Pakastani officials deny al-Queda's N° 2 Zawahiri killed

[Surya Gayatri]

by missile attack. Acted on false intelligence. More Soon at:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/

Edit: spelling

[xchrom]

1. noooo-- didn't see that comin -- now did we?

:eyes:

[Surya Gayatri]

4. Of course not!

Damn, missed him by a hair again! But, we've now stirred up the hornet's nest of northern Pakistan and further destabilized the Mushari regime. The level of incomptence continues to boggle the imagination. :wtf: SG

[xchrom]

6. boggles being the operative word!

[Surya Gayatri]

8. I agree, it's the only

word to qualify this misadministration--freaking mind-boggling! SG

[saigon68]

15. No but these Sharpshooters managed to kill 6 children and 3 old women

Along with a few goats, ponies and a couple of chickens

The hats in the Pentagon are doing high fives as I type.

[VolcanoJen]

2. AP Link: al-Qaida Leader Not at Site of Airstrike

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060114/ap_on_re_as/pakistan_al_qaida_attack

Excerpt:

DAMADOLA, Pakistan - Al-Qaida's second-in-command was not at the site of a U.S. airstrike on a Pakistan village near the Afghan border that killed at least 17 people, two senior Pakistani officials said Saturday.

The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the subject, said that Pakistan's own investigation concluded that Ayman al-Zawahri was not in the village of Damadola.

"Their information was wrong, and our investigations conclude that they acted on a false information," said a senior intelligence official who has direct knowledge of the investigations launched by Pakistan to look into the attacks.

Separately, a senior government official told AP that al-Zawahri was not present at the homes which were attacked.

"He was not there, and this is what we know after a detailed probe" into the incident, he said.

[psychopomp]

5. May the innocents rest in peace

[Surya Gayatri]

7. Yes, a prayer goes out

to those poor innocent villagers. God willing they didn't suffer too much as hell rained down on them. :cry: SG

[Surya Gayatri]

9. Watch Rummy & Co try to spin

this into "We're makin' progress agaaainst aal-Queeeda, for sure!":grr: SG

[Submariner]

3. Surprised!?!

How many Number 2's have we got so far?
Must be a shitload by now.

[Surya Gayatri]

11. My recollection may be faulty,

but it seems to me this makes about the dozenth. They're up there in the mountains cloning them in a clandestine lab! :sarcasm: SG

[spinbaby]

10. 18 people dead

Women and children. Also, I notice a dead cow.

:mad:

[Surya Gayatri]

12. Want to bet only the cow

will be counted as "collateral damage" by US intelligence. :mad: SF

[CJCRANE]

13. What's to stop

some "curveball"-type character saying they've seen the #2 in so-and-so village?

Then blammo, some one's extended family gets wiped out.

Then it's a case of "sorry, guess Curveball was wrong again".

[Surya Gayatri]

14. Nothing!

And these outrages will go on & on until this war machine is hounded from power. IMPEACH! SG

[TomClash]

16. SURPRISE!

So who were those 18 people killed? Terrorist babies?

[EuroObserver]

17. Pakistan Times: 6 children, women mosly killed

18 killed in missile attack in Bajaur Agency
* 6 children among killed
* Bajaur Agency MNA accuses US forces in Afghanistan of carrying out strikes

By Iqbal Khattak

PESHAWAR: Eighteen people, mostly women and children, were killed on Friday morning as missiles allegedly fired by US aircraft hit three houses in Bajaur Agency near the Afghan border...

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006/01/14/story_14-1-2006_pg1_1

ed: link now ok. also front page here: http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?date=1/14/2006

[pinerow]

18. We kill them young so that we

don't have to kill them when they grow up...:wtf:

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

19. "Reports: Bin Laden's No. 2 not in targeted village" (CNN)

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/14/alqaeda.strike/index.html

Saturday, January 14, 2006; Posted: 9:04 a.m. EST (14:04 GMT)

(CNN) -- Ayman al-Zawahiri -- Osama bin Laden's right-hand man in the al Qaeda terrorist network -- was not in a remote Pakistani village targeted by a CIA airstrike, according to news reports.

Senior Pakistani officials said earlier reports that al-Zawahiri may have been killed in Friday's attack -- in the village of Damadola, near the Afghan border -- were incorrect.

"Their information was wrong, and our investigations conclude that they acted on a false information," a senior intelligence official told The Associated Press on Saturday. AP said the official had direct knowledge of the investigations into the airstike that killed 18 people.

Reuters also quoted a senior Pakistani official as saying: "Al-Zawahri was not there at the time of the attack."