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| Top al-Qaida officer reportedly killed |
| 2005-12-03 |
 The operational commander of al-Qaida, possibly the No. 3 official in the terrorist organization, was killed early Thursday by a CIA missile attack on a safehouse in Pakistan, officials have told NBC News. Pakistani sources said that Hamza Rabia was one of five men killed at a safehouse located in the village of Asorai, in western Pakistan, near the town of Mirali. Candygram for Mr. Mongo |
| Posted by:whitecollar redneck |
| #9 Hmm.. a US congressional delegation is visiting Pakistan and a #3 is offered up. Last #3 was halal-ed during Perv's visit to the US? One before that was during visit by assistant secretary of state? How convenient... |
| Posted by: john 2005-12-03 18:40 |
| #8 Two weeks tomorrow, Iraq time, and not a peep about ID or anything else. An encouraging silence. |
| Posted by: Grunter 2005-12-03 16:32 |
| #7 Slowly but surely. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-12-03 15:50 |
| #6 Not if he's dead but the U. S. doesn't want to make it official yet. Maybe we picked up his lap top and used it before the DNA test were finished? |
| Posted by: Unaque Cleling9903 2005-12-03 15:13 |
| #5 Has anyone heard about the #1 AQ man in Iraq? Shouldn't we have heard something from him or the US Military? |
| Posted by: Long Hair Republican 2005-12-03 14:53 |
| #4 A ballistic caveat to the idea of "safe house." |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2005-12-03 14:34 |
| #3 Number # is the "Up or Out" position for the ambitious young Islamofascist in Al Qaeda. I'm sure upper management has no trouble finding ambitious men eager to take on higher level responsibilities, whether they are capable of handling such or not. In normal corporate organizations, however, it is generally accepted that it takes the newly promoted six months to learn the job, and another six months to fully master the responsibilities. Which of course assumes that the #2s have fully mastered their own, and have the time and skill to properly train the new #3s. However, it appears to me (remembering, of course, that I am simply married to a manager, not one myself ;-]) that the turnover at the #3 level has been quick enough over the last two years that we've likely gotten inside the A.Q. training cycle, and they are being removed at a rate such that adequate training and mentoring cannot possibly be taking place across the organization. Which is no doubt why in Iraq they continue to blow up locals, an unwise decision likely to impact the organization's ability to act effectively toward their long term goals as both the subjects and objects of such actions turn against the organization at an increasing rate -- the inadequately skilled middle management level causing serious problems for the marketing/advertising side of the organization. Which is one of many reasons I believe we will win the battle against Islamofascism sooner rather than later - their best and brightest were taken out of the game early on, and now they are trying to function with the overambitious, under trained, barely adequates. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-12-03 12:24 |
| #2 I wonder if it is difficult to promote the lower ranks with all these top guys getting killed. With the lower level recruiting getting harder it seems like we are squeezing from both ends. Keep up the excellent work! |
| Posted by: NYer4wot 2005-12-03 11:11 |
| #1 possibly the No. 3 official in the terrorist organization I swear, these guys go thru more "No. 3" people in a year. Their turn-over in staff is starting to look like McDonald's. |
| Posted by: N guard 2005-12-03 09:38 |