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Title: Number 2 al-Qaida leader in Afghanistan killed in NATO airstrike
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MSNBC
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Published: May 29, 2012
Author: MSNBC
Post Date: 2012-05-29 11:24:26 by Brian S
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Views: 1490
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KABUL, 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.
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#1. To: Brian S (#0)
AGAIN? How many lives this does knucklehead have??? Yeah, the same boiler-plate propaganda they use, when they blow up a wedding... or a funeral. "Oh, we didn't kill any civilians, they were all suspected terra-ists..." As with all your OTHER propaganda, the results are the same: LoonyMing: I brandish my ignorance like a crucifix at vampires. 'It's now very common to hear people say, "I'm rather offended by that", as if that gives them certain rights. It's no more than a whine. It has no meaning, it has no purpose, it has no reason to be respected as a phrase. "I'm offended by that." Well, so fucking what?' —Stephen Fry
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.
No civilians were harmed and no civilian property was damaged, the statement said.
Translation: IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH
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