Number 2 al-Qaida leader in Afghanistan killed in NATO airstrike

[Playinghardball]

Source: msnbc

KABUL, Afghanistan -- The second highest al-Qaida leader in Afghanistan was killed in a weekend airstrike in the country's volatile east near the border with Pakistan, NATO-led forces said on Tuesday.

Saudi Sakhr al-Taifi, also known as Musthaq and Nasim, was responsible for commanding foreign insurgents and directing attacks against coalition and Afghan forces, NATO said in a statement.

He frequently traveled between Afghanistan and Pakistan, carrying out commands from senior al-Qaida leadership, supplying weapons and equipment to insurgents and transporting insurgent fighters into Afghanistan, the statement said.

He was killed on Sunday in the Watahpur district of Kunar province after being identified with another al-Qaida militant.

No civilians were harmed and no civilian property was damaged, the statement said


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[Tiggeroshii]

1. This headline likes to repeat itself every couple of months...

Since like, 2001

[Poll_Blind]

5. Yup. nt

PB

[IDemo]

2. The single most dangerous job title on the planet n/t

[Eljo_Don]

3. position

You can not kill a position. As soon as no.2 is killed the no.3 becomes no.2, no.4 becomes no.3, ........ ,and they have thousands and thousands in line.

[whatchamacallit]

7. Who is number 1?

"He frequently traveled between Afghanistan and Pakistan, carrying out commands from senior al-Qaida leadership..."

This Orwellian Statement would indicate he carried out commands from himself.

[Daniel537]

10. He was the #2 leader in Afghanistan

Most of AQs leadership lives in Pakistan, so in the grand scheme of things he's probably something like #26.

[SGMRTDARMY]

8. I'm guessing that being

#2 in AQ is not exactly a good carreer move.

[kas125]

4. Again?!?

[whatchamacallit]

6. Americans look up and moo "hooray!"

then immediately go back to grazing and chewing cud. What I wanna know is, who is number 1?

[frylock]

9. lather, rinse, repeat