Airstrike in Pakistan kills top al-Qaida militant

[ECH1969]

A high-ranking member of the al-Qaida terrorist network was killed in an airstrike on a remote village in western Pakistan, U.S. intelligence officials told NBC News on Thursday.

Mohsin Musa Matawalli Atwah was among as many as 14 suspected militants who were killed in the attack in the North Waziristan tribal region village of Anghar Kalai, near the Afghan border, the officials told NBC News.

Pakistani intelligence officials said an army helicopter gunship struck the village, but local villagers, speaking to NBC News, claimed a Predator drone firing a Hellfire missile was responsible for the attack.

The Egyptian-born Atwah was one of al-Qaida’s top bombmakers, intelligence officials said. The United States had offered a $5 million reward for the capture of Atwah, who has been accused of training the bombers who attacked U.S. embassies in Tanzanian and Kenya on Aug. 7, 1998.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12295616/from/ET/

[monktonman]

1. another number three?

[SoftUnderbelly]

2. no doubt

AQ does seem to have a surprisingly large numbr of 'leaders' and 'key figures' - probably wise actually what with so many of them being killed!

[Bozita]

5. my first thought

IIRC, we claim to have killed a #3 in Pakistan. Six months later, we captured him.

[NYC]

19. He was easier to capture after he was dead.

He couldn't run very fast.

[RaleighNCDUer]

3. So did they include the two children in the 14 militants, or was it

14 militants plus two children?

Were the childrens' mothers militants?

Why is it that I am unwilling to believe ANYTHING coming out of Afghanistan/Iraq/Pakistan?

[displacedtexan]

6. Why?

Because this stinks like Karen Hughes on an August day in Texas.

[jedicord]

12. You owe me a keyboard!!!

:spray:

[displacedtexan]

32. Sorry about your keyboard!

Karen Hughes' size 13 EEEEs leave a distinct imprint too,
don't they?

[Missy M]

4. Why is it that the US says one thing and the witnesses...

say another. Was it a helicopter or drone? Does the US not want to admit they are sending drones over Pakistan and other countries?

[monktonman]

15. yeah

I was thinking that as well.
I've decided not believe anything unless the two sides of the story mesh.

[DavidDvorkin]

7. Golly, why would anyone want to be promoted

in that organization?

"Hey, Ahmed. Good news. We're going to promote you to Nubmer Three."

"No, no, anything but that!"

[Mr. Mojo Risin]

8. My Take

Good. No perfect! A fitting end to a bombmaker thug who intentionally helped kill scores of innocents.

Splat.

To hell with him. Send him to his maker.

[RaleighNCDUer]

17. And the children who died with him.

:eyes:

[Robbien]

18. Glad to see you believe this oft-repeated report of this guy being killed

Are you just as happy about his death this time as you were the dozens of other times the military pulled this story out of its hat?

[IndianaGreen]

25. The same end that Bush deserves!

It would be a fitting end to a warmongering thug who intentionally helped kill over 100,000 innocent Iraqi civilians, hundreds of innocent Afghan civilians, and nearly 3,000 US troops on a criminal war of aggression.

[0007]

30. It sure would save a lot of money in trials and expenses.

[WhiteTara]

9. RIP Number Two

our terror machine mows down another human being.

[Mr. Mojo Risin]

14. Please no Pity for Bombmaker

I'll save my pity for the 200+ dead and 4000 wounded from Tanzania and Kenya.

Just me.

[WhiteTara]

21. I have empathy for all people

and I abhor all forms of violence. May all beings be free from suffering and the roots of suffering. May all beings find happiness and the roots of happiness.
Oh, welcome to DU Mr. Mojo Risin :hi:

[Terran1212]

22. You think all of these people being killed are evil scum?

Many of them are just living as they believe, and I doubt these people actually killed anyone.

[Terran1212]

23. You think all of these people being killed are evil scum?

Many of them are just living as they believe, and I doubt these people actually killed anyone.

[xultar]

10. 1 out of 3 ain't bad. Until we find out they didn't hit anyone here either

[jedicord]

11. MAN, that guy has more lives than my cat! n/t

[daleo]

13. It sounds like they killed one militant and created dozens more

"At least two children were among those killed in the raid, Pakistani security officials told The Associated Press. The bodies of the militants were buried quickly, the officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said."

[jukes]

16. and exactly how

did they ID the body? driver's license or US passport?

[uppityperson]

20. Not LBN, repeated every couple days.

I know, THIS #3 is Lbn, I just mean the story. I wonder if they even bother re-typing it, or just substitute a name.

[Rex]

24. One of Saddam's balsa wood 'drones'?

How does that man still wield such power??? :eyes:

[HuffleClaw]

26. suuuuuuure. at least two of those 'militants' were children

what a tragic joke, some 'raid', most likely ordered by bushco. to give them a 'little victory'. do they NOT remember what happened the LAST time they killed some pakistanis?

[sweetheart]

27. Musharrraf?

I had to read a few sentences to figure out
that they missed the top guy.

The joy is that these mens days are numbered
anyways, bush, msuharraf, mugabe... may history
forgive their ever having existed.

[pinniped]

28. Come one, this is the same BS they pulled last time with al-Zawahri.

The bodies of the militants were buried quickly, the officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said.

They know the names of the people who were allegedly killed but they have no proof those people were actually killed.

This is nothing but recycled BS with different characters and it conveniently comes at a time the POS* wh jerks are taking a lot of heat.

Who the hell gets the $5,000,000.00 reward?

I know, no one.

[Jack Rabbit]

29. I know where al Qaida headquarters are . . .

. . . in The Village:



How do we know this? Because they seem to have a new Number Two every week.

Portmeirion, Conwy, Wales, location of the taping of the sixties British television series The Prisoner
from Translink.

[anotherdrew]

31. how many times have I read this? Loosing count... n/t