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ISAF: Chairman of the Taliban military council killed in Helmand
afgha.com ^
| July 29 2007
Posted on 07/29/2007 4:56:16 PM PDT by Dog
ISAF says Qari Faiz Mohammad, a top Taliban commander with close links to supreme leader Mullah Mohammad Omar, died in a fierce clash with ANA and ISAF troops last week. Details of the raid were not released but one ISAF soldier died in southern Afghanistan that same day.
There has been no official announcement of Qari Faiz Mohammad’s death from Taliban sources.
Qari Faiz Mohammad was one of Afghanistan’s ‘Most Wanted’ Taliban leaders. He acted as Chairman of the Taliban military council and allegedly financed many Taliban operations launched in Helmand province, according to the BBC.
The suspected death of Qari Faiz Mohammad follows last month's air strike that killed another ‘Most Wanted’ commander, Mullah Mahmood Baluch, an infamous weapons smuggler active in Helmand and Nimroz province's. The June, 9th air strike occurred shortly after Mahmood Baluch led a convoy of weapons and ammunition over the Pakistan-Helmand border.
Before that, top Taliban strategist Mullah Dadullah died during a Coalition air assault on his safe house in Helmand province. The death of Mullah Dadullah on May, 12 is the single greatest blow to the Taliban leadership since the movement was ousted from power in late 2001.
Helmand is easily the most unstable state in the country with heavy fighting and suicide attacks occurring on a near daily basis.
According to the BBC, listed the remaining ‘Most Wanted’ Taliban members include: Mullah Mohammad Omar, Mullah Berader, Akhtar Mohammad Mansour, Abdul Rahim, Naime Bareech and Dadullah Mansour.
TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; helmand; isaf; oef; qarifaizmohammad; taliban
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This was sent to me by Straight Vermonter in a freepmail...and I didn't see this posted yet. The Taliban have lost another major player.
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posted on
07/29/2007 4:56:18 PM PDT
by
Dog
To: Straight Vermonter
Here you go I posted it...great news.
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posted on
07/29/2007 4:57:04 PM PDT
by
Dog
("Nothing important happened today." - from the diary of England’s King George III, July 4, 1776)
To: AdmSmith; Cap Huff
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posted on
07/29/2007 4:58:07 PM PDT
by
Dog
("Nothing important happened today." - from the diary of England’s King George III, July 4, 1776)
To: Dog; Cap Huff; AdmSmith
Our intel has gotten very good lately.
To: Dog
One by one, our guys are gett’in er done!
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posted on
07/29/2007 4:59:39 PM PDT
by
FMBass
("Now that I'm sober I watch a lot of news"- Garofalo from Coulter's "Treason")
To: irish guard
It cost the life of one allied soldier to get him..
Sigh.
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posted on
07/29/2007 5:00:22 PM PDT
by
Dog
("Nothing important happened today." - from the diary of England’s King George III, July 4, 1776)
To: Dog
Great News Ping
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posted on
07/29/2007 5:13:48 PM PDT
by
missnry
(The truth will set you free ... and drive liberals Crazy!)
To: Dog
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posted on
07/29/2007 5:14:07 PM PDT
by
blam
(Secure the border and enforce the law)
To: FMBass
Great line......one by one
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posted on
07/29/2007 5:20:35 PM PDT
by
BOBTHENAILER
(One by one, in small groups or in whole armies, we don't care how we do it, but we're gonna getcha)
To: Dog
Let’s hope this story is true.
To: Dog
That old media vaunted "Taliban Spring Offensive" didn't seem to happen.
Watch for the old media to start talking about a "Taliban Fall Offensive".
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posted on
07/29/2007 5:38:31 PM PDT
by
mdittmar
(May God watch over those who serve,and have served,to keep us free)
To: Dog
Excellent News!!! Hooray...
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posted on
07/29/2007 5:43:52 PM PDT
by
shield
(A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand;but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc 10:2)
To: Dog
DARN!!! And me being fresh out of sympathy, wouldn’t ya know it.
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posted on
07/29/2007 5:45:11 PM PDT
by
Valin
(History takes time. It is not an instant thing.)
To: DevSix
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posted on
07/29/2007 5:46:47 PM PDT
by
shield
(A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand;but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc 10:2)
To: BOBTHENAILER
“Great line......one by one”
Yep, hey you should use it in your tag line!
Whoops, oh!
LOL!
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posted on
07/29/2007 5:48:01 PM PDT
by
FMBass
("Now that I'm sober I watch a lot of news"- Garofalo from Coulter's "Treason")
To: mdittmar
It was going to be awesome, but wouldn’t ya know it, the (evil) Cheney/Bush/Halliburton Global Warming Machine (Pat. Pend.) kicked in and ruined all their plans.
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posted on
07/29/2007 5:48:20 PM PDT
by
Valin
(History takes time. It is not an instant thing.)
To: Valin
Dont worry, Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi have some to spare for guys like this. They have it covered.
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posted on
07/29/2007 5:49:46 PM PDT
by
DeusExMachina05
(I will not go into Dhimmitude quietly.)
To: DeusExMachina05
Don’t try to cheer me up. I don’t want to talk about it...the pain of the loss is still to fresh.
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posted on
07/29/2007 5:56:46 PM PDT
by
Valin
(History takes time. It is not an instant thing.)
To: Dog
What a shame .. Obama won’t be able to reach out and talk with him
Good news for US though
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posted on
07/29/2007 6:20:25 PM PDT
by
Mo1
( http://www.gohunter08.com)
To: Dog
Lets hope the report is accurate. Another slime ball bites the dust.
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posted on
07/29/2007 6:40:23 PM PDT
by
Marine_Uncle
(Hunter in 2008)
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