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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: 2LT Radix jr; 80 Square Miles; 359Henrie; acad1228; AirForceMom; Alas Babylon!; AliVeritas; ...

OUTSTANDING ~~!


41 posted on 02/14/2007 3:56:34 PM PST by STARWISE (They (Rats) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author)
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To: Mr.Smorch
This kinda looks like a gatehouse, not a "compound."

I see two walls that (used to) intersect where the craters are.

These are next to a road separated by a wire fence, penetrated by a small bridge where the humvee is.

Wonder what it was/what it looked like b4. Looks like a bad place to hide.


42 posted on 02/14/2007 4:02:47 PM PST by sam_paine (X .................................)
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To: mdittmar

Time for a Dirt Nap Mr terrorist!

PRay for W and Our Troops


43 posted on 02/14/2007 4:05:51 PM PST by bray (Redeploy our Troops to Tehran)
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To: reagan_fanatic

"Well done".


44 posted on 02/14/2007 4:06:46 PM PST by roaddog727 (BullS##t does not get bridges built)
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To: mdittmar

Great news.


45 posted on 02/14/2007 4:06:48 PM PST by Mrs.Nooseman (Proudly supporting our Troops,Allies and our President GW!!!)
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To: atomicpossum

...at a wedding.


46 posted on 02/14/2007 4:07:38 PM PST by Redcloak (The 2nd Amendment isn't about sporting goods.)
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To: conserv8ive1
ABC didn't give a civilian body count or mention a nearby wedding party yet?

What gives?

This is a remote area. It takes time to truck in the toys, scatter them, photograph them, then send them to Reuters.

47 posted on 02/14/2007 4:16:09 PM PST by randog (What the...?!)
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To: gulfcoast6

Bummer for the girl who caught the bouquet.


48 posted on 02/14/2007 4:18:57 PM PST by popdonnelly (Conservatives must have their own long march through the institutions.)
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To: STARWISE

Job well done!!


49 posted on 02/14/2007 4:21:03 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska (~ God Bless and Protect Our Brave Protectors of Freedom~)
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To: sam_paine

Sam, the picture is actually that of Zarq's residence after we lobbed a couple of 500 pounders at him.


50 posted on 02/14/2007 4:27:24 PM PST by AdvisorB
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To: Mr.Smorch

Okee. Well, it doesn't look like a good place for him to hide either! =)


51 posted on 02/14/2007 5:05:28 PM PST by sam_paine (X .................................)
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To: atomicpossum
And, of course, those other 10 were all nuns and orphans...(!)

Don't forget all the puppies and kittens that were there too.

52 posted on 02/14/2007 5:08:01 PM PST by GATOR NAVY (Naming CVNs after congressmen and mediocre presidents burns my butt)
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To: ASOC
There is a big red splotch in the picture on the right side.

Those laser-guided bombs can travel a long way downrange from high up. Maybe from 30K feet up where the fighter can't be heard, and at least 5 miles from the target. The AC was long gone when the bomb hit.

The real hero is the guy that illuminated the place and can never talk about the mission. Likely alone, out of sight and self-sufficient for days.

53 posted on 02/14/2007 5:09:49 PM PST by BobS
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To: mdittmar; Dog

HUA!


54 posted on 02/14/2007 5:15:25 PM PST by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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To: Mr.Smorch

Urban renewal....


55 posted on 02/14/2007 5:22:44 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (The DemonicRATS believe ....that the best decisions are always made after the fact.)
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To: mdittmar; All

One of many signs that spring is coming around.. The annual Spring/Summer Taliban upswing.... Also the Spring/Summer that we kill more Taliban during upswing...


56 posted on 02/14/2007 6:06:21 PM PST by KevinDavis (“To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual ways of preserving peace” – George Washington)
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One of many signs that spring is coming around.. The annual Spring/Summer Taliban upswing.... Also the Spring/Summer that we kill more Taliban during upswing...


57 posted on 02/14/2007 6:06:22 PM PST by KevinDavis (“To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual ways of preserving peace” – George Washington)
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(...sorry....couldn't resist......)

BTTT !!

58 posted on 02/14/2007 6:19:53 PM PST by musicman
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To: mdittmar

CodePinko is deeply disturbed.


59 posted on 02/14/2007 6:21:52 PM PST by SmithL (si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

TURBAN Renewal...


60 posted on 02/14/2007 6:23:47 PM PST by Tulsa Ramjet ("If not now, when?" "Because it's judgment that defeats us.")
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