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U.S. strikes Taliban in Afghanistan (leadership strike)
AP ^ | 8-3-07 | NOOR KHAN

Posted on 08/03/2007 12:32:48 PM PDT by SevenMinusOne

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - U.S.-led airstrikes hit a Taliban gathering in volatile southern Afghanistan and killed at least three senior figures of the militant group, government officials said Friday.

The ministry said its intelligence reports indicated three militant leaders, including Taliban commander for Helmand province Mullah Rahim, were among those killed Thursday. The Taliban commander for all of southern Afghanistan, Dadullah Mansoor, was at the scene but his fate was not immediately known, Azimi said.

A purported Taliban spokesman, Qari Yousef Ahmadi, denied Rahim was killed.

The U.S.-led coalition would not confirm Azimi's account. But a coalition statement said it carried out a "precision airstrike against two notorious Taliban commanders conducting a leadership meeting in a remote area of the Baghran district."

"During a sizable meeting of senior Taliban commanders, coalition forces employed precision-guided munitions on their location after ensuring there were no innocent Afghans in the surrounding area," the statement said. The coalition gave few other details and no word of casualties.

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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; airstrikes; boom; dadullah; oef; taliban
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The as$ whipping of the Taliban continues......
1 posted on 08/03/2007 12:32:50 PM PDT by SevenMinusOne
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To: DevSix

Awesome. Awesome. Awesome.


2 posted on 08/03/2007 12:36:01 PM PDT by agere_contra
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To: DevSix

I wonder if it was a pilot or a Predator that launched the air strike. Either way, less Taliban makes us all safer.


3 posted on 08/03/2007 12:36:16 PM PDT by VA_Gentleman (Got a knack for being wrong - Dinosaur Jr.)
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To: DevSix

Let’s hope that Dadullah is a Dead Mullah.......


4 posted on 08/03/2007 12:36:26 PM PDT by Red Badger (All I know about Minnesota, I learned from Garrison Keilor.............)
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To: DevSix

ping


5 posted on 08/03/2007 12:37:17 PM PDT by maine-iac7 ( "...but you can't fool all of the people all the time." LINCOLN)
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To: DevSix

Better to kill them than arrest them. Nobody takes hostages to trade for a dead body.


6 posted on 08/03/2007 12:38:58 PM PDT by gridlock (WAR IS PEACE / FREEDOM IS SLAVERY / DIVERSITY IS STRENGTH)
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To: DevSix

Get those buggers.
I hate the Taliban, ooooooooopppppppps, should I ask O’Reily if i can hate tehm?


7 posted on 08/03/2007 12:39:25 PM PDT by sweetiepiezer (Boycott China)
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To: DevSix

Hey! Wait a min! Not so fast! The Taliban have ramped up
their offensives in the summer season!! They have seized
remote outposts...........

........................for hrs at a time..............

..............................before retreating having
suffered disporportionately large casualties.

MV


8 posted on 08/03/2007 12:39:46 PM PDT by madvlad ((Born in the south, raised around the globe and STILL republican))
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To: DevSix

Get those buggers.
I hate the Taliban, ooooooooopppppppps, should I ask O’Reily if i can hate them?


9 posted on 08/03/2007 12:39:46 PM PDT by sweetiepiezer (Boycott China)
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To: DevSix
(leadership strike)

I love the sound of that.
10 posted on 08/03/2007 12:39:58 PM PDT by mutley
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To: sweetiepiezer

O’Really can go pound sand..............


11 posted on 08/03/2007 12:40:20 PM PDT by Red Badger (All I know about Minnesota, I learned from Garrison Keilor.............)
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To: DevSix

Squashing the cockroaches.


12 posted on 08/03/2007 12:41:34 PM PDT by pissant (Duncan Hunter: Warrior, Statesman, Conservative)
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To: DevSix

GRRRRRRREAT news! Trickle down annihilation works!


13 posted on 08/03/2007 12:43:26 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: DevSix

That certainly was a soothing read.


14 posted on 08/03/2007 12:44:25 PM PDT by fso301
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To: pissant

But wait, maybe it was another wedding! (sarcasm on)
More likely a target rich environment!!!!!
Now if they will just target the FUNERAL of these dogs, we can make a bigger dent in their numbers.


15 posted on 08/03/2007 12:44:42 PM PDT by 9422WMR (Allah akbar fumar blacktar)
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To: DevSix

That’s gotta leave a grease spot.


16 posted on 08/03/2007 12:45:07 PM PDT by AU72
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To: DevSix

Good News!


17 posted on 08/03/2007 12:46:08 PM PDT by 1035rep
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To: 9422WMR

Targeting funerals would have an exponential return. Think about it.


18 posted on 08/03/2007 12:47:41 PM PDT by svanni
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To: svanni

Yes. Take out 2/3rds of em every weekend.


19 posted on 08/03/2007 12:49:23 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (BTUs are my Beat.)
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To: Red Badger

Does anyone watch him anymore?


20 posted on 08/03/2007 12:49:28 PM PDT by Former MSM Viewer ("We will hunt the terrorists in every dark corner of the earth. We will be relentless." W 2001)
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