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Afghanistan/South Asia
'US spy' killed in Miranshah
2005-04-05
MIRANSHAH: Suspected Islamic militants opened fire on a man in a crowded bazaar in this tribal town on Monday, killing him before fleeing, an intelligence official said. No one claimed responsibility for the shooting in Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan. The official, on condition of anonymity, said that authorities found some evidence suggesting the man may have been killed on suspicion that he was spying for the United States on militants in the area. The 35-year-old local tribesman, identified as Fazal Rahman, was shot twice in the head by fire from an AK-47 rifle. No one was arrested and a probe into the shooting has been started, he said.
Posted by:Fred

#14  SJ - Well, in another life it wasn't a keyboard, heh.

Adam - As a native Texan, I can mess with 'em - but won't, heh. Like a whole 'nuther country - so true.
Posted by: .com   2005-04-05 3:58:03 PM  

#13  Are we talking about Waziristan or Texas? [Disclaimer: I'n not messin with Texas so hush]
Posted by: Adam   2005-04-05 3:35:21 PM  

#12  More like snarky keyboard tribe, .com.
Posted by: Snutch Jesing6219   2005-04-05 1:29:08 PM  

#11  I thought we were from the same tribe - the Itchy Finger Tribe, heh.
Posted by: .com   2005-04-05 1:06:58 PM  

#10  I was laughing and funnin'
Me too :)
Posted by: Steve   2005-04-05 1:04:11 PM  

#9  WTF? I was laughing and funnin' - do you have a burr up your ass?
Posted by: .com   2005-04-05 12:43:16 PM  

#8  Some kinda tribal members youze guyz are.

Hey, who you calling a tribal member?
I'm just telling you how they think. This bloodthirsty 'merican is more likely to slap leather and drop ya where ya stand.
Posted by: Steve   2005-04-05 11:53:22 AM  

#7  Sounds like Fazal probably flashed his "Secret United States Spy" ID card around a little too much. Either that, or he pissed somebody off.
Posted by: tu3031   2005-04-05 11:13:20 AM  

#6  Got the perps right in front of you and you're gonna get all a-skeered?

Lol! Some kinda tribal members youze guyz are. I'll take a Hatfield or a McCoy, thanks, heh.
Posted by: .com   2005-04-05 11:08:52 AM  

#5  What LH said. Shooting starts, you hit the deck and ask questions later. If it was a "their tribe against our tribe" kind of hit, you seeth about it for a while, then pick out one of their clan to wack from behind.
If on the other hand, you find out it was somebody higher up in his own clan that took out the hit on Fazal, well, too bad. Life goes on.
Posted by: Steve   2005-04-05 10:42:14 AM  

#4  was crowded, but necessarily any close relatives. Will a second cousin whos armed, but perhaps not the sharpest shooter, take on somebody whos just taken somebody out? Revenge is needed for honor, sure, but you go back and ORGANIZE revenge with your pals, dont you? You dont just go off shooting against somebody whose likely to kill you? "Bernardo is looking for Tony, and hes got a gun .... Somewhere, theres a place for us....." One local kills another local, the other locals try to look the other way I think. "well yeah, I heard a shot, detective, but i HAD to finish my lasagna - yeah i had a gun and I COULD have taken the killer down - but you see, when somebody rubs somebody out over calamari and chianti, theres usually somebody BEHIND the killer, ya see? Somebody I DONT wanna mess with, ya see? Im no coward, but Im no fool either"
Posted by: Liberalhawk   2005-04-05 9:53:14 AM  

#3  Lol - pretty funny picture there, Steve, and I'm sure you frequent the market regularly, lol... but the question persists...

Assuming "everyone's" packing heat...

Apparently the victim wasn't. And he's a member of the local tribe - probably known to some or many in the market. If he gets gunned down, and lotsa folks are armed, how did they get away unscathed (they shouldn't have) or, at least, trailed by a bunch of AK-packin' bros, cousins, and third wives - as this is unthinkable given the "crowded" adjective and that he's local?

In other words, something's just not right about this with the perps getting in 2 head shots (two!) and getting away clean in a crowded market full of his kin - armed to the teeth.
Posted by: .com   2005-04-05 9:27:00 AM  

#2  Didn't it, uh, like stick out just a little?
Dude, this is Waziristan. Not packing heat will get you noticed.
Posted by: Steve   2005-04-05 8:16:40 AM  

#1  Hauling an AK around in a crowded bazaar? Didn't it, uh, like stick out just a little? Knowing the proficiency of "Islamic militants" with weaponry, the shooter must've been within inches to get two head shots.

Prolly an inncocent unarmed man, as this is the norm for "Islamic militants". The only surprising thing might be that it wasn't a woman or a schoolchild.

If this had happened in Bangladesh, whoa baby, the RAB or the shoppers prolly would've clubbed the "Islamic militants" to death with their own AK.
Posted by: .com   2005-04-05 1:46:25 AM  

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