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2008-10-31 India-Pakistan

Suspected US missile strike kills 15 in Pakistan

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Posted by tu3031 2008-10-31 12:05|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

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PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) A mid-level al Qaeda leader, identified as an Iraqi, was among up to 20 people killed on Friday in a U.S. missile strike in northwest Pakistan, a Pakistani intelligence official said.

The intelligence official identified the al Qaeda leader as Abu Akash and said he was believed to have been Iraqi.

"He is a mid-level al Qaeda man who was leading a high-profile life in Mir Wali," said the official, who declined to be identified, referring to the second biggest town in the North Waziristan region on the Afghan border.

Living a high profile life? Not anymore...

Posted by tu3031 2008-10-31 12:16|| 2008-10-31 12:16|| Front Page Top

#2 From Bill Roggio:
Abu Kasha was the key link between al Qaeda's Shura Majlis -- main Shura or consultive body -- and the Taliban.

His resonsibilities have expanded to assisting in facilitating al Qaeda external operations against the West, a senior US military intelligence official told told The Long War Journal today.

Kasha commanded two local Pakistani commanders, Imanullah and Haq Nawaz Dawar. These men administer al Qaeda's network in Mir Ali. Kasha had a working relationship and close communication with the Uzbek terror groups, including the Islamic Jihad Group run by Najimuddin Uzbek, who also operates out of North Waziristan.

One wonders if the other 14 were all innocent women and children, and how many fluffy bunnies were killed.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2008-10-31 12:53|| 2008-10-31 12:53|| Front Page Top

#3 His resonsibilities have expanded to assisting in facilitating plant growth and worm farming.

Posted by AlanC 2008-10-31 12:57|| 2008-10-31 12:57|| Front Page Top

#4 Instead of "suspected" US missile strike, they should have said "alleged" missile strike.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-10-31 13:58|| 2008-10-31 13:58|| Front Page Top

#5 Oh, it was just another one of those Palestinian practical training exercises.......you know the ones where they try to make a bomb and screw up.

Posted by James Carville 2008-10-31 15:34|| 2008-10-31 15:34|| Front Page Top

#6 The alleged missile has certain rights under the Warsaw Convention.

/no baggage for u!

Posted by .5MT 2008-10-31 17:54|| www.cybernations.net]">[www.cybernations.net] 2008-10-31 17:54|| Front Page Top

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