Saturday, January 14, 2006
Residue
Updated
An unmanned American drone plane armed with Hellfire missiles has apparently taken out a Pakistani compound said to be frequented by top-level Al Qaeda leaders. AQ second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahiri is said to be one of those killed in the attack:
Ayman al-Zawahiri -- Osama bin Laden's right-hand man in the al Qaeda terrorist network -- was the target of a CIA airstrike Friday in a remote Pakistani village and may have been among those killed, knowledgeable U.S. sources told CNN.
There has been no confirmation that al-Zawahiri was killed in the attack, which took place in the village of Damadola, near the Afghan border.
However, the sources said there was intelligence suggesting he was in one of the buildings hit during the strike. (Watch how al-Zawahiri was targeted -- 5:39)
Pakistani officials were at the scene, trying to determine if al-Zawahiri was killed, the U.S. sources told CNN.
Contacted by CNN, Pakistan's information minister could not confirm that al-Zawahiri had been the target of a CIA strike. Both the Pentagon and the White House declined to comment on the reports.
Eighteen people died in Friday morning's strike -- eight men, five women and five children, Pakistani intelligence sources said. Three homes were targeted.
Let's say it's true that Zawahiri is, as Captain Ed puts it, BBQ residue. If so, then I'm conflicted. I don't want innocents to meet death, but if this evil man kept them near, then he wears it. I would appeal to all the idiot left's terrorist heroes to stop dragging their kids around as human shields, leave the women out of it and maybe pony up for some uniforms.
But that's not going to happen, so eggs will get broken.
Selah.
UPDATE
They missed Zawahiri, but they got four others.
An unmanned American drone plane armed with Hellfire missiles has apparently taken out a Pakistani compound said to be frequented by top-level Al Qaeda leaders. AQ second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahiri is said to be one of those killed in the attack:
Ayman al-Zawahiri -- Osama bin Laden's right-hand man in the al Qaeda terrorist network -- was the target of a CIA airstrike Friday in a remote Pakistani village and may have been among those killed, knowledgeable U.S. sources told CNN.
There has been no confirmation that al-Zawahiri was killed in the attack, which took place in the village of Damadola, near the Afghan border.
However, the sources said there was intelligence suggesting he was in one of the buildings hit during the strike. (Watch how al-Zawahiri was targeted -- 5:39)
Pakistani officials were at the scene, trying to determine if al-Zawahiri was killed, the U.S. sources told CNN.
Contacted by CNN, Pakistan's information minister could not confirm that al-Zawahiri had been the target of a CIA strike. Both the Pentagon and the White House declined to comment on the reports.
Eighteen people died in Friday morning's strike -- eight men, five women and five children, Pakistani intelligence sources said. Three homes were targeted.
Let's say it's true that Zawahiri is, as Captain Ed puts it, BBQ residue. If so, then I'm conflicted. I don't want innocents to meet death, but if this evil man kept them near, then he wears it. I would appeal to all the idiot left's terrorist heroes to stop dragging their kids around as human shields, leave the women out of it and maybe pony up for some uniforms.
But that's not going to happen, so eggs will get broken.
Selah.
UPDATE
They missed Zawahiri, but they got four others.
