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BREAKING: Ilyas Kashmiri ‘killed’ in US drone attack [Osama bin Laden's replacement]
Dawn ^ | June 4, 2011 | Dawn

Posted on 06/04/2011 1:32:36 AM PDT by James C. Bennett

PESHAWAR: According to a BBCUrdu report, Ilyas Kashmiri, a Pakistani terrorist leader with ties to al Qaeda, was among those killed in the latest drone strikes in South Waziristan.

The report quoted locals as saying that Kashmiri was killed in the strike that killed at least nine militants.

Kashmiri was the chief of the Harkatul Jihad al-Islami (HJI), an organisation affiliated with al Qaeda.

He is widely believed to have masterminded the attack on the PNS Mehran naval base in Karachi.

A government official in Peshawar told BBCUrdu that although he had been receiving information regarding the death of Kashmiri in the drone strike, he could not confirm the information.

Moreover, an official in South Waziristan told BBCUrdu that a US drone attack targeted a group of armed militants 20 kilometres from Wana bazaar.

The official said the attack killed nine people and injured three others.

Moreover, the official said that those killed in the attack were believed to be militants from Punjab.

Locals and witnesses told BBCUrdu that Kashmiri had also died in the drone attack.

Witnesses said Kashmiri had arrived in South Waziristan from the Khyber tribal region.


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To: Berlin_Freeper

About what?


101 posted on 06/05/2011 3:14:51 AM PDT by cake_crumb (Obama, the Unholy, Won.)
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To: Niuhuru

This guy...

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/al-qaeda-video-buy-automatic-weapons-start-shooting/story?id=13704264


102 posted on 06/05/2011 4:47:49 AM PDT by stevie_d_64 (I'm jus' sayin')
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To: James C. Bennett

What a waste of nice Ray-Bans.

We barely knew ya.


103 posted on 06/05/2011 6:39:40 AM PDT by wolficatZ (Somebody once wrote "Revenge is a dish that has to be eaten cold".)
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To: James C. Bennett
They tracked him down when he logged onto his account at BarelyLegalGoats.com.
104 posted on 06/05/2011 10:55:35 AM PDT by Redcloak (What's your zombie plan?)
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To: James C. Bennett

OBL’s computers claim their first victim?


105 posted on 06/05/2011 4:51:12 PM PDT by sono (What Rough Beast ... Slouches Toward Bethlehem To Be Born?)
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To: James C. Bennett
Ilyas Kashmiri ‘killed’ in US drone attack [Osama bin Laden's replacement]

Good.

One more down, ??? to go....

106 posted on 06/05/2011 6:40:09 PM PDT by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis (Want to make $$$? It's easy! Use FR as a platform to pimp your blog for hits!!!)
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To: Soul of the South

Bush originated the drone strikes in Pakistan, and part of the wrath was rightly directed at him. For the most part, that was a problem. Obama’s problem was pretty much continuing and not changing much from Bush’s plan.

Attacking Afghanistan was not a smart move, at least how we did it in the sense that we pretty much had little or no way to ensure that whatever extremists were there could just run off into neighboring countries.

With Iraq, we had a number of things that Afghanistan did not. We had a fairly unified nation, which is not the case in Afghanistan, it’s a collection of various warlords, feuding tribes, etc. Getting a few key leaders killed was perhaps the best we can do there. Also, Iraq was a fairly “modern” Middle Eastern Country, which we were really at war with in terms of bombing the cities with airstrikes and cruise missiles, and trying all we could to sanction them, with the hope that Saddam would actually get blown to bits. It never happened. throughout all the Clinton administration, we finally resorted to getting the troops to capture Saddam, and execute him, and setting up a fairly democratic society in the main section of the Middle East. Yes, we pretty much decided to do the unthinkable, while all Obama thinks is neccessary is to cheer on everyone else to Democracy, and forget about what was done in Iraq as a pressuring move and example to everyone else. figuring that prolonged conflict in Afghanistan was absolutely so important was an idea that Obama doesn’t shine forth as much brighter than Bush, especially for continuing it.


107 posted on 06/05/2011 7:16:19 PM PDT by Morpheus2009
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To: CT Hillbilly

Do you think terrorists would really try going for the president?


108 posted on 06/05/2011 7:19:59 PM PDT by Morpheus2009
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To: James C. Bennett

Bush’s fault.

Did we give HIM a 40 minute islamic burial at sea TOO?


109 posted on 06/05/2011 8:36:54 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (We are living in the Error of Obama. Put someone else in charge on election day 2012.)
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To: James C. Bennett

10 years to get the first one. 10 minutes to get the second one. I hope they all lineup nice and public like to claim “leadership”.


110 posted on 06/05/2011 8:42:29 PM PDT by Personal Responsibility (The more the plans fail the more the planners plan - Ronald Reagan)
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To: John W
That many Americans must have had a lot invested in him and the old Iraq given some of the vehement opposition to taking him down. Or, maybe they wanted to see Israel destroyed. One or the other I think.

Not necessarily one or the other. Easily could have been, and still is, both...

the infowarrior

111 posted on 06/05/2011 9:49:24 PM PDT by infowarrior
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.................Zawa? Zawah.......? Zawahiri.......? come on out, buddy!


112 posted on 06/05/2011 11:10:07 PM PDT by NoRedTape
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To: Niuhuru
Next?....
113 posted on 06/06/2011 9:07:26 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: Lazlo in PA
kinda reminds me of this guy-


114 posted on 06/06/2011 10:07:20 AM PDT by a real Sheila (Proud master of 2 golden retrievers. Best dogs in the world.)
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To: Morpheus2009

Noooo...I meant OBAMA was first in the long line of people trying to destroy this country


115 posted on 06/09/2011 6:11:46 AM PDT by CT Hillbilly
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