Wanted Taliban leader killed in raid

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Wanted Taliban leader killed in raid
Thu Aug 30, 2007 8:34AM EDT

By Sayed Salahuddin

KABUL (Reuters) - A wanted Taliban insurgent leader
in Afghanistan, Mullah Brother, was killed on Thursday
in a U.S.-led raid in the southern province of Helmand,
the Afghan Defence Ministry said, citing ground
commanders.

Brother served as a top military commander for the
Taliban government until its removal from power in 2001
and was a member of the movement's leadership council
led by its fugitive leader, Mullah Mohammad Omar.

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"Brother was on the black list," Azimi said referring to
a wanted U.S. list involving Taliban leaders and al Qaeda
members.

Brother was a top military aide to Taliban leader Omar.

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An Afghan man convicted of killing four journalists in
2001, including two from Reuters, told his trial in 2004
that Brother had given the order that the four be killed.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSISL28566420070830

[Catshrink]

1. They got #2 again?

I feel so much safer now.

[semillama]

2. With all the number 2's getting whacked

It's starting to resemble the deck of a Star Destroyer in The Empire Strikes Back.