Al Qaeda Operative in Afghanistan Assumes Room Temperature After Briefly Reaching Temperatures Usually Only Seen on the Surface of the Sun
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on Nov 23 2008 Filed under Politics.
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Gotta love Hellfire packin’ Predators.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 22 — A suspected al-Qaeda operative linked to a 2006 plot to blow up British airliners was killed Saturday in a suspected U.S. missile strike in northwestern Pakistan, according to two Pakistani intelligence officials. At least four other extremist fighters were also killed.
The officials said the al-Qaeda suspect was Rashid Rauf, a man who held dual Pakistani and British citizenship. The attack came from an unmanned U.S. Predator aircraft, which fired at least two Hellfire missiles at a suspected Taliban compound in the village of Ali Khel in the restive tribal area of North Waziristan, said the officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to speak publicly about missile strikes.
The dead also included at least three foreign fighters, the officials said.
Rauf, a former resident of the British city of Birmingham, was suspected to be the ringleader in an alleged al-Qaeda plot to blow up commercial jetliners flying from Britain to the United States. He was arrested by Pakistani authorities in Bahawalpur in August 2006 after British officials learned of the alleged terrorist operation, which authorities said included a plan to smuggle liquid explosives and camera flash detonators on board at least 10 airplanes. The plot led to widespread restrictions on items travelers could carry onto planes.
Maybe instead of bringing all the Gitmo detainees back to the United States like Obama wants to do, why don’t we just bring them to Afghanistan and let them go with a 5 minute head start.
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