Posted on 08/04/2007 5:00:30 AM PDT by Dog
KABUL, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- About 100 Taliban rebels including five senior commanders were killed during an air strike in southern Afghanistan, Defense Ministry spokesman Zahir Azimi told reporters Saturday.
Foreign troops carried out an air strike in remote Baghran district of Helmand province on Thursday when many Taliban militants were gathering to watch the execution of several persons accused of cooperating with the government, Azimi said.
About 100 insurgents were killed in the bombardment, he said, adding five senior Taliban commanders including Mullah Rahim, top Taliban commander in Helmand, were among the killed.
Azimi said Mansor Dadullah, top Taliban military commander, was found at the site before the bombing, and Afghan troops were still confirming whether he was killed.
Referring to the incident, the U.S.-led coalition forces said, "During a sizable meeting of senior Taliban commanders, coalition forces employed precision guided munitions on their location after ensuring there were no innocent Afghans in the surrounding area.
Some media reports quoted locals as saying that 200 to 300 persons were killed or injured in the air strike and many were civilians.
The spokesman Azimi refuted this claim, saying only around 150 persons were staying there before the air strike as a reconnaissance plane had detected and at most 10 civilians were there.
He also said foreign troops used "small bombs" in the air raid in order to reduce civilian casualties.
Due to rising Taliban violence, over 3,800 persons have been killed in Afghanistan this year
The meeting site was being watched for at least 24 hours before the strike. They knew who they were aiming at....and I will bet they got him.
Woo-hoo!!
civillians, no such thing in this war....just ask the r.o.p..
WHOO HOOO! Way to go team!
Guess the Taliban doesn’t have to worry about funding their executive pension plan. Becoming a Taliban “leader” is a ticket to an early death.
Now there's a bumper sticker for ya Mr. Edwards.
“.....many Taliban militants were gathering to watch the execution of several persons accused of cooperating with the government, Azimi said.”
Looks like someone else who was “cooperating with the government” turned the tables on them.
If I was going to be executed by the Taliban, I’d love to see those JDAMs raining down. (For about one microsecond, but what the heck.)
Nice!
You have no chance to survive... make your time.
I'm wondering, in a gathering like that, do you hit them with a High Explosive or opt for bombletts or something like a FAE ?
I’d just as soon wait for confirmation from U.S. sources before celebrating.
About 100 innocent civilians attending a wedding were killed during an imperialist air strike in southern Afghanistan, Taliban Ministry spokesman told reporters Saturday.
Well, if FAE produces “Crispy Kooky”s , use that. Perhaps not even 72 virgins will accept that. Even Helen Thomas wouldn’t.
I assume Obama approves? Or would he have rather done it without Pakistani permission... thats right foreign policy that punishes those working with us and rewards those that want to kill us....
Now thats Liberal smarts for ya.
Barry Hussein would definitely NOT approve. He only wants to attack Pakistan. He never said anything about Afghanistan.
ouch! that’s gonna leave a mark.
Great news dog!! What a great way to start the day! I’m heading to the golf course with a great attitude, thanks for the post!
Seems that they got more seniors than a bingo convention.
Using civilians as human shields isn’t a tenet of Islam as it is interpreted by every Muslim, just by the ones who are taking violent jihadist actions. We have allies in Iraq. They are Muslim. They aren’t fighting us, they’re fighting with us, much less are they using civilians as human shields. Wow this gets old, having to repeat this so many times.
We will never win if the attitude doesn't shift.
"It is interesting there were no females," said British Lieutenant-Colonel Charlie Mayo, suggesting the wounded adult males may have been Taliban fighters. "We are very confident we hit a large meeting of Taliban and they are very sore about it."
GRRRRREAT news!
There was an execution all right. But those eating the pop corn and sitting in the cheap seats were a bit surprised in the end when they woke up in hell.
Keep feeding the updates to this thread....thanks.
lib/dems & msm are probably already photoshopping green helmet man....they need green helmet man to blame bush and the US troops for killing those innocent muzzie terrorists!!!
Noble Qur'an:2:190 Footnote: "Jihad [and every gruesome act condoned while fulfilling this duty],i> is holy fighting in Allah's Cause with full force of numbers and weaponry. It is given the utmost importance in Islam and is one of its pillars... He who tries to escape from this duty, or does not fulfill this duty, dies as a hypocrite."
Yes it does get old correcting Islamic apologists.
At least that way, you get an honor guard to hell.
"It's a beautiful day in this neighborhood,
A beautiful day for a neighbor.
Would you be mine?
Could you be mine?...
Not really. He was pissed that he didn't get to meet with them.
I remember awhile back there was a report that some lawyers in the Defense Dept. had called off a strike on a similar-type gathering because it might violate international law. I don’t know whether the story was true or not, but if true the people who stopped that strike are thankfully no longer in a position to have stopped this strike
a Hilary?
Hey Hillary, didn’t you say we were failing in Afghanistan? But what do you know?
That is one more BIG explosion photo!
Makes no difference. Civilians Shmivilians. This is out in Indian Country and anyone there was aiding and abetting.
Anti-Obama
WOO HOO!!!
I'd call this a successful test run of the MQ-9 Reaper, which just recently arrived in Afghanistan..
"The Reaper's first combat deployment is expected in Afghanistan, and senior Air Force officers estimate it will land in Iraq sometime between this fall and next spring. They look forward to it."
Pilotless Robot Bomber Squadron Heads for Afghanistan, Iraq
Monday, July 16, 2007
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,289380,00.html
I was hoping there would be Great News when I visited this AM, and this News fulfills that desire. A Humble Appreciation to our Men and Women in Uniform, for protecting America, by removing this foe from the earth.
Great Job!
Tally-ho Taliban!
There are no civilians in taliban controlled sectors; because they give sustenance to the enemy. This nonsensical thinking of not wading through the enemy with massive and lavish firepower cause we might kill a civilian is what gets our far more of our troops killed.
I liked the atomic bomb blast so much I is now the the wallpaper on my puter...
Thanks for this good news!
Way to go boys, get er done and continue to make us proud!!!But, but ......Newt says we are not winning! Wake up Newt we are winning in the WOT and while your at it stick a fork in your fat arse because you are done!
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