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Airstrike Targeting Taliban Leader Kills Him, 10 Others in Southern Afghanistan
ABC News ^ | Feb 14, 2007 | NOOR KHAN

Posted on 02/14/2007 1:54:29 PM PST by mdittmar

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan Feb 14, 2007 (AP)— A NATO airstrike early Wednesday destroyed a compound housing a Taliban leader blamed for a wave of violence across southern Afghanistan, killing him and at least 10 others, NATO said.

NATO said the slain Taliban chief was linked to an uprising in the nearby town of Musa Qala, which the Taliban overran Feb. 1, and an attack Tuesday against a dam in nearby Kajaki.

"We have removed yet another Taliban enemy leader who will no longer threaten the peace and security of the Afghan people and their future," said Lt. Col. Angela Billings, a spokeswoman for NATO's International Security Assistance Force.

The airstrike, which hit a compound in a small village outside Musa Qala, killed 11 Taliban fighters, NATO said.

Provincial Police Chief Ghulam Nabi Malakhail said nine fighters were killed. Wali Mohammad, a Musa Qala resident, said by telephone that a total of 20 people were killed in the strike. There was no way to independently verify the number at the remote site.

Malakhail said he had no reports of civilian casualties, but Abdul Ali, a tribal elder, said some family members who lived at the compound were also killed. But NATO said there was no evidence that any civilians had died, and that observers saw the bodies of 11 "military-age males" pulled out of the compound, but no women or children.

"ISAF takes allegations of civilian casualties very seriously and we do everything in our power to prevent them. But in this morning's attack, we remain confident that only enemy forces were killed," said spokesman Col. Tom Collins.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; kajaki; kajakidam; taliban
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To: Mr.Smorch
A pity about those dead palms.

;-)

21 posted on 02/14/2007 2:20:32 PM PST by dighton
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To: sure_fine

At a wedding at that, huh?


22 posted on 02/14/2007 2:21:43 PM PST by gulfcoast6
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To: Mr.Smorch
They're trying to kill these palm trees!!
23 posted on 02/14/2007 2:23:21 PM PST by msnimje (You simply cannot be Christian and Pro-Abortion.)
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To: gulfcoast6

in the Most Holy part of town


24 posted on 02/14/2007 2:25:01 PM PST by sure_fine ( • not one to over kill the thought process™ •)
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To: sure_fine

on a full moon lit night (unfair of course)


25 posted on 02/14/2007 2:27:33 PM PST by gulfcoast6
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To: gulfcoast6

"Frisco 22 this is Walleye, you are cleared hot!"

"Lasing, Lasing, Lasing"

(Large sound drowns out comms)

"Frisco 22, second pass not needed"

"Roger Walleye, looks like Miller time"

If only we could get some details..A/C and unit, so on.


26 posted on 02/14/2007 2:31:49 PM PST by ASOC (The phrase "What if" or "If only" are for children.)
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To: dighton
A pity about those dead palms....Oh! Now the "Greenies", are going to be pissed. :D
....the move, the merrier.
27 posted on 02/14/2007 2:37:03 PM PST by skinkinthegrass ( just b/c, you suffer from paranoia, doesn't mean they're not out to get you. :^)
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To: mdittmar
We have removed yet another Taliban enemy leader who will no longer threaten the peace and security of the Afghan people and their future," said Lt. Col. Angela Billings


"Excellent!"
28 posted on 02/14/2007 2:44:21 PM PST by reagan_fanatic (Every time a jihadist dies, an angel gets its wings.)
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To: Mr.Smorch

My word, there is only one piece of wall or roof that is 10 feet long. Impressive.


29 posted on 02/14/2007 2:54:33 PM PST by TexanToTheCore (If it ain't Rugby or Bullriding, it's for girls.........................................)
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To: sure_fine
Plus they had to make sure the stuffed animals the Taliban added to the site for the media's benefit weren't new this time.
30 posted on 02/14/2007 3:33:17 PM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult (The man who said "there's no such thing as a stupid question" has never talked to Helen Thomas.)
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To: dighton

You beat me to it, I love those things.


31 posted on 02/14/2007 3:40:59 PM PST by omega4179 (Hitler had a "Rockstar" personality and was an articulate speaker.)
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To: skinkinthegrass
It's to bad we don't "tag" a few greenies now and then, the world might be a more "civilzed place" if we did. They could be considered part of the "loss factor" in part of the war on drugs.
32 posted on 02/14/2007 3:42:47 PM PST by Issaquahking (Pardon Compean and Ramos Now!)
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To: conserv8ive1

Waiting to report that it was a nursery school.


33 posted on 02/14/2007 3:44:06 PM PST by OldFriend (Swiftboating - Sinking a politician's Ship of Fools by Torpedoes of Truth)
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To: mdittmar
We got to hope Amawhackjob in Iran sees one of these as it hits his veranda.........
34 posted on 02/14/2007 3:45:36 PM PST by b4its2late (Liberalism is a hollow log and a mental disorder.)
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To: mdittmar

I love good news. Thanks.


35 posted on 02/14/2007 3:46:00 PM PST by Recovering Hermit (There's another old saying Senator..."Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining.")
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To: sure_fine

And I bet they were all HIV positive as well


36 posted on 02/14/2007 3:48:27 PM PST by Brit1 ( By strength and guile .)
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To: Recovering Hermit

Oh, and I hope it hurt like hell.


37 posted on 02/14/2007 3:49:14 PM PST by Recovering Hermit (There's another old saying Senator..."Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining.")
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To: atomicpossum

Getting married too I bet!!!


39 posted on 02/14/2007 3:55:47 PM PST by Live free or die
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To: mdittmar

YEAH!!!!


40 posted on 02/14/2007 3:56:08 PM PST by Suzy Quzy
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