100 Taliban, Perhaps Including Leader Dadullah, Killed In Airstrike
Taliban Commander, Little Brotha Dadullah
Rather then just provide a link to a single story I’m going to break this down differently. The U.S. hit over a 100 Taliban who had gathered to execute “several” men they described as spies. In the group were two of the Taliban top leaders, including their supreme military commander, Mansoor Dadullah, the little brother of the infamous Mullah Dadullah. Dadullah recently issued the videotape of the “graduating class of terrorists” supposedly dispatched to the U.S. and Europe. Dadullah has also been the main Taliban negotiator in the Korean hostage situation. It is not yet known if he was killed.
The New York Times, instead of running the actual story of an airstrike intended to decapitate the head of the Taliban, and which killed over 100 terrorists, instead simply ran the blaring headline: “U.S. Airstrike on 2 Taliban Commanders in South Wounds at Least 18 Civilians, Afghans Say”. Hmm. Now the New York Times shouldn’ pretend to be naive rookies who are oblivious to the fact that the Taliban are known to both prompt and commit false civilian casualty reports. It’s fine enough to put the fact that civilan casualties were reported by “locals” into the story, but not to make it the headline. Especially when the raid killed so many Taliban and may have killed their very famous leader. Just how is a suspicious report of 18 civilian casualties the more consequential and important story? It’s not - the New York Times are enemy propagandists. And let me also mention that they have a responsibilty to admit that it has often been reported that civilian casualty counts are fabricated by the Taliban.
The BBC did the same thing. Here’s their headline and opening sentence of the story: Afghans ‘wounded in air strike’
“About 50 Afghan civilians have been wounded in an air strike by US-led forces on a group of Taleban leaders holding a meeting in Helmand province.”
On the other hand, note how the London Telegraph handled it:
One military source, who did not wish to be named denied allegations of civilian casualties.
“We are 100 per cent clear that this was entirely Taliban. Those in hospital are fighting age males. This is the Taliban trying to cover the fact that they got caught out.”
A statement put out by the US-led coalition in Afghanistan last night said that it had targeted two “notorious Taliban commanders”: “During a sizable meeting of senior Taliban commanders, coalition forces employed precision-guided munitions on their location after ensuring there were no innocent Afghans in the surrounding area.”
From ChinaView.cn:
About 100 Taliban rebels including five senior commanders were killed during an air strike in southern Afghanistan, Defense Ministry spokesman Zahir Azimi told reporters Saturday.
Foreign troops carried out an air strike in remote Baghran district of Helmand province on Thursday when many Taliban militants were gathering to watch the execution of several persons accused of cooperating with the government, Azimi said.
About 100 insurgents were killed in the bombardment, he said, adding five senior Taliban commanders including Mullah Rahim, top Taliban commander in Helmand, were among the killed.
Azimi said Mansor Dadullah, top Taliban military commander, was found at the site before the bombing, and Afghan troops were still confirming whether he was killed.
Referring to the incident, the U.S.-led coalition forces said, “During a sizable meeting of senior Taliban commanders, coalition forces employed precision guided munitions on their location after ensuring there were no innocent Afghans in the surrounding area.
More from the Telegraph:
Nato is reported to have killed at least two senior Taliban leaders in an airstrike north of Helmand as they were watching a public execution.
The bombing took place in the northern district of Baghran on Thursday, a district entirely controlled by the Taliban.
The Taliban’s commander for southern Afghanistan, Mansoor Dadullah, was among those targeted, according to unconfirmed reports.
The Afghan Defence Ministry said that the airstrike took place as Taliban leaders gathered to watch the public hanging of several alleged government spies.
Dadullah replaced his older brother Mullah Dadullah Akhund after he was killed by the Special Boat Service (SBS) in Helmand on May 17th.
The younger Dadullah was interviewed by Channel 4 last week promising a wave of kidnaps of foreigners in the province. He threatened to have them beheaded by child executioners.
The Afghan defence ministry claimed that intelligence reports indicated the presence of Mansoor Dadullah at the targeted meeting. The senior Taliban commander for Helmand, Mullah Rahim, was also reported killed.
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The NY Slimes is distorting the news as per usual. The DailyKos kids are writing most of their stories, so what else is new?
What a name DaDullah? Is that anything like a boy named sue?
This calls for a drink and another chorus of ding dong the witch is dead.
Da…Da…that’s all folks.
August 4th, 2007 at 6:10 amnice exposure Pat would be interested in how brian williams reports it
August 4th, 2007 at 6:22 amGood article as usual Pat, I love this site because it counters and calls out all the liars and traitors in our own media. Sure am glad we get the truth from somewhere. And for this news i say cheers
August 4th, 2007 at 7:05 amBOOM MOTHER FUCKER!
August 4th, 2007 at 7:09 amMore bad news for the democRats…gotta love it. And that’s da-DUH-la for all you folks in Rio Linda.
August 4th, 2007 at 7:32 amDarn, thats one less enemy for Obama to negotiate with.
August 4th, 2007 at 7:45 amMatty told Hatty about a thing she saw.
Had two big horns and a wooly jaw.
Mansoor Dadullah, Mansoor Dadullah.
Mansoor Dadullah, Mansoor Dadullah, Mansoor Dadullah
Hatty told Matty, “Let’s don’t take no chance.
Let’s not be L-seven, come and blow up the dammed.”
Mansoor Dadullah, Mansoor Dadullah
Mansoor Dadullah, Mansoor Dadullah, Mansoor Dadullah
hehehe
August 4th, 2007 at 8:22 amWill the next military commander of the taliban please stand up? you can get your jdam too….
August 4th, 2007 at 8:34 amTaliban has good PR, check this spin out
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/D0CAB9E4-A76C-4816-893C-FD94C976068C.htm
August 4th, 2007 at 9:49 amPat, Thank you once again. I know there are few other good sites out there but yours is far the best when it comes to info regarding Afghanistan and other places.
August 4th, 2007 at 10:52 amHell is coming for breakfast, Talibani.
August 4th, 2007 at 11:09 amPOD1
Darn, thats one less enemy for Obama to negotiate with.
BIRDDDOG
BOOM MOTHER FUCKER!
Couldn’t happen to a better bunch. Outstanding work by our military. God bless them all.
Thank you for this info Pat!
I can barely keep up with this site anymore you are cranking out so much. I do not post a whole lot of comments but I read almost all.
August 4th, 2007 at 11:12 amThis is becoming amusing. How much good news can pile up before it bursts the NYT’s dams and levees? Somebody should start collecting crows for a big BBQ on New York Times Plaza.
August 4th, 2007 at 2:14 pmThe “civilian” numbers are the ones I find ridiculous. If we were fighting an enemy with enough cajones to wear a uniform, and not hide in women’s garb, it would be one thing. However, since they do hide in women’s clothes, and dress like all their neighbors, there is no such thing as “civilian”! Let the wooses on the left worry over such nonsense, since they refuse to understand the fight we’re in.
Thanks for keeping us informed. I wish we could clone you and Michael Yon! Y’all are our only sources besides ITM.
August 8th, 2007 at 8:47 am