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| Drone strike 'kills five Taliban commanders' in South Waziristan | |
| 2011-10-27 | |
| What constitutes a Taliban commander? Gotta be at least a number three... A US drone strike on a vehicle on Thursday killed five commanders of one of Pakistan's most influential Taliban leaders, Maulvi Nazir, one of the faction's senior commanders told Reuters. He identified four of the commanders as Hazrat Omar, Nazir's younger brother, Khan Mohammad, Miraj Wazir and Ashfaq Wazir. According to initial details, five missiles were fired on a vehicle carrying several passengers. They really wanted to zap somebody; it may be hard finding enough pieces to tell how many people were in the vehicle. That's why they always count noses...
"Nazir's younger brother Omar Wazir has been killed, it has been confirmed," a Pakistani security official told AFP. Another Pakistani intelligence official also confirmed his death. Which means nothing ("they always lie" contradiction.) Residents and security officials in the region described the 27-year-old as the operational head for the Nazir group, and a close aide of his brother. So a righteous hit- He adopted a low profile, going to Afghanistan, assigning duties to the fighters and supervising logistic arrangements for their missions, they said. "They are a very important group because while they are based in Pakistan they are very active in Afghanistan," said Mansur Khan Mehsud of the Fata Research Centre think tank. "If you look at drone strikes, they are one of the most heavily targeted groups." Plenty of upward mobility in the job market... | |
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