Developments in Damadola

Threats Watch ^ | 1/21/06 | Bill Roggio

[bnelson44]

Wounded al-Qaeda, hunt for clerics, Pakistan's involvement and al-Qaeda's developing plans

The effects of Friday the 13th strike in Damadola, Pakistan, which is believed to have killed up to five senior al-Qaeda commanders, continues to reverberate in Pakistan and beyond. Terrorism and al-Qaeda expert Rohan Gunaratna describes the strike as “a very significant blow to Al Qaeda… These are very experienced leaders and to replace them in the short term will be very difficult,” a point also made at ThreatsWatch several days ago.

Pakistan’s involvement in the operation also becomes clearer as time passes. An unnamed villager in Damadola states Pakistani intelligence was on the scene in Damadola almost immediately, “Soon after the air strike, several Pakistani security agents based in Khar, Bajaur Agency’s regional headquarters, disguised themselves as visitors and visited the site to collect evidence about the presence of No 2 Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zahawri.”

[Leo Carpathian]

These are very experienced leaders and to replace them in the short term will be very difficult,”

Dashel must be ssssoooo ssssadenet
No difficult at all, jus' stick some new leaders in the house for a meeting, make sure Al ZarCowy is there and our drone will have another target practisssse. Bada Bing, you are not!

[oolatec]

Isn't this the same site that said the Apache video from Iraq was actually a recent video of an AC-130? Pardon me if I ignore them. Heh...