Page Top

#13 I think they've been watching him to see if he'd lead them to Blinky. Guess they got tired of waiting...
Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot  2006-12-23 13:57|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]  2006-12-23 13:57|| Front Page Top

#14 Good, he was a jerk anyway.
Posted by Ol Dirty American 2006-12-23 14:09||   2006-12-23 14:09|| Front Page Top

#15  was killed in an airstrike this week close to the border with Pakistan

On which side of the border?
Posted by gromgoru 2006-12-23 14:15||   2006-12-23 14:15|| Front Page Top

#16 no stinkin papers...
Posted by RD 2006-12-23 15:39||   2006-12-23 15:39|| Front Page Top

#17 From AP (!):

A purported Taliban spokesman, Qari Yousef Ahmadi, denied that Osmani had been killed. He said the airstrike killed a group commander and three other Taliban fighters.

"I confirm that Osmani is alive and is in Afghanistan," Ahmadi told The Associated Press by phone from an undisclosed location.

But other sources said there was little doubt. Collins said officials waited four days to announce the news in part so that they could be sure the Taliban commander was dead.

Identifying remains was difficult, Collins said, because of the damage inflicted by the airstrike. "The vehicle was completely destroyed, there was nothing to recognize," he said.


Sounds like we're pretty sure we got him but won't be too surprised if he shows up again.
Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore  2006-12-23 16:25||   2006-12-23 16:25|| Front Page Top

#18 Timesonline indicates the RAF was working with US special forces, they picked up a satellite telephone transmission from Osmani & pinpointed it for the bomb.
Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2006-12-23 22:46||   2006-12-23 22:46|| Front Page Top

#19 yep, it sounds he was set up for the bomb.
Posted by Shipman 2006-12-23 23:11||   2006-12-23 23:11|| Front Page Top

#20 Teamwork works, as they say. Well done, team!
Posted by trailing wife 2006-12-23 23:15||   2006-12-23 23:15|| Front Page Top

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