Posted on 01/17/2006 6:01:10 PM PST by Dog
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Some of the foreigners killed in last Friday's U.S. airstrike in the remote Pakistani village of Damadola were of Egyptian origin, according to a knowledgeable source.
U.S. officials have said "very solid" intelligence indicated that senior al Qaeda members were expected to attend a dinner celebrating the end of the Muslim holiday of Eid and that Osama Bin Laden's top deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, could very well be among them.
Although these officials believe a number of "significant" al Qaeda figures were killed in the attack, there is no evidence so far that al-Zawahiri was among them. Pakistani officials have said he apparently was not there.
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Fyi..
This could get interesting.
You mean there was no wedding celebration this time?
ping!
If it's CNN it's bull
Zawahiri is Egyptian.
Keeping fingers crossed...
Excellent! This story's come around a full 360°!
I think it might have been a Bat Mitzvah...the CIA reported that the Predator picked up strains of "Cotton-Eyed Joe" by Rednex.
Well the good thing is the terrorist is getting a hefty dose of terrorism himself. If he sees that he was supposed to be at that dinner and "it blowed up real good" that has got to make him toss and turn at night. Which will make him panic, and make mistakes. So either way ....
Here are all of the ones listed as Egyptians, I don't when it was update to exclude captured or dead, it is from the gov't.
http://www.fbi.gov/mostwant/terrorists/terali.htm
http://www.fbi.gov/mostwant/terrorists/teraladel.htm
http://www.fbi.gov/mostwant/terrorists/teratwah.htm
http://www.fbi.gov/mostwant/terrorists/terabdullah.htm
http://www.fbi.gov/mostwant/terrorists/teralzawahiri.htm
Have the DNA reports come in?
I'm wondering who the real targets were.
BUMP
I wonder if they were also doing the chicken dance...
Unleash those drones...the more the merrier.
No mention of any bad guys at the location at all by NBC News. Just that our target was not there.
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