Taliban confirms death of top commander in U.S. airstrike
posted at 11:01 am on December 27, 2006 by Allahpundit
[A] senior Taliban commander who declined to be identified confirmed Osmani had been killed.
“He has died. We got this information on the day of the strike but our leadership ordered us not to disclose it,” the commander, speaking by telephone, told a Reuters reporter in the Pakistani border town of Chaman.
“He was not only an experienced military commander but also good in making financial transactions for us. He had good contacts,” he said, without elaborating.
“His death will have some bad impact on our movement for some time,” he added.
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Please ID yourself next time so we can deliver your 500 lb gift to you.
I’d like to dedicate Queen’s “Another One Bites the Dust” to Osmani.
VikingGoneWild on December 27, 2006 at 11:11 AM
Rest in pieces.
JammieWearingFool on December 27, 2006 at 11:17 AM
Pop! goes the weasel.
flipflop on December 27, 2006 at 11:18 AM
“Rest in pieces”
lol … excellent.
darwin on December 27, 2006 at 11:19 AM
rest in pieces…love it…!!!…scum bag got his…GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS…
areseaoh on December 27, 2006 at 11:23 AM
You just know our troops are playing this every time we nail another Taliban leader.
dalewalt on December 27, 2006 at 11:25 AM
does this crap…
bother anyone else?
Al Reuters knows his name, and location, they talk on the phone…reuters HAS to know much more about the enemy.
shooter on December 27, 2006 at 11:26 AM
Another terrorist called home to the “Garden of Allah”
E L Frederick (Sniper One) on December 27, 2006 at 11:30 AM
As they say in mexico…
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!
One Angry Christian on December 27, 2006 at 11:40 AM
Allah didn’t that guy have something to do with the destruction of the Huge Buddha statues?
Drtuddle on December 27, 2006 at 12:00 PM
Yeah I’m a bit unnerved that Reuters has top Taliban commanders giving them a jingle when they have something to say. Zawahiri texting them too?
“NE1 avalable for bombing coverage at 8?”
“Can you make it 9? Olberman is on…”
“OMG I forgot lol. k, 9 then.”
Dash on December 27, 2006 at 12:01 PM
Yes, he did.
JammieWearingFool on December 27, 2006 at 12:04 PM
i don’t understand. what are the motivations that would cause them to confirm our kill here?
jummy on December 27, 2006 at 12:04 PM
First two possibilities that come to mind are a) get the word out to the troops that there’s a new person in charge, and b) announce that someone else is attempting a coup by falsely declaring the leader dead.
htom on December 27, 2006 at 12:11 PM
or c) the contact realizes that his credibility for getting other info into the press demanded that he tell the truth now and then, so in a fit of perversely created journalistic integrity, he spilled.
Freelancer on December 27, 2006 at 12:46 PM
I did not realize the “Garden of Allah” was in hell, imo Osmani is there basking in eternal agony, with not a virgin in sight.
MarkB on December 27, 2006 at 12:51 PM
saddamn’s gonna join him within 30 days. Happy daze are here again.
tormod on December 27, 2006 at 1:05 PM
Poor virgins. :-(
SouthernGent on December 27, 2006 at 1:10 PM
Guess again.
Kralizec on December 27, 2006 at 1:27 PM
Reuters huh? we ought to grill a few of those “journotards” or maybe a little waterboarding (very little I’m sure) would glean a few names and locations..
Viper1 on December 27, 2006 at 1:55 PM
this is very good news. the liberals in this country are losing their terrorist buddies to our great U.S. Millitary forces. now i see why liberals want the U.S. to “cut & run” , so that their terrorists buddies can live & reward them for their loyalty
Starblazer on December 27, 2006 at 3:20 PM
Thank you JamieWearingFool for the link.
The week ahead of the demolition of those statues was the perfect time to attack the Taliban…but we were too busy with other
importantmatters in Washington. There would not have been a 9/11 after that…Fortunately, an Austrian architect has the complete set of blueprints for those statues and some day they can be rebuilt. Here’s hoping for that sanity to prevail.
Entelechy on December 27, 2006 at 3:26 PM
Does anyone else find this quote odd? Don’t these guys usually say things more along the lines of “He was a martyr for the cause and his death will inspire 10,000 more men to take his place…..”?
It just seems odd that they’re both confirming the death and saying it was such a huge blow to their movement.
JadeNYU on December 27, 2006 at 4:34 PM
Where is the NY Times on this story? I can see the headline; “U.S. air-strike kills Taliban leader, women and children hit hardest”. Poor guy, he was only trying to finance a “peaceful” movement. Hope he likes his 72 “Virginians”……….
ritethinker on December 27, 2006 at 4:35 PM
Was this yet another “number three” man?
Tony737 on December 27, 2006 at 7:03 PM
Shoots and he scores!! Bruins win!
Sorry, I couldn’t resist.
good job, guys.
Mooseman
Mooseman on December 27, 2006 at 7:50 PM
OK slight blast from the HA past.
But worthly I think
Akhtar Mohammad Osmani’s end
F15Mech on December 27, 2006 at 10:10 PM
F15Mech, you rock! Thank you SO much for that look back…
I watch, I head-bang, and sigh…. “good times.”
tickleddragon on December 27, 2006 at 11:35 PM
Hitem again,
Hitem again,
HARDER, HARDER!
georgej on December 28, 2006 at 4:18 AM
Viewing that video again reminded my of how much I hate and despise the traitorous left.
georgej on December 28, 2006 at 4:25 AM