No sign of al Qaeda dead from US strike -Pakistan

[sabra]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N20124547.htm

No sign of al Qaeda dead from US strike -Pakistan

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 20 (Reuters) - No evidence has yet turned up of al Qaeda figures among the dead when a U.S. missile killed at least 18 people in a remote part of Pakistan, the South Asian nation's prime minister said on Friday.

"As of an hour ago, when I last checked with our relevant security agencies who are combing the area, they have not found any tangible evidence that a particular group or any individual was there," Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said.

Both the government and the people of Pakistan have condemned the Jan. 13 attack but will continue to look for victims and investigate their identities, Aziz told a news conference after talks with U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

"We have been very active proponents and partners in the war against terror with the rest of the world, and we will continue to do so," he said during a U.S. visit that will take him to Washington next week.


Pakistani supporters of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), an alliance of six hardline Islamic parties, hold placards as they protest against the U.S. airstrike on Damadola in Bajaur tribal area during a rally in Peshawar January 20, 2006. An al Qaeda bomb expert with a $5 million bounty on his head and son-in-law of the group's No.2 were among four militants believed killed by the U.S. airstrike last week, Pakistani intelligence sources said on Thursday.
REUTERS/STR/PAKISTAN

[NanceGreggs]

1. Always suspected a link between these religious fanatics ...

... and Born-agains -- maybe they were 'raptured', thus no bodies.

[jsamuel]

2. when you kill a bunch of innocents, make up some evil-doers that also died

[Lance_Boyle]

3. Hrm... maybe these were vampire terrists?

Or we could be dealing with terrists of the Michael Myers "dissapears when killed" variety. Or maybe just plain old fashioned ghost terrists. SURELY there were terrists among those people killed. I mean, they were all so... Arab {sarcasm}

[pinniped]

4. I'm shocked I tell you!

If they search more carefully they will find a dead dude's al-Qaeda lifetime membership card, or a fax machine with newly faxed in al-Qaeda memberships. Are faxed signatures valid? I know electronic signatures are in some locals.

----

The other day it was four or five dead al-Qaeda connected dudes.

Does this mean Chemical Ali #2 and Master Shoebomber Trainer #1 are still on the loose?:scared::scared:

Does this mean the 5,000,000.00 USD reward on the Mike Tyson shoebomber looking dude is still up for grabs?

[Javaman]

5. However, 18 more people are dead for no reason. n/t

[mom cat]

9. Such a waste. So very wrong of us.

[SpiralHawk]

6. The bodies are with the Iraqi WMDs

In the PNAC sub-basement, next to the Skull & Bones

[leftchick]

7. wtf? I thought Pakistani official confirmed the 3 al-q guys!

And the shoe bomb trainor to boot! More DOD propaganda stories that make it to our M$M?

[EuroObserver]

8. Well, you know how far you can rely on 'intelligence sources' these days,

it seems :thumbsdown:

[daleo]

10. So, U.S. sources were lying

Again.

[0rganism]

18. Or the Pakistani sources are lying now

Frankly, though, I think the compelling state interest would be for Pakistani intelligence to lie the other way -- i.e., the people there were Al Qaeda -- to enhance cooperation with the USA while providing some mitigating factor for the understandably pissed-off population to consider. It doesn't make Musharraff's life any easier to have people pressuring him to side against bushco. So if they're saying they didn't find traces of these Al Qaeda guys, I'm inclined to believe them.

[daleo]

25. Agreed, your reasoning is very sensible. n/t

[Warren Stupidity]

11. How many different stories have there been?

Didn't we announce just the other day that we had killed EGYPTIANS? We all know what that means!

Also - did't we announce that we had killed al qaeda's NUMERO UNO BOMB MAKER? We even published a nice photo of what appeared to be a very bad man!

What will tomorrow's story be?

[rodeodance]

12. its a Reuters story--hope it gets some wide coverage-now that it made

the headlines with 3 al quida dead--important terrorists dead that is.

20 Jan 2006 21:02:15 GMT
Source: Reuters

[goclark]

13. My mouth is wide open

Is this article telling us that there were NO #1.2.3.... in the deck of cards killed?

I thought I heard that the # 2 man was bye bye....

[leftchick]

14. and the shoe bomb trainer!

do you suppose all of the abcdefgsucks channels will now recant? :puke:

[sofedup]

15. first kill innocent people, then make up an absurd CYA story

...this is w-a-y beyond disgusting. These excuses add insult to tragic injury. How many #2 and #3 guys are there, anyway?:grr:

[VegasWolf]

16. Looks like Rove is back in full hocus pocus mode and dazzling our

gullible news media by distracting them from the killing of innocent children and misleading them with imaginary terrorists. We'll see a lot more of this as the 2006 election heats up.

[saigon68]

17. You Got It -----I saw the FAT BASTARD ON TV TODAY

CHEEKS AND JOWLS PUFFED OUT LIKE A BOAR IN HEAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[IndianaGreen]

21. I can just visualize Karl Rove in the movie "Deliverance"

Squealing "like a boar in heat!"

[bvar22]

19. OOPS!

our bad.

Oh Well, it was just a bunch of brown people.
We don't even bother to count how many of them we have killed.

Move along.

[IndianaGreen]

20. What happened to the shoe bomb maker, and the other Egyptians?

Did they just vanished in thin air? Or is the real truth coming out during the Friday news dump?

[satya]

22. Buhs! is a Big Terrior of the World. What a great photo! nt

[HuffleClaw]

23. wow, bush'll be PISSED this guy has gone off -script

funny though, considering the thrice-changed story bush and co. have made up about that mess.

[Ouabache]

24. I wonder if freeperville is aware of this report?

Or is Friday night when they clean their porta-potties for the weekend demonstrations?