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Subscribe to RSSKABUL, Afghanistan -- The second highest al-Qaida leader in Afghanistan was killed in a weekend airstrike in the country's volatile east near the border with Pakistan, NATO-led forces said on Tuesday.
Saudi Sakhr al-Taifi, also known as Musthaq and Nasim, was responsible for commanding foreign insurgents and directing attacks against coalition and Afghan forces, NATO said in a statement.
He frequently traveled between Afghanistan and Pakistan, carrying out commands from senior al-Qaida leadership, supplying weapons and equipment to insurgents and transporting insurgent fighters into Afghanistan, the statement said.
He was killed on Sunday in the Watahpur district of Kunar province after being identified with another al-Qaida militant.
No civilians were harmed and no civilian property was damaged, the statement said.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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Take that you Muslim Lady GaGa haters!!!!!
lady gaga sucks and she offended a lot of christians. also this has nothing to do with muslims.
Glad that got the bastard. But this just underscores the fact that Al-Qaida is still active in Afghanistan and as soon as our troops depart that activity will increase significantly and they will be back to where they were, Kharzi will be pushed aside or co-opted.
Al Qaidah, our agency established by us in 1981/82 will rule after we leave with billions of dollars gone to Cheney/Bush groups!
Not just Afghanistan but also Pakistan, which has turned out to be al-Qaida HQ.
I'm also thankful for the 3,000 people to die in 9/11 because I like to see people die. (sacasm)
And another one down, another one down, another one bites the dust,,,,,,
HEY! We're gonna get you too, another one bites the dust!
So many Taliban/AlQ, so few Hellfires....
He had blue eyes...one blew this way, one blew that way.
It is great to see success like this in the war against Al Qaeda. The lack of such success under the Bush administration was beyond frustrating, because it was due to a lack of effort on the administration's part. While leaders, like the Commandant of the Marine Corps, called for the Bush administration to refocus on Al Qaeda, the administration spent more and more of its time focussed on Iraq.
Those of you who pretend to see flaw in the Obama administration's handling of this war must be consistently reminded of the fact that the Republican party made a decision to largely ignore Al Qaeda in March of 2003, when 10 years of intel was ignored to justify a war in Iraq. This unnecessarily expanded the battle front and demanded a disproportionate percentage of our military resources given that Al Qaeda, not Iraq, had actually struck us a deadly blow costing 3000 American lives on September 11, 2001.
JUST IDIOTIC. cooperation among Sunni Muslims against a common enemy is well-documented. who did we mess with more than Iraq prior to 9-11 in the whole Muslim world? after the Desert Storm Gulf war turkey shoot who had a bigger motive to want to get revenge than Iraq?
They just heeded to kill a few hundred unarmed civilians in drone attacks before getting this guy because Obama is the prototypical Nobel Peace Prize Winner.
Lets get congress to pass a real law;put all Pakistan people back there and there cromies from the other countrys wiyh the m words to them go green and not sell them a teaspoon of wheat.They won't last long and then we can get all there oil for free.We don't have to even fire a shot!!!!! think of it.
Good for NATO. One for the Navy Seals. One for NATO. Didn't obama fly in and do the actuall bombing this time. Like he went in and killed the Osama decoy.
Dr. One ,a widow maker...
Apparently what seem not to understand this is war. A different kind of war than one we have fought in the past, but it is war. At least Obama got Bin Laden, that is more than you can say for some of the Presidents of the Past. At least we are free, and everyone should be thankful they can call themselves AMERICANS, even thought you do not appreciate our country.
so you're saying if you dont worship obama then you dont appreciate being an American?
maybe North Korea would be a nice place for you after obama is gone?
Another one bites the dust , but thousands more are out there. Can never get rid of them
How many Number twos are there that will be killed in this Crusade, that we should not call Crusade!
