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Afghanistan
Taliban chief who killed Cpl Sarah is taken out by laser-guided missiles
2008-06-29
The fanatical Taliban mastermind behind recent attacks in which six British soldiers died in Afghanistan has been killed in a missile attack by an Army Apache helicopter. In what military chiefs described as a 'deliberate and surgical strike', the 35-year-old rebel leader - known as Sadiqullah - died alongside nine fellow Taliban fighters after the Apache fired two laser-guided Hellfire missiles at their red pick-up truck and destroyed it.
Helizap!
The rebel leader had been tracked down after weeks of secret intelligence work. His death would have been instantaneous, as the warheads of the 5ft-long missiles, which travel at 950mph, are loaded with high-explosives designed to destroy even the heaviest tank armour.
The Hellfire was designed during the Cold War to stop Soviet armor. A typical Talibugger Toyota is seriously outmatched.
You mean he didn't suffer? Oh well ...
The British military spokesman in Afghanistan, Lt Col Robin Matthews, said last night: 'This was a deliberate and surgical strike against a man who facilitated a number of fatal attacks on British, Nato and Afghan forces and civilians. It was conducted with meticulous precision and strikes a blow at the heart of the Taliban's leadership in southern Afghanistan.'

The secret operation was carried out on Thursday by two Army Air Corps pilots who were ordered to fly to a dusty road ten miles northwest of the town of Kajaki, where intelligence reports had confirmed that Sadiqullah was a passenger in the pick-up truck. It is believed that his whereabouts were leaked to British forces - quite possibly by Afghans who want the violence destroying their country to end.
A big thank you to Mahmoud the Weasel is in order ...
The attack came after an intense summer campaign mounted by Sadiqullah and his Taliban fighters against British, American and Nato forces. Victims of his roadside bombs included intelligence officer Corporal Sarah Bryant, 26, the first British woman soldier to be killed in Afghanistan. She died alongside three SAS reservists. Two Paratroopers also died in Taliban ambushes last week.

Sadiqullah was one of a number of key Taliban militia known as 'Sarbaz' - people who care nothing for their own lives.
What a coincidence, we also care nothing for their lives, except to end them as quickly as possible.
Hundreds, possibly thousands, of young men have been recruited by the Taliban to join their guerilla war against the Coalition-backed government of Mohammed Karzai.
Sheep to the slaughter. When are Muslims going to notice that none of these heroes ever come back?
Sadiqullah is said to have put his life on hold - even though he was engaged - in order to fight what he saw as the western invaders. He was interviewed in 2003 and said: 'My parents insisted that I wait a while and get married, but I told them that my first and last commitment is jihad and I don't want to make any other commitments at this stage.'
Last commitment indeed. There is a nifty graphic at the link, showing in layman's terms how the fairly standard heli-zap was carried out. I think it errs in showing the battered but relatively whole carcasses of the Talibunnies beside the truck.
And now he has his 72 goats for eternity ...

Posted by:Atomic Conspiracy

#11  Calgon, and Ima serious. Ima washed mnay a mother-broad in my time.
Posted by: .5MT   2008-06-29 20:00  

#10  pink mist and a VIN tag slowly floating back to Earth, I imagine

ROLF!

DAMMIT! I SPIT COFFEE FRANK!!

now ima going be cleaning my Keyboard, CPU, & Monitor in the bath-tub all Sunday! >;(
Posted by: RD   2008-06-29 14:09  

#9  pink mist and a VIN tag slowly floating back to Earth, I imagine
Posted by: Frank G   2008-06-29 14:01  

#8  Apache fired two laser-guided Hellfire missiles at their red pick-up truck and destroyed it.

Two Helfires! LOL, i would love to see the aftermath.
Posted by: RD   2008-06-29 13:55  

#7  He spread his message everywhere, along with his body.
Posted by: DarthVader   2008-06-29 11:13  

#6  At 35, he was an extremely old man by local standards. I imagine the typical age of most of their "senior" leadership is between 22-25. The ones older than that are foreigners who didn't enter the area until they were in their 30s or older.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2008-06-29 09:08  

#5  There's a difference between Involvement and Commitment. It's like an egg and ham breakfast. The chicken who layed the egg was Involved. The Pig was Commited. Sadiqullah was the pig.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2008-06-29 08:53  

#4  well now, that's a plus on the human evolution scale

"the 35-year-old rebel leader" he's pobably already reproduced.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2008-06-29 07:17  

#3  nine fellow Taliban fighters after the Apache fired two laser-guided Hellfire missiles at their red pick-up truck

3 in the front 6 in the bed? Around here getting 6 folks in a PU bed is pretty much for drive-ins only.
Posted by: .5MT   2008-06-29 03:22  

#2  sweet......it's all fun and games until a hellfire comes through your window.
Posted by: Groting Bucket6626 aka Broadhead6   2008-06-29 00:43  

#1  well now, that's a plus on the human evolution scale! Getting rid of the Trash
Posted by: Frank G   2008-06-29 00:12  

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