Taliban under Crushing pressure
Taliban under Crushing pressure
The air campaign has had success over the past three months. Since Dec. 8, 2009, the air campaign in Pakistan has killed three senior al Qaeda leaders, a senior Taliban commander, a senior Haqqani Network commander, two senior al Qaeda operatives, and a wanted Palestinian terrorist who was allied with al Qaeda. The status of Pakistani Taliban leader Hakeemullah Mehsud is still unknown.
Already this year, the US has killed Mansur al Shami, an al Qaeda ideologue and aide to al Qaeda’s leader in Afghanistan, Mustafa Abu Yazid; Sheikh Mansoor, a Shadow Army commander based in North Waziristan; Mohammed Haqqani, a military commander in the Haqqani Network; and Haji Omar Khan, a senior Taliban leader in North Waziristan. Jamal Saeed Abdul Rahim, the Abu Nidal Organization operative who participated in killing 22 hostages during the 1986 hijacking of Pan Am flight 73, is thought to have been killed in the Jan. 9 airstrike. And Abdul Basit Usman, an Abu Sayyaf operative with a $1 million US bounty for information leading to his capture, is rumored to have been killed in a strike on Jan. 14, although a Philippine military spokesman said Usman is likely still alive and in the Philippines.
In December 2009, the US killed Abdullah Said al Libi, the top commander of the Shadow Army; Zuhaib al Zahib, a senior commander in the Shadow Army; and Saleh al Somali, the leader of al Qaeda's external network [see LWJ report, “Senior al Qaeda and Taliban leaders killed in US airstrikes in Pakistan, 2004 – 2010” for the full list].
Read more: http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2010/02/senior_al_qaeda_mili.php#ixzz0g7gWBRrL
From Zeissa at February 20, 2010 1:53 PM ET:
Islamist Leaders killed per faction per strike (the more strikes the more the statistics MAY be reliable regarding PAST actions):
(27) Haqqani Network: 3.83
(22) Waliur-Baitullah Mehsud: 4.20
(20) Mullah Nazir: 2.22
(15) Abu Kasha Al Iraqi: 1.875
(13) Hafiz Gul Bahadar: 6.50
(4) Hakemullah Mehsud: 4
(3) Faqir Mohammed: 1.50
(2) Gulbuddin Hekmyatar: 2
(8) Unknown: 2.00
(22) Waliur-Baitullah Mehsud: 4.20
(20) Mullah Nazir: 2.22
(15) Abu Kasha Al Iraqi: 1.875
(13) Hafiz Gul Bahadar: 6.50
(4) Hakemullah Mehsud: 4
(3) Faqir Mohammed: 1.50
(2) Gulbuddin Hekmyatar: 2
(8) Unknown: 2.00
Killed in 2010:
Mohammed Haqqani
A mid-level Haqqani Network military commander and brother of the group's top military commander Siraj Haqqani,
Date killed: February 18, 2010.
Sheikh Mansoor
An al Qaeda commander for the Shadow Army based in North Waziristan. He was the son of Ahmed Said Al Khadr.
Date killed: February 17, 2010.
Abdul Basit Usman
The US has a $1 million bounty on Abdul Basit Usman, an Abu Sayyaf master bomb maker, for conducting attacks that murdered civilians. Usman's death is unconfirmed, however.
Date thought killed: January 14, 2010.
Jamal Saeed Abdul Rahim
An Abu Nidal Organization operative who participated in killing 22 hostages during the 1986 hijacking of Pan Am flight 73.
Date killed: January 9, 2010.
Mansur al Shami
An al Qaeda ideologue and aide to Mustafa Abu Yazid.
Date killed: Exact date is not known, he was last seen on As Sahab on January 4, 2010.
Haji Omar Khan
A senior Taliban leader in North Waziristan.
Date killed: January 1, 2010
Killed in 2009:
Abdullah Said al LibiSOURCE:
The top commander of the Lashkar al Zil, al Qaeda's Shadow Army.
Date thought killed: December 17, 2009 (exact date is not known)
Zuhaib al Zahib
A commander in the Lashkar al Zil, al Qaeda's Shadow Army.
Date killed: December 17, 2009
Saleh al Somali
The leader of al Qaeda's external network.
Date killed: December 8, 2009
Najmuddin Jalolov
The leader of the Islamic Jihad Group, a breakaway faction of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.
Najmuddin was closely allied with al Qaeda.
Date killed: September 14, 2009
Maulvi Ismail Khan
A military commander in the Haqqani Network.
Date killed: September 8, 2009
Mustafa al Jaziri
A senior military commander for al Qaeda who sits on al Qaeda's military shura.
Date killed: September 7, 2009
Tahir Yuldashev
The leader of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.
Date killed: August 27, 2009
Baitullah Mehsud
The overall leader of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan.
Date killed: August 5, 2009
Kifayatullah Anikhel
A Taliban commander under Baitullah Mehsud.
Date killed: July 7, 2009
Mufti Noor Wali
A suicide bomber trainer for the Taliban and al Qaeda.
Date killed: July 3, 2009
Khwaz Ali Mehsud
A senior deputy to Baitullah Mehsud.
Date killed: June 23, 2009
Abdullah Hamas al Filistini
A senior al Qaeda trainer.
Date killed: April 1, 2009
Osama al Kini (aka Fahid Mohammed Ally Msalam)
Al Qaeda's operations chief for Pakistan who was wanted for the 1998 bombings against the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.
Date killed: January 1, 2009
Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan
A senior aide to Osama al Kini who was wanted for the 1998 bombings against the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.
Date killed: January 1, 2009
Taliban in pain.
From Paki gov in Pakistan
And USA in Afghan.
And thousands of SPYS IN BOTