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Official: About 100 Taliban militants killed in air strike(5 SENIOR Leaders killed)
xinhuanet.com ^ | 08-04 -07

Posted on 08/04/2007 5:00:30 AM PDT by Dog

KABUL, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- About 100 Taliban rebels including five senior commanders were killed during an air strike in southern Afghanistan, Defense Ministry spokesman Zahir Azimi told reporters Saturday.

Foreign troops carried out an air strike in remote Baghran district of Helmand province on Thursday when many Taliban militants were gathering to watch the execution of several persons accused of cooperating with the government, Azimi said.

About 100 insurgents were killed in the bombardment, he said, adding five senior Taliban commanders including Mullah Rahim, top Taliban commander in Helmand, were among the killed.

Azimi said Mansor Dadullah, top Taliban military commander, was found at the site before the bombing, and Afghan troops were still confirming whether he was killed.

Referring to the incident, the U.S.-led coalition forces said, "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.

Some media reports quoted locals as saying that 200 to 300 persons were killed or injured in the air strike and many were civilians.

The spokesman Azimi refuted this claim, saying only around 150 persons were staying there before the air strike as a reconnaissance plane had detected and at most 10 civilians were there.

He also said foreign troops used "small bombs" in the air raid in order to reduce civilian casualties.

Due to rising Taliban violence, over 3,800 persons have been killed in Afghanistan this year


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; bloweduprealgood; boom; dadullah; pakistan; spartansixdelta; taliban
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1 posted on 08/04/2007 5:00:32 AM PDT by Dog
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To: Cap Huff; Straight Vermonter

The meeting site was being watched for at least 24 hours before the strike. They knew who they were aiming at....and I will bet they got him.


2 posted on 08/04/2007 5:02:35 AM PDT by Dog
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To: Dog

Woo-hoo!!


3 posted on 08/04/2007 5:03:16 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia (Tagline Currently in Progress)
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To: Dog

4 posted on 08/04/2007 5:05:24 AM PDT by nuconvert ([there are bad people in the pistachio business] (...but his head is so tiny...))
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To: Dog

civillians, no such thing in this war....just ask the r.o.p..


5 posted on 08/04/2007 5:05:30 AM PDT by Kakaze (Exterminate Islamofacism and apologize for nothing.....except not doing it sooner!)
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To: Dog

WHOO HOOO! Way to go team!


6 posted on 08/04/2007 5:08:18 AM PDT by MNJohnnie ("TodayÂ’s task is three dimensional chess in the dark". General Rick Lynch in Baghdad)
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To: Dog

Guess the Taliban doesn’t have to worry about funding their executive pension plan. Becoming a Taliban “leader” is a ticket to an early death.


7 posted on 08/04/2007 5:09:47 AM PDT by Dilbert56 (Harry Reid, D-Nev.: "We're going to pick up Senate seats as a result of this war.")
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To: Dog
About 100 Taliban militants killed in air strike(5 SENIOR Leaders killed)

Now there's a bumper sticker for ya Mr. Edwards.

8 posted on 08/04/2007 5:10:00 AM PDT by tbpiper
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To: nuconvert

9 posted on 08/04/2007 5:13:19 AM PDT by Diogenesis (Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
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To: Dog

“.....many Taliban militants were gathering to watch the execution of several persons accused of cooperating with the government, Azimi said.”

Looks like someone else who was “cooperating with the government” turned the tables on them.


10 posted on 08/04/2007 5:13:25 AM PDT by atomic conspiracy (Rousing the blog-rabble since 9-11-01)
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To: Dog

If I was going to be executed by the Taliban, I’d love to see those JDAMs raining down. (For about one microsecond, but what the heck.)


11 posted on 08/04/2007 5:16:05 AM PDT by Travis McGee (--- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com ---)
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To: Dog

Nice!


12 posted on 08/04/2007 5:20:14 AM PDT by Earthdweller (All reality is based on faith in something. (Fred/Newt '08))
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To: Dog
Excellent!

You have no chance to survive... make your time.

I'm wondering, in a gathering like that, do you hit them with a High Explosive or opt for bombletts or something like a FAE ?

13 posted on 08/04/2007 5:20:40 AM PDT by csvset
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To: Dog

I’d just as soon wait for confirmation from U.S. sources before celebrating.


14 posted on 08/04/2007 5:20:48 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur (Save Fredericksburg. Support CVBT.)
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To: Dog

About 100 innocent civilians attending a wedding were killed during an imperialist air strike in southern Afghanistan, Taliban Ministry spokesman told reporters Saturday.


15 posted on 08/04/2007 5:26:20 AM PDT by omega4179 (Was the guy's name Mohammed?)
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To: csvset

Well, if FAE produces “Crispy Kooky”s , use that. Perhaps not even 72 virgins will accept that. Even Helen Thomas wouldn’t.


16 posted on 08/04/2007 5:27:01 AM PDT by GladesGuru (In a society predicated upon freedom, it is essential to examine principle)
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To: Dog

I assume Obama approves? Or would he have rather done it without Pakistani permission... thats right foreign policy that punishes those working with us and rewards those that want to kill us....

Now thats Liberal smarts for ya.


17 posted on 08/04/2007 5:33:47 AM PDT by tomnbeverly (Obama worse then Chirac and major danger to U.S. has taken the Nuke option off the table.)
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To: tomnbeverly

Barry Hussein would definitely NOT approve. He only wants to attack Pakistan. He never said anything about Afghanistan.


18 posted on 08/04/2007 5:44:22 AM PDT by Cheburashka (Do you know what they do to puppets in prison?)
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To: Dog

ouch! that’s gonna leave a mark.


19 posted on 08/04/2007 5:44:38 AM PDT by DogBarkTree (The correct word isn't "immigrant" when what they are doing is "invading".)
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To: Dog
Keeps looking (even) better.

But the enemy casualty is very high," he [Azimi] told a press conference in the capital, Kabul. "There might be more than 100 killed."

20 posted on 08/04/2007 5:45:23 AM PDT by jdm
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