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  • Infamous Taliban Leader Killed In Pakistan(Shoot Down U.S. Chinook, Killing 16 Special Forces)

    04/16/2008 12:55:06 PM PDT · by Dog · 108 replies · 269+ views
    cbsnews.com ^ | April 16, 2008 | Tucker Reals in London, and Sami Yousafzai, reporting from Peshawar, Pakistan
    A senior Taliban commander who became a hero to Islamic militants for his role in shooting down a U.S. helicopter in 2005, killing all 16 special forces troops aboard, has been killed by Pakistani security forces, officials and Taliban militants tell CBS News. Mullah Ismail, a notorious Taliban commander from the Afghan province of Kunar, was killed in a shootout with Pakistani police as he traveled with a kidnapped trader, a local police officer said Wednesday. He was apparently on his way into the lawless Northwest Frontier Province along the Afghan border. Officer Mukarma Khan said Ismail, also known as...