Now serving number 3.
Posted on 06/04/2011 1:32:36 AM PDT by James C. Bennett
PESHAWAR: According to a BBCUrdu report, Ilyas Kashmiri, a Pakistani terrorist leader with ties to al Qaeda, was among those killed in the latest drone strikes in South Waziristan.
The report quoted locals as saying that Kashmiri was killed in the strike that killed at least nine militants.
Kashmiri was the chief of the Harkatul Jihad al-Islami (HJI), an organisation affiliated with al Qaeda.
He is widely believed to have masterminded the attack on the PNS Mehran naval base in Karachi.
A government official in Peshawar told BBCUrdu that although he had been receiving information regarding the death of Kashmiri in the drone strike, he could not confirm the information.
Moreover, an official in South Waziristan told BBCUrdu that a US drone attack targeted a group of armed militants 20 kilometres from Wana bazaar.
The official said the attack killed nine people and injured three others.
Moreover, the official said that those killed in the attack were believed to be militants from Punjab.
Locals and witnesses told BBCUrdu that Kashmiri had also died in the drone attack.
Witnesses said Kashmiri had arrived in South Waziristan from the Khyber tribal region.
Sorry. Had to adjust to my take.
It works for me.
Have always thought with Saddam it was, as usual, a case of follow the money. That many Americans must have had a lot invested in him and the old Iraq given some of the vehement opposition to taking him down. Or, maybe they wanted to see Israel destroyed. One or the other I think.
We were already at war with Iraq and had been for ten years. W ended that war by Conquering Baghdad and killing Saddam.
Iraq is the center of peace in the region. Iraq is center to the containment of Iran
The containment of Al Queda is but a part of the whole.
later
Great news!
“But a fax from the militant group he was heading — Harakat-ul-Jihad al-Islami’s feared “313 Brigade” — confirmed Kashmiri was “martyred” in the strike at 11:15 p.m. Friday in South Waziristan tribal region. It vowed revenge against America.”
As for it being a tagline, he said a lot about a large subject in few words.....again, even if it is too large.
Good..... maybe he and Osama will share the same cave in hell!
What happened to the top of his head.
Oh, never-mind....
TBP, time for you to mourn again - this time, it’s your friend, Illyas Kashmiri.
It’s probably well past time to spread the false rumor (which will catch on like crazy among the paranoid Muzzie nutjobs) that their word for “martyr” means “shit head” in English.
Of course, they would then declare a fatwa against English.
I think this call for a toast tonight yes we can be happy!
I had to do this yesterday and now you force me to play FR PC cop on you also.
We need to extend all respect to the non-infidels.
Some call them “Towel Heads”, others “Rag Heads”, and to correct the nomenclature, we all need to get on the same page with the reality, which is, they don't wear a towel nor a rag, in fact, they wear a little sheet on their heads, so the proper nomenclature is...........................”Little Sheetheads”?!
So, once again, “GOT IT”?????
First replacement sent to meet his virgins.
Next!
You clearly have very little idea what you are talking about - Amateurs talk tactics, the professionals talk logistics, logistics, logistics. And all the logistics that allowed the Ops running today in Pak (both Pred/Reap and DAs) are from those very logistics put in place during GWB years.
As for the refocus on Pak regions (by Obama) that is only possible because of the success elsewhere provided via the leadership of GWB. Furthermore if you think Iraq was a some type of counterweight to a terrorist supporting / expanding Iran. That is foolishness. Saddam and Iran had their issues but hurting the West was not one of them.
Cue the “He blowed up real good” guys.
I beg to disagree. Al Queada attacked the United States and under the Constitution it was the duty of the Commander in Chief, with the assent of Congress, to find and eliminate the attackers in order to defend the homeland. Iraq did not attack the United States and represented no threat to the homeland.
We have become an imperialist nation selectively intervening militarily in undeclared wars where our imperial President defines a “strategic interest”. Note the word “selectively”. It could be argued we have or had a strategic interest in eliminating the communist state 90 miles off the Florida coast but we did not invade Cuba. We also did not invade Venezuela which poses more of a strategic threat than Iraq. We also did not invade Iran which had taken direct action against US citizens.
The Constitution does not provide for the President to invade countries at will because he defines a “strategic interest” or wants to establish a democratic government. If George Bush had followed the Constitution and asked for an actual declaration of war from Congress for the purpose of regime change it would have likely been voted down. The skirting of the Constitutional requirement by Truman (Korea), Johnson (Vietnam), Reagan (Grenada), Bush I (Iraq), Clinton (Kosovo), Bush II (Iraq and Afghanistan), Obama (Libya) has resulted in the loss of tens of thousands of US lives as well as the draining of our national treasury. Obama is thumbing his nose at Congress today over Libya because his predecessors got away with violating their oaths of office and not getting the declaration of war before committing troops to combat.
I’m a strict constructionist when it comes to interpreting the Constitution and the document is very clear with respect to going to war. If one has any doubts about the meaning, read the Federalist Papers or the transcripts of the debates at the ratifying convention. It was never contemplated the chief executive would have the power to engage in multi year wars based on his definition of “strategic interest” without obtaining the consent of Congress.
Now serving number 3.
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