Posted on 12/03/2005 6:21:46 PM PST by frankjr
Al-Qaeda's third-ranking leader has been killed by a missile fired by an American drone in Pakistan, near the Afghan border, NBC television news reported yesterday.
Egyptian-born Abu Hamza Rabia, who is said to head al-Qaeda's international operations, was among five people killed in a blast at a house where they were hiding in North Waziristan on Thursday. President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan confirmed Rabia's death yesterday.
Quoting unnamed officials, NBC said Rabia was killed by a missile launched from an unmanned Predator drone controlled by the US Central Intelligence Agency. The CIA would not comment. Tribal witnesses in Pakistan said a "hail of missiles" struck the mud house in the village of Haisori. Other witnesses told NBC that missile remnants bearing US markings remain in the area. They also said they had heard six explosions, but it is uncertain how many of these were the result of missile attacks and how many may have been explosives detonating inside the house.
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Who's there?
R2 Bin D2.
Oh, Come in.
Owned.
I wonder if we can deploy a UAV that, after killing some terrorists, will transform into a humanoid robot, land on the wreckage, and celebrate NFL touchdown-style...
"oh, look Ackmed a shooting star falling from the sky. It looks to be heading towards us, this surely must be a sign of good fortune for our holy cause against the great sa...."
Bwahahahahaha...no virgins for you!
Praise God, if its true.
ROFL. I'd say, a bit too much gaming, but there's no such thing. :) I think I'd settle with it dropping delayed fire fireworks that spells "Another one bites the dust".
Rabia was involved in two attempts on President Musharraf's life two years ago and security forces had been hunting him for some time.
Humiliating way for these scum to die Im sure.
But make no mistake, there is still a human behind that trigger.
It was an American that sent this muther to hell.
Humiliating way for these scum to die Im sure.
But make no mistake, there is still a human behind that trigger.
It was an American that sent this muther to hell.
#3 just isn't a good place to be ... it seems like we've hit 3 or 4 of the 3's so far, right?
They haven't had time to leak it yet. Wait a few weeks.
I love the fact that these scum are being destroyed by us made and deployed ROBOTS! I look forward to the day when every nest of these vermin are patrolled by tens of thousands of these robots, waiting for the command to kill these vermin until they stand down.
Nice name for a missile and ironic too as it sent this vermin to a very hot place. No virgins for him.
The CIA sends a housewarming gift.
The CIA actually has an operations wing that is not liberal controlled?
Hallaluhia!
Ohh would I love to see some film footage of the launch and strike!
Thank you CIA, if its true!
Is that a dab of porcine lard there on the nose cone, I hope?
HF
Makes no difference who sent him to hell as long as he gets there. Besides his 70 female virgin pigs are waiting.
Osama: OK who wants to be number three now?
Mustafa: I'm double parked I'll have to get back to you
Hamid: I left the water running in the bathtub, I'll be right back
Abdul: Three is not my lucky number, can I be number sixteen?
Designated MQ-9 Hunter-Killer, Predator B’s primary mission is interdiction and conducting armed reconnaissance against critical, perishable targets.
"The Predator B has an operational ceiling of 50,000ft and maximum internal payload of 800lb and external payload over 3,000lb. Predator B has been flight tested with Hellfire II anti-armour missiles and can carry up to 14 missiles."
"Flight trials have also taken place with the General Atomics Lynx SAR (synthetic aperture radar) payload. Lynx also features ground moving target indicator technology. The USAF has also ordered two versions of Predator B with turbofan jet engines."
"The Predator is to be flight tested with a L-3 Communications Tactical Common Datalink (TCDL). In August 2004, Predator B successfully dropped a Paveway II (GBU-12) laser-guided bomb on a stationary ground target."
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