U.S. Military: 'Key' Afghanistan Insurgent Leader Captured

Fox News ChannelAP ^ | 11-15-08

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Afghan and coalition forces captured an insurgent leader in eastern Afghanistan, and in a separate operation 10 militants were killed in a firefight, the U.S. military said Saturday.

U.S. forces said they grabbed a "key insurgent leader" in a joint raid with Afghan police Friday in a village in eastern Ghazni province. No shots were fired in the raid, the statement said.

The captured man is responsible for the deaths of Afghan troops, bomb attacks on coalition forces and the kidnapping of aid workers, according to the statement.

A spokesman declined to give further information on the leader's identity while they search for his confederates.

[STARWISE]

US targets compound in North Waziristan

By Bill Roggio - November 14, 2008

Excerpt:

The US has struck again in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agencies. Three unmanned Predator aircraft are reported to have fired three missiles at a compound in Garyom in North Waziristan. The home was owned by a "tribal man" named Mir Gul, according to Geo TV.

Twelve people, including five "foreigners" - a term often used to describe al Qaeda members - were killed in the attack, Reuters reported. No senior al Qaeda or Taliban operatives have been reported killed.

Today's attack is only the second since General David Petraeus took command of US Central Command and the second in November. The attacks are tapering off after a high operational tempo in September and October, when strikes into Pakistan averaged between two to three a week.

There have been 29 recorded cross-border attacks and attempts in Pakistan this year, according to numbers compiled by The Long War Journal.

Twenty-two of these attacks have occurred since Aug. 31. There were only 10 strikes during 2006 and 2007 combined.

The strikes in Pakistan's tribal areas have disrupted al Qaeda and the Taliban's operations, but will not dislodge the groups from power in the region, a senior intelligence official told The Long War Journal last week.

The US campaign in Pakistan is aimed at disrupting al Qaeda's ability to attack the West, US intelligence officials told The Long War Journal on Sept. 19.

US intelligence believes the next attack launched against the West will originate from Pakistan's tribal areas, where al Qaeda operates 157 known training camps, intelligence officials told The Long War Journal in August.

Pakistan has been identified as one of several areas where al Qaeda has regrouped, CIA Director General Michael Hayden during a briefing to the Atlantic Council yesterday.

High value targets

The US strikes inside Pakistan's tribal areas have killed five senior al Qaeda leaders this year.

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Thank you and God bless you, Pres. Bush. Taking out as many savages beasts as possible, til the last moment of the last day. You have truly kept your charge of protecting our beloved country.

[FlingWingFlyer]

It looks like Baracko’s “election” didn’t do much to save this murderer’s goatsmelling @$$. He should have laid low until after 01-20-09.

[STARWISE]

[jveritas]

Excellent news.

[DollyCali]

I like the word “KILLED” over the word “CAPTURED’

[NordP]

Captured? Oh goody, that means we get info now ;-)

[IbJensen]

I certainly hope they treat this person with dignity and respect.

Hopefully there will be no waterboarding or torture of any kind. We'll demonstrate to the world that we are kind, compassionate and desirous of changing our evil practices of the past.

I can't help but think that under an Obomba administration our government might build this wayward soul a new home and furnish it with all the latest in gadgetry. In time they'll all come to love us.

[E.G.C.]

BTTT

[irish guard]

ping

[jackofhearts]

I love a happy ending.

[holden]

"tribal man"

In terms of Afghani specificity, that's right up there with . . . well, . . . "man."

HF

[Jemian]

Ping

[BIGLOOK]

Great news, Starwise!

Winter is setting in and I suspect many of the terrorists are holed up in the area. Petraeus figured on this and ordered 'Make a hole.'

[The Sons of Liberty]

Hopefully, he’ll be “shot, trying to escape” before Hussein comes in and gives amnesty to all his islamofascist buddies.

[SnarlinCubBear]

Thank you President Bush!

[Right_in_Virginia]

Thanks for posting this great news.

May God bless and protect our honorable and extraordinary fighting men and women!

[EQAndyBuzz]

Bush is going to kill as many muzzo’s as he can before January 20th.

Would love to see Osama taken down on the 19th. That would put a crimp in the coronation.

[stevie_d_64]

Well, since it won’t do any good to bring him to Gitmo, if they’ll let us get “it” there...

If we could find a cell to put “it” in with “Rufus” and “Bubba”, and maybe “Percy” as well, got to let him have some fun occasionally...

“It” is bound to become very talkative, or very satisfied...Either way, it’s a win win situation...

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Thanks...pinging others.

[Marine_Uncle]

I don’t mind paying Federal Income Tax to make sure sufficient numbers of HellFire rockets are supplied to our Afghan forces to fly over those 150 plus camps and blow a lot of more holes in the roofs of their shit huts.