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| Drone strike 'kills five Taliban commanders' in South Waziristan | |
| 2011-10-27 | |
| What constitutes a Taliban commander? Gotta be at least a number three... A US drone strike on a vehicle on Thursday killed five commanders of one of Pakistan's most influential Taliban leaders, Maulvi Nazir, one of the faction's senior commanders told Reuters. He identified four of the commanders as Hazrat Omar, Nazir's younger brother, Khan Mohammad, Miraj Wazir and Ashfaq Wazir. According to initial details, five missiles were fired on a vehicle carrying several passengers. They really wanted to zap somebody; it may be hard finding enough pieces to tell how many people were in the vehicle. That's why they always count noses...
"Nazir's younger brother Omar Wazir has been killed, it has been confirmed," a Pakistani security official told AFP. Another Pakistani intelligence official also confirmed his death. Which means nothing ("they always lie" contradiction.) Residents and security officials in the region described the 27-year-old as the operational head for the Nazir group, and a close aide of his brother. So a righteous hit- He adopted a low profile, going to Afghanistan, assigning duties to the fighters and supervising logistic arrangements for their missions, they said. "They are a very important group because while they are based in Pakistan they are very active in Afghanistan," said Mansur Khan Mehsud of the Fata Research Centre think tank. "If you look at drone strikes, they are one of the most heavily targeted groups." Plenty of upward mobility in the job market... | |
| Posted by:Glenmore |
| #3 ""The unmanned, CIA-operated Predators, or the more deadly Reapers, fired five missiles at a vehicle in the village of Tora Gola in the Azam Warsak area of South Waziristan, according to Dawn. Four of the five Taliban commanders were identified as Hazrat Omar, Khan Mohammad, Miraj Wazir, and Ashfaq Wazir. Er, so they got their own missile, how cool is that? Read more: http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2011/10/us_predators_kill_fi_1.php#ixzz1c18hdUet |
| Posted by: Rhodesiafever 2011-10-27 16:50 |
| #2 Bill Roggio has more information on the hit including discussion or the Nazir network and its connection to both the ISI and al Qaeda. Al |
| Posted by: Frozen Al 2011-10-27 15:25 |
| #1 I think a 'commander' is in charge of two 'flunkies', and a 'senior commander' is in charge of three, or two 'flunkies' and two 'lickspittles'. Alternatively, one 'flunky, two 'lickspittles', and a 'blackguard' 2nd class. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-10-27 14:20 |