Posted on 05/22/2016 8:32:32 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Senior Afghan Taliban sources on Sunday confirmed the death of their chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour in a US drone strike in Pakistan, adding a shura or council is underway to decide his successor.
“I can say with good authority that Mullah Mansour is no more,” a senior Taliban source told AFP.
Mansour’s death was confirmed by two other senior figures, who said the group’s top leaders were gathering in Quetta to name their future chief.
Earlier, Reuters quoted a US official as saying that Mansour was “likely killed” along with another combatant.
(Excerpt) Read more at english.alarabiya.net ...
In with a new mullah, same as the old mullah.
Congrats to the military team for its accomplishment.
Ah, does anybody in the US know where Quetta is? Drone again?
Obama sent his condolences.
and he’s running his black flag at half mast.... in the Rose Garden
"He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! 'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off the twig! 'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibile!! THIS IS AN EX-TALIBAN!
The SS may soon be at both our doors. This is a monitored site.
What a relief!
Leader 10,487 is no more.
Will Leader 10,488 please step up?
I don’t understand where there could be a problem.
Dude is a muslim and sympathetic to their cause.
I know he wants to evade that, and the medias do the best to promote another image.
Fact of the matter is when he was on the campaign trail the first time, all the street money traders in West Africa had pictures of their man.
Yep, they were proud telling me that through their man islam was going to rule America.
Do you think they the SS want pictures from then?
We have two sets....lol.
Obama violating Pakistan territory
We’re supposed to believe the taliban? Oh great.
We’re supposed to believe the taliban? Oh great. Well, I guess there’s no reason to look for him anymore.
“Oh, yeah! He’s dead. You can stop looking for him from now on.!”
;^}
the group’s top leaders were gathering in Quetta to name their future chief.
Sounds like a target of opportunity to me.
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