(Updated 20 Apr) Terrorist names associated with Damadola, Pakistan strike

Various publications ^ | 1/19/06 | Coop

[Coop]

Terrorist names associated with Damadola, Pakistan strike:

¹- http://www.nynewsday.com/news/nationworld/world/ny-wopaki0119,0,1187977.story?coll=ny-world-big-pix
²- http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/01/18/world/main1218527.shtml
³- http://www9.sbs.com.au/theworldnews/region.php?id=126910&region=2
⁴-http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/01/18/pakistan.airstrike/
⁵- http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060119/ts_nm/security_pakistan_qaeda_dc;_ylt=AhOQYGilRdQg3uV1sRVAYjCs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3b2NibDltBHNlYwM3MTY-
⁶- http://smh.com.au/news/world/alqaeda-leaders-listed-as-killed/2006/01/19/1137553712024.h
⁷- Pakistan hunts for pro-Taleban clerics who were at Al Qaeda dinner, 20 Jan

Reportedly killed (by at least one major news source):
1,3,4Abu Ubaidah al-Misri (Masri?)		Egyptian	Dep. cmdr of AQ in Kunar, Afghanistan
1Marwan As-Suri		Syrian	AQ cmdr in Pakistani region adjacent to Kunar
1,5Abu Khabab al-Masri (Midhat Mursi)		Egyptian	AQ bombmaking and chem. weapons expert
1,4Khalid Habib		??	AQ operations chief in Pak/Afghanistan
1,3,5Abdul Rehman al-Misri al-Magrabi		6Moroccan	AQ media chief, Zawahiri’s son-in-law
6Mustafa Osman		Egyptian	Associate of al-Zawahiri
Reportedly invited to party (fate unknown):
1Abdul Hadi al-Iraqi		Iraqi	Liaison between AQ Pakistan and Zarqawi
1Ayman al-Zawahiri		Egyptian	AQ deputy commander
2,7Maulana Faqir Mohammed		Pakistani	Pro-Taliban cleric (suspected of moving bodies)
2,7Liaqat Ali		Pakistani	Pro-Taliban cleric 7(suspected of moving bodies)

⁴U.S. officials have said that four to eight al Qaeda-affiliated "foreigners" were killed in the attack, including some Egyptians. The bodies were quickly removed by accomplices and buried elsewhere, knowledgeable sources have said…Pakistani officials have said that "four or five" foreign fighters were killed in the strike, along with 18 civilians, including five children and five women.

Coop comment: 18 seems to keep popping up, as in 18 “innocent” civilians. Five women and five children can be reasonably assumed to be innocents, leaving us with eight likely terrorists and their supporters. So you can see why the U.S. officials keep coming out with up to eight killed.

⁵Friday's strike was the third believed to have been carried out since May by CIA-operated Predator drone aircraft in Pakistani tribal lands near the Afghan border. Abu Hamza Rabia, an Egyptian said to have been al Qaeda's No. 3 commander, was killed in December, and a known al Qaeda bombmaker, Haitham al-Yemeni, was killed in May.

Update: the clerics [Mohammed and Ali] returned to lead funeral rites for the victims. Then they came back again to lead a large protest against the allegedly CIA-led sortie.

Mohammed and Ali mobilized around 8,000 armed men to fight US forces after its invasion of Afghanistan following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in the United States, Pakistani officials said.

The two are already wanted for harboring terrorists, and the government has outlawed their Islamic group, Tehrik-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat Mohammadi, or Movement for the Enforcement of Islamic Law. In May last year, security forces raided their homes in Hewai, arresting at least a dozen suspected terrorists from Uzbekistan.

[Coop]

This is a very quick consolidation to help us all follow this ongoing story a bit better. I know several of the regulars around here will help me to correct any errors and make any additions/subtractions.

In summary - JOB WELL DONE by the U.S. and Pakistani authorities!

[Coop]

Ping

[fooman]

most complete listing. do you know of a msm source this good?

[tkathy]

Even if al-Zawahiri survived, he has to realize that there are many muslims who wish him dead, as well as the whole world.

[SittinYonder]

Thanks Coop. That's helpful. Any way you slice it, 4 to 8 dead al Qaeda is a nice day's work. The fact that our guys are popping terrorists whose names and faces we've seen before and appear to be high ranking tells me that we're keeping them looking over their shoulders and unable to plan.

I heard this morning that the meeting where they were was a planning meeting for how to get funding. Now they'll have to have another meeting to plan how to replace the 4 to 8 dead guys.

[Cap Huff]

Great summary. It will take a while to look through it for any corrections.

Thanks.

[Coop]

Yes. I do hope they set aside enough funding for eight proper burials...

[Jim Noble]

I certainly hope the CIA has proper Koran-blowing up procedures in place...

[Coop]

It will take a while to look through it for any corrections.

Tell me about it. That's why I'm asking all for help - I need a breather! [pant, pant] :-)

[OneLoyalAmerican]

Greetings Coop:

Abu Khabab al-Masri (Midhat Mursi), Egyptian, AQ bombmaking and chem. weapons expert

This is hugh (aka huge)!

God Bless the guys at the pointy end of the spear.

Cheers,
OLA

[WestCoastGal]

ping

[Velveeta]

Great list, Coop!

[cake_crumb]

Abu Khabab al-Masri, literally "Father of the Trotting Horse." (surprised it wasn't "camel")

[Coop]

Here's something new to me:

Some officials believe that [Abu Obaidah] could have been a replacement for Hamza Rabia, Al Qaeda’s operational commander, who was killed in a similar missile attack in Asory village in North Waziristan on December 2.

http://www.dawn.com/2006/01/19/top4.htm

It is SO difficult to find a good #3 man in a worldwide terrorist organization nowadays!

[Rushmore Rocks]

Thanks for the ping. I leave town for a few days and all kinds of good stuff happens.

New Bin Laden audio tape to be released by Al Jazeera today.
Per FOX News.

Love your tag line......."24" is the best!

[B.Bumbleberry]

Thanks for the good synopsis Coop.

[cake_crumb]

I still say those tapes are slapped together in al Jazeera's studios.

[manic4organic]

It's so hard to throw a nice dinner party in Pakistan lately.

[WestCoastGal]

Yes Jack is back!!

I wish we had someone like him in Afghanistan, or maybe we do. :)

I have to go out today, please ping me for the scoop on the tape if it's posted. Thanks :)

[newcthem]

Yea.....and we are hell on Wedding parties too! But of course the MSM will forget to mention the bad guys dead, and instead dwell on the "innocent" women and children killed. And did we kill any puppies this time?