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Al-Qaeda chief dies in missile air strike
Guardian ^ | 6/1/08 | Jason Burke

Posted on 05/31/2008 10:12:08 PM PDT by pissant

An al-Qaeda trainer and explosives specialist involved in a range of European terrorist networks has been killed in Pakistan, the latest senior militant to die in a spate of controversial American missile strikes.

The death two weeks ago of Abu Suleiman al-Jazairi, a highly experienced Algerian militant, has been confirmed only in the last few days, intelligence sources in Pakistan and Western Europe told The Observer. Al-Jazairi, thought to have been 45, died along with at least 15 others when the house in which he was staying in Pakistan's Bajaur tribal district was hit by a missile fired from a Predator, an American pilotless drone.

Details are only now emerging about the strike on Damadola, a village near the Afghan-Pakistan border hit twice in the past. The house targeted and destroyed by the drone is believed to belong to a former Afghan Taliban defence minister, Maulvi Obaidullah, members of whose family, including women and children, are thought to have died. The surrounding area is in the hands of militants linked to the Pakistan Taliban militant group who have been blamed for the killing of Benazir Bhutto last year.

The death of al-Jazairi, thought to have been director of external operations for al-Qaeda and thus responsible for running the terrorist group's European and British networks, was cited by CIA chief Michael Hayden last week as one of the reasons for the 'strategic defeat' of al-Qaeda. Another top militant, Abu Laith al-Libi, was killed in February.

'The ability to kill and capture key members of al-Qaeda continues, and keeps them off balance - even in their best safe haven along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border,' Hayden said. Hayden added that al-Qaeda had been defeated in Saudi Arabia, was losing the battle for hearts and minds in the Islamic world and was now unable

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; alqaeda; deadjihadi; elvisbinladen; enemy; killed; morevirginsneeded; pakistan; wot
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Memebers of his whole family died? Good shooting.
1 posted on 05/31/2008 10:13:04 PM PDT by pissant
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To: pissant

Always enjoy reading a warm, fuzzy, feel-good story before turning in.


2 posted on 05/31/2008 10:16:18 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: pissant
AL-JAZAIRI: IT'S YOU!!
SHAITAN: HOW ARE YOU GENTLEMEN!!
SHAITAN: ALL YOUR SOUL ARE BELONG TO US.
AL-JAZAIRI: WHAT YOU SAY!!
3 posted on 05/31/2008 10:18:49 PM PDT by RichInOC (GULBUTH: ME SO THORNY!! ME LOVE YOU LONG TIME!! AL-JAZAIRI: UNNNGH!!)
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To: Mr. Mojo

A snifter of cognac along with the knowledge of an incinerated islamic POS. Hard to beat.


4 posted on 05/31/2008 10:20:02 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: RichInOC

LOL


5 posted on 05/31/2008 10:20:42 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: pissant
"Spider pig, spider pig
Does whatever a spider pig does..."


6 posted on 05/31/2008 10:21:23 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: pissant
Knock Knock

Who's there?

BOOM


7 posted on 05/31/2008 10:21:28 PM PDT by ovrtaxt (This election is like running in the Special Olympics. Even if McCain wins, were still retarded.)
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...controversial American missile strikes....

Kill more islamists.

8 posted on 05/31/2008 10:22:24 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: pissant

Bush’s Fault!


9 posted on 05/31/2008 10:23:09 PM PDT by roses of sharon ( (Who will be McCain's maverick?))
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To: pissant; LS; Dog; Marine_Uncle; Allegra; jveritas

We’re killing top Al Qaeda leaders so fast that the survivors aren’t even bothering with their normal “We’ll extract revenge for our loss” spiel.


10 posted on 05/31/2008 10:23:44 PM PDT 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: pissant

Nice!


11 posted on 05/31/2008 10:24:03 PM PDT by boycott
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To: pissant

Osama bin Laden hasn’t had a decent night’s sleep in years. Life is good.


12 posted on 05/31/2008 10:24:32 PM PDT by LiberConservative ("Typical" White Guy)
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Maulvi Obaidullah, members of whose family, including women and children, are thought to have died.

"If you harbor terrorists, we will treat you like a terrorist." President George Bush.

I hope we kill every last one of them.

L

13 posted on 05/31/2008 10:24:41 PM PDT by Lurker (Islam is an insane death cult. Any other aspects are PR, to get them within throat-cutting range.)
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14 posted on 05/31/2008 10:34:28 PM PDT by I see my hands (_8(|)
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To: onedoug

So, where’s the controversy? I don’t get it......


15 posted on 05/31/2008 10:36:46 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie
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the latest senior militant to die in a spate of controversial American missile strikes.

So, where’s the controversy? I don’t get it......

16 posted on 05/31/2008 10:37:52 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie
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To: pissant

Can’t be true. We have forgotten all about Al Qaeda in Afghanistan and and Pakistan because of Iraq.


17 posted on 05/31/2008 10:42:29 PM PDT by Hugin (Mecca delenda est!)
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To: Lancey Howard

maybe it’s just metaphysical timing, but I just happen to be watching the DVD of that movie the moment I browsed onto this thread and saw your spiderpig post.....


18 posted on 05/31/2008 10:50:11 PM PDT by bpjam (Drill For Oil or Lose Your Job!! Vote Nov 3, 2008)
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To: ovrtaxt

Candygram!


19 posted on 05/31/2008 10:50:51 PM PDT by Dahoser (America's great untapped alternative energy source: The Founding Fathers spinning in their graves.)
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To: pissant

Sure is a good thing that Bush, Hayden and the CIA aren’t listening to Obama who keeps telling everybody that we are too busy losing in Iraq to defeat Al Qaeda like he would do it he were King.


20 posted on 05/31/2008 10:52:51 PM PDT by bpjam (Drill For Oil or Lose Your Job!! Vote Nov 3, 2008)
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