A suspected US drone attack in Pakistan has reportedly killed a senior al-Qaeda leader, thought to be linked to the deadly Mumbai attacks in 2008.
Three “maybe yes-maybe no” statements in one sentence. How’s that for news you can use?
Okay, here’s some “official” news about the incident:
The drone attack targeted a group of armed fighters 20km from South Waziristan's main city of Wana, an official told the BBC Urdu service.The official said the attack killed nine people and injured three others.
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A spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban, which has strong ties to al-Qaeda, denied the reports and said Kashmiri was still alive.
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Al Jazeera's Imtiaz Tyab, reporting from the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, said that while the drone strike had been confirmed, its victims had not yet been officially named.
"If he has indeed been killed in this drone strike than it certainly is a major development and a huge success for the US and the drone programme, which is deeply unpopular in Pakistan," Tyab said.
I wonder why.
This is not the first time Kashmiri has been suspected as the victim of a drone attack, as he was reported to have been similarly killed in September 2009.
More fun like we used to have with the one-legged Iraqi menace who was killed at least three times under George W’s reign.
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
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