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Top Taliban Leader Killed in Afghanistan
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Mullah Berader, a top Taliban commander, was killed early this morning in a U.S. air strike in volatile Helmand province, a senior Afghan general tells ABC News.
A convoy of British troops and Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers was traveling through Salwan Qala district when they came under attack by Taliban forces, said Gen. Ghulam Mohiauddin Ghoori, the commander of ANA ground troops for Helmand.
Amid an intense firefight, the British troops called in air support. American warplanes struck the Taliban positions, causing dozens of casualties, said Gen. Ghoori. Among the dead, his men on the ground confirmed, was Mullah Berader.
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In Kabul, the Defense Ministry also confirmed the report, saying Berader was killed in a pre-dawn raid.
Berader, also known colloquially as Mullah Brother, was close to Taliban leader Mullah Omar. His death will come as a major blow to the Taliban hierarchy and follows the deaths of senior commander Mullah Dadullah Lang in May and the arrest of Defense Minister Mullah Obaidullah in Quetta, Pakistan in March. Many believed Berader succeeded Obaidullah as defense minister, though his exact rank was in dispute.
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August 30, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (45)
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Remember, Islam is a religion of peace...and the war on terror is just a bumper sticker slogan...and we have already lost this war...
THANK GOD FOR OUR MILITARY!!!! GOD BLESS YOU AND KEEP UP THE KILLING OF THE BAD GUYS!
Posted by: jim jones | Aug 30, 2007 10:13:51 AM
Taliban? I thought Bush took care of these guys before he invaded Iraq.
Posted by: chicaqopoetry | Aug 30, 2007 10:33:25 AM
stop piicking on iraqians its not funny and bush needs to be voted out of office.
Posted by: cant touch this | Aug 30, 2007 10:52:41 AM
God bless America and God bless our troops.
Posted by: disabledvet46 | Aug 30, 2007 11:01:35 AM
ISLAM SHOULD BE FIGHTING THE BAD GUYS OR WE DECLARE THEM ALL BAD GUYS , THEY SHOULD BE KILLING THE BAD CLERICS WHO OK THE KILLINGS , ISLAM MUST FIGHT ITS OWN CIVIL WAR AND IF THE BAD GUYS WIN WE CAN TAKE OUT THIER CITIES AND END THEM BEFORE THEY END U.S.
Posted by: MARK MCCULLOCH | Aug 30, 2007 11:46:33 AM
Sometimes I wonder if these reports are made up to make it seem that we are actually doing something. Where's the live footage or the actual picture of the guy?
Posted by: Ic | Aug 30, 2007 11:50:47 AM
@chicaqopoetry
Actually Chica, Bush is on record countless times saying the war in Afghanistan will long an hard. The Taliban are tribesmen with intimate knowledge of the terrain and operate out of an ungoverned region between pakistan and afghanistan.
Short of going in and wiping out every last man, woman and child let me ask you this. What would you do to defeat the Taliban. Or does your Bush Derangement Syndrome not allow for rational thought?
Posted by: PatriotMeansSupportTroops | Aug 30, 2007 12:02:18 PM
Just remember, good news in Iraq is bad news for democrats. That's not just my opinion, but that of the democrat leadership. As such, this is bad news for democrats. Crazy, ain't it?
Posted by: TexBork | Aug 30, 2007 12:03:13 PM
Kill them now before the Cut In Run party gets into ofice.
Posted by: Lefty | Aug 30, 2007 12:13:10 PM
"chicaqopoetry"
He ousted them from power. To kill each and every one of them and their supporters around the globe, is a different story.
Posted by: Brennan | Aug 30, 2007 12:23:29 PM
YES, just keep going after the Taliban, we took care of them once, its a police action, keep doing till they get the message, that death is final
Posted by: BR | Aug 30, 2007 12:29:48 PM
----------MISSION ACCOMPLISHED--------
no?.... damn it!! ok then lets keep fighting.
Posted by: KILROY WAS HERE | Aug 30, 2007 12:50:32 PM
Yes, thank God for our American military, the British military, the Afghan military and all those willing to actually stand-up. They are making the world and America safe for the morons who are living in their own fantasy utopia.
Posted by: holdfast | Aug 30, 2007 12:52:57 PM
"Taliban? I thought Bush took care of these guys before he invaded Iraq."
I don't remember Bush or anyone ever saying that.
Posted by: chaos | Aug 30, 2007 1:09:32 PM
this is all a sham....Bush/Cheney buddies are all making a killing er um lots of money off of these endeavors...
Posted by: ac | Aug 30, 2007 1:58:19 PM
War is good training. With only one percent of all Americans in uniform, what's the other 99% got to bitch about? Go to your ballgames, BBQs, and liberal colleges...we'll do the fighting for you. We joined to fight, now be quiet and let us do it.
Posted by: rangerdahl | Aug 30, 2007 4:28:20 PM
Trust me, you don't want to see what's left of somebody after an air strike. Odds are you'd puke.
Posted by: SGT Dan | Aug 30, 2007 4:30:20 PM
Brennan, you oversimplify. It's not just a matter of getting each individual as you say. The Taliban - we "ousted them from power" in only the weakest sense of the word. We basically quit before the job was done and now they are growing in strength again. We left to go cause another mess in Iraq - somehow Bush can't leave THAT job unfinished even though he had no problem doing just that in Afghanistan.
Posted by: Ann McMillan | Aug 30, 2007 4:34:50 PM
"Kill them now before the Cut In Run party gets into ofice"
I highly doubt the US will cut and run from Afghanistan, regardless of who is in power.
Posted by: Anon | Aug 30, 2007 4:49:51 PM
I guess Bush can get them, when he wants to.
Posted by: bobby stickers | Aug 30, 2007 5:10:10 PM
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