Posted on 07/28/2008 3:02:47 PM PDT by Joiseydude
WANA, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suspected U.S. missile strike on a Pakistani madrasa near the Afghan border killed six people on Monday, possibly including an al Qaeda chemical and biological weapons expert, Pakistani security officials said.
A senior Pakistani security official said Abu Khabab al-Masri, an Egyptian chemist regarded as one of al Qaeda's top bomb makers, could have been the target.
Monday's pre-dawn attack blitzed a house close to a madrasa used by militants near Azam Warsak village, about 20 km (12 miles) west of Wana, the main town of the South Waziristan tribal region, a known hotbed of Taliban and al Qaeda support.
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Was that one of the guys that Hussein wanted to negotiate with?
Ping.
Isn’t madrasa the Arabic word for a Saudi Arabian military base?
Worth every nickel IMO
Now known as "Shish Khabab al-Misery"
muoscar = army base
Seriously, I hope the missle was accurate enough that he really was a "khabab"...
Pakistan is America’s loyal ally in the War On Terror.
Why is it that every time someone blows up in Waziristan people jump to the conclusion that the CIA did it?
I mean it’s a violent region - people blow up there all the time. And this guy was a bomb maker! Don’t they think we have any respect for our loyal ally Pakistani sovereignty?
As for the “Sound of drones”, How do we know it wasn’t just some guy down the street using his leaf blower in the yard late at night?
Let’s hope so!
“Pakistan’s military spokesman said he had little information, and noted that U.S. coalition forces were no longer informing the Pakistan army about every missile strike”
GOOD! DON’T TELL THE SQUAT!
“Pakistan’s military spokesman said he had little information, and noted that U.S. coalition forces were no longer informing the Pakistan army about every missile strike”
Well if we told you — it would ruin the surprise...
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