"Senior al-Qaida leadership" aka the government of Pakistan.
i love watching obama's mindless cult-idol worshippers and people who cal themselves Progressives wallow in their own hypocrisy. the fact is Progressives are SUING THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION IN COURT over it's continuing to carry out the Bush Administration's war on terror policies. the REAL Left says you dont send missiles into a sovereign nation to ASSASINATE foreign citizens without a trial of anything.
the ACTUAL FACTS are that the obama administration has reserved the right to DO every thing bush did and THEN SOME, according to the Progressive lawsuit obama's polices are in some ways WORSE than bush's; including DOMESTIC warrantlesss wiretapping, AND RENDITION, that is handing over people to other countries to be TORTURED, assassinations, LIKE THIS ONE
ok Crazy.
@effubo, Truck drivers can come up with a better line of crap the that BS lie you are trying to make someone think is real. You really should be Romney's campaing manager. I see a great future for you.
6dogs; here's a tissue; go cry
What point are you trying to make?
maybe if i type slower?
also i remember the loony left ridiculing Bush when it was announced an al-qaeda leader had been eliminated; saying another one would simply replace him. the problem with the loony Left is you guys ignore your own history
Rest In Peace!
duh; the point is you're cheering policies you claim to be against; that you say go against your stated values and conscience; now that the guy with the (D) after his name is doing it.
idiots and hypocrites
Good another cockroach dead. Keep on striking them.
YES! Good job Nato.
Keep the suckers on the defensive .
Time and money well spent.
I hope everyone understands why this is being done. Does anyone really want their children, grand children, or future generations to live under the threat of these extreme terrorist, radicals forever. Yea it's another number 2 guy and there still are many more willing to fill his shoes. Sooner or later they must change and give up. They are the worlds worst kind. No alliegiance to any nation, only want to die not live because they are full of hatred and the ideals they have. Because of iggnorance and desperation they do these things and so far they prove to be pretty good at what they do.
Imagine if these terrorist types would change. They could help turn the world around and help bring peace to all. But no, they have choosen to be the way they are. I am not happy this is happening. But I am glad that the United Sates, Nato and others have the courage to stand our ground against them. Best we can justice will be served to them.
Yeah, let's keep killing these people. Great deterrent! Let's just keep poking the hornets nest, we're not going to get stung!
The hornets already attacked you idiot. Remember 9-11 ? Duh.
The hornets already attacked you idiot. Remember 9-11 ? Duh.
The blog software said there was a problem posting and to post again, so i did.
They oght to get hazzard pay for this job. You just dont last long as an Al Quada leader
President Obama deserves credit for not withholding permission to kill the baddies. Must be a difficult job, but somebody has to give the order, er, umm didn't they? Ok, the Navy Seals, Air Force and Army helped; gotta give credit where credit is due.
It's good to see more and more Al-Qaida removed from the planet, may they live happily ever after with their 50 virgins. LOL......We have a new enemy destroyer folks, the Drone Killing Machine, with it's quiet foot print, unmanned, yet seems to have an accuracy rate bar none, a 99% success rate sounds about right, which is lethal. The new age of war, where we have un-manned machines doing our bidding. The deadliest machine we have in our arsenal. Now let's unleash it's readiness on the enemy, one by one we will destroy the enemy. Somethings just take a little longer than others, I'll accept that.
The obama murder train keeps on chugging.
Iran has a drone of ours.
Matter of time before drones are used on us.
god I love drones.....they just kill whoever you point them at....none of our guys get hurt (or even dirty....lol) so they are perfect for this kind of war....they pop up....we put them down....so easy, comfortable and relatively cheap. Keep up the good work....no one will miss the ones killed anyway....
Except this was claimed to be an airstrike, a report attributed to NATO. I suspect it was a drone too but who knows ?
drone all the radical towel heads, collateral damage so what, when we know they are having their big towel head meeting's ranting kill infadil's & americans, blow them away, & if there is anybody out there that objects to this tell them they are next
Alot of people here need to study their history more. Bush gave up looking for Bin Laden. He only used him to get this BS war started.
Maybe all of you should go to your local recruiter and sign up and request to go there if you support this BS war so much.
Very few people support endless war in Afghanistan. A lot of people support knocking off al-Qaida wherever they pop up. Sure, whack-a-mole can be frustrating at times, but it's a lot worse for them.