EXCLUSIVE: Pakistani Military Sources Say Zawahiri May Be Dead

ABC News ^ | January 13, 2006 | Brian Ross

[John W]

Jan. 13, 2006 — Today, according to Pakistani military sources, U.S. aircraft attacked a compound known to be frequented by high level al Qaeda operatives. Pakistani officials tell ABC News that al Qaeda leader Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri, Osama bin Laden's top lieutenant, may have been among them.

U.S. intelligence for the last few days indicated that Zawahiri might be in the location or about to arrive, although there is still no confirmation from U.S. officials that he was among the victims.

[marmar]

I broke down and went to Circle K....lol

[Dustbunny]

I don't want to get real excited yet, praying it is true.

[csvset]

Re Hellfires

NAVAIR DESIGNS and BUILDS A MORE POTENT HELLFIRE WARHEAD

[Straight Vermonter]

I would love some kind of confirmation from US officials.

Don't count on it. The FBI's most wanted terrorists list includes guys we know were killed or captured.

[operation clinton cleanup]

By the way is there are card I'm supposed to carry to prove to people I'm a Republican?

Just a voter registration card. And maybe a pocket sized version of the Constitution to whip out when confronted by leftist A-Holes!

[sam_paine]

Somebody help me....I ain't got my scorecard.

Which one is Zawahiri and which one is Zarqawi? Zarqawi is the nut in Iraq, right? What is Zawahiri's job descript?

[KCRW]

Sorry- but we have been here before. All we can do is wait and see.

[Wild Irish Rogue]

Have the Democrats condemned this unlawful attack on a sovereign nation yet ?
So many things to condemn, so little time...
Condemocrats.

[fooman]

check out post 182

[Straight Vermonter]

It is just after 7am in Pakistan. Let's hope we get some updated info soon.

[Dog Gone]

If you donate to the RNC enough, they'll eventually send you a card. What it's good for, I don't know. Nothing, best I can tell.

[RightWhale]

Tissue samples from caravan on the way to Washington. Will know soon if it is Zuwari[sic] says the newsguy.

[mlc9852]

He is supposedly Bin Laden's number one or two guy from what I heard. It would be good news but I'm not celebrating just yet.

[Dog]

Who reported that?

[MensRightsActivist]

I've been waiting a long time to say this, "IT APPEARS NUMBER TWO IN AL QAEDA MAY BE NUMBER TWO OUT OF LUCK."

[operation clinton cleanup]

I gave $20 bucks in 2004... I'm still waiting fro my GWB Christmas card!

[rightwingintelligentsia]

I actually got a card in the mail from the RNC the other day, sent, I assume, IN HOPE that I will make a donation. Haven't yet, thought.

[JustDoItAlways]

There are just so many benefits to everyone (the human race I mean) if Zawahri is dead, that I really, really hope this is true.

Let's get some confirmation and then we can all move on to some other problem.

And Zawahri deserves to pay the ultimate price (death) for what he has done.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

And from:

Saturday, January 14, 2006
18 killed in missile attack in Bajaur Agency

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Saturday, January 14, 2006

18 killed in missile attack in Bajaur Agency

* 6 children among killed
* Bajaur Agency MNA accuses US forces in Afghanistan of carrying out strikes

By Iqbal Khattak

PESHAWAR: Eighteen people, mostly women and children, were killed on Friday morning as missiles allegedly fired by US aircraft hit three houses in Bajaur Agency near the Afghan border.

Two wounded women were admitted to a hospital in Khar, the Bajaur Agency headquarters. They were said to be in serious condition.

“The killings occurred in my neighbourhood. Eighteen people, most of whom were women and children, were killed and buried in a mass grave,” Bajaur Agency Member of National Assembly (MNA) Haroon Rashid said.

Three houses were targeted in the attack in Damadola village, 30 kilometres north of Khar, in Mamoond tehsil at 3:00am. The houses were 50 kilometres from the Afghan border overlooking Kuner province, a hotbed of anti-US insurgency. Local administration official Abdul Qayyum said it was unclear what had actually happened. A fact-finding team was being dispatched to the area to investigate the incident, he said. Federal Information Minister Sheikh Rashid said: “Our agencies have not yet clarified exactly what happened.” US forces in Afghanistan killed eight tribesmen in a similar attack on January 8 in the Saidgai border village.

Local residents said that two of the six children killed were six years old. “The limbs of the dead were scattered all over the place,” said Lateef Khan, a local resident.

The Bajaur Agency MNA said that if the government had not carried out the strikes, US forces in Afghanistan are the only possible explanation. “Two US spy planes have been spotted over the village for the last three days,” he said.

However, the federal information minister rejected US involvement in the killings. “American planes did not carry out the strikes. There was an explosion, and that may have caused the casualties,” he said.

Masood Khan, whose house was among those bombed and whose family was killed in the attack, said that he was asleep when he suddenly heard a loud explosion. Khan denied having any links with Al Qaeda or any banned militant organisation. “We have nothing to do with these groups,” he said. “We are innocent. We have been treated unjustly, and leave it to God to do justice.”

The attack generated anger among the tribesmen, and MNA Rashid asked the people to attend a protest meeting organised by Jamaat-e-Islami on Saturday to condemn “the uncalled-for aggression”.

A security official said that wanted Al Qaeda suspect Maulana Faqir Muhammad’s house is located 10 kilometres from the site of the strikes.

Meanwhile, security forces in North Waziristan blew up the houses of three suspected militants believed to have been involved in recent attacks on security forces.

An administration official said that houses belonging to Sabihullah, Inamullah and Ashnak were blown up under the supervision of tribal elders and the paramilitary force in Mir Ali. “The men’s houses were demolished for their non-cooperation with the government,” said the official.

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The houses were 50 kilometres from the Afghan border overlooking Kuner province, a hotbed of anti-US insurgency.

Hell, I think that the border right there is very poorly marked....I bet we were sure that they were really in Afghanistan......guess President Bush will soon be issuing an apology.....

[WSGilcrest]

How long does it take to get the DNA back?

Guess that depends on how high it splatters.