US Airstrike In Pakistan Kills Militant Tied To Al Qaeda, At Least 4 Others

New York Times:

A British militant who was a liaison to Al Qaeda and was a main suspect in the plot to blow up trans-Atlantic airliners in 2006 was killed Saturday in a missile strike by an American aircraft in northern Pakistan, senior Pakistani and American officials said.

The militant, Rashid Rauf, was among the five people killed in the attack by a remotely piloted aircraft in North Waziristan, close to the Afghan border, the officials said. He is perhaps the best-known of the figures killed in an American airstrike campaign there that has intensified since August and has caused increased strains between the United States and Pakistan.

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Comments

[MagisterLudi]

01:28 AM on 11/23/2008

Good news. I bet blow'd up good, blow'd up real good.

[AmandaBC]

09:19 PM on 11/22/2008

Oh yeah, let me guess, ANOTHER #2...

[PolarisCountry]

07:46 PM on 11/22/2008

That's some great news right there.

[helonias]

07:26 PM on 11/22/2008

How many innocent civilians do we have to kill before they realize we are doing it for them

[elcojonu]

07:26 PM on 11/22/2008

The more civilians we kill in a moslem country, the stronger Bin Ladin and his boys become.
It's useless, we'll never get it; we're 'tards.

[MagisterLudi]

08:54 PM on 11/22/2008

Osama?

[Emerald1943]

07:18 PM on 11/22/2008

Is this supposed to make me feel better? Somehow, I don't!!!

We need to get out of there!

[phillylaw08]

06:54 PM on 11/22/2008

I think its very dangerous for us to go into Pakistan and continue these killings. They are stirring up a lot of resentment in Pakistan and the arab world, having a large affect on our foreign policy there. I think Obama should put a stop to this if he wants to make progress in the middle east. http://www.itaffectsus.com

[ExpatInEurope2008]

05:24 PM on 11/22/2008

More bullshite for the Sheeple........

[MagisterLudi]

08:57 PM on 11/22/2008

We were also hoping you'd but standing next to Theo Van Gogh, Alas...

[NotMcCain]

05:08 PM on 11/22/2008

If I had my way, I'd never seen the word "militant" again.

It is so dismissive--and pure propaganda. Surely, "a man tied to al-Queda" gets the message across without the brainwashing (that all the people we kill are "militants"--meaning anything from "out to kill Americans" to "fighting for something our government is against".

Sometimes it just means "someone at the wrong place at the wrong time".

Will the new President be able to give us a total of how many Iraqi civilian men, women and children this administration has killed in the name of "ends justifiies the means"?

[MagisterLudi]

08:55 PM on 11/22/2008

"Sometimes it just means "someone at the wrong place at the wrong time".

And sometimes its wrong place wrong time with the wrong kind of weapon pointed in the wrong direction.

[militantlibrarian]

04:17 PM on 11/22/2008

The US military seems incapable of comprehending that killing innocent civilians, especially in a country we haven't invaded yet, will just multiply those who hate us and encourage their defiance.

[ExpatInEurope2008]

05:49 PM on 11/22/2008

What do you expect from people with sub par IQ 's and can find work anywhere else?

Military intelligence...........a true oxymoron.

[MagisterLudi]

09:32 PM on 11/22/2008

You gotta laugh at a guy who lists himself as his favorite ( and only ) fan.

[Roguewolf]

08:57 AM on 11/23/2008

Thats because he is a war criminal from Vietnam hiding in Europe.

[ReasoNseeKer]

04:16 PM on 11/22/2008

After Obama becomes president, our strikes in Pakistan will double or triple.

[dhertzfe]

05:53 PM on 11/22/2008

But, it will be with the Pakistan government working with us. Obama's diplomacy will prevail to encourage their help.

[phillylaw08]

06:55 PM on 11/22/2008

i dont agree with this. He will reduce attacks.

[indyleftist]

07:05 PM on 11/22/2008

what do you base that on?