CIA missile strike kills al-Qaida No. 3
Posted on December 3, 2005
Hat tip: California Conservative
Another scumbucket bites the dust, thanks to the CIA.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – The operational commander of al-Qaida and possibly the No. 3 official in the terrorist organization, Hamza Rabia, was killed early Thursday morning by a CIA missile attack on a safehouse in Pakistan, officials told NBC News.
Pakistan’s president later confirmed the militant leader’s death.
“Yes indeed, 200 percent. I think he was killed the day before yesterday if I’m not wrong,” President Pervez Musharraf told reporters as he arrived in Kuwait on an official visit on Saturday.
While Pakistani officials publicly said Rabia died in a blast caused by explosives stored in a house for bomb-making, officials speaking on condition of anonymity told NBC News he was killed by a CIA missile strike carried out by an unmanned Predator airplane.
Pakistan’s government has always been reticent to admit that Predators are used in Pakistani airspace to hunt down al-Qaida operatives.
The sources told NBC News Rabia was one of five men killed at a safehouse located in the village of Asorai, in western Pakistan, near the town of Mirali.
Among those killed in the attack were two Pakistanis and three Arabs. The attacks were reportedly carried out between 1:45 a.m. and 2 a.m. local time on Thursday.
Local residents said that the men were killed by an unknown number of missiles fired by an unmanned Predator aircraft. The witnesses said that missile remnants bearing U.S. markings remain in the area. They also said they had heard six explosions, but it is uncertain how many of these were the result of missile attacks and how many may have been the result of the missiles detonating explosives inside the safehouse.
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It’s encouraging that the besieged government of Pakistan is permitting the U.S. to continue its war agaisnt terrorism in Pakistan. Too bad number one and two weren’t amongst the dead.
If we knew who this guy was and where he was, doesn’t it make more sense to get intel from him than to just kill him?
Another blow to national security.
Hey Brad thanks for your intelligent comment. But if you want to get intelligence from him why don’t you or someone else who has been raising hell about war is not the answer devise a plan to capture him. If you can come up with a plan please present it to the pentagon as they would greatly appreciate it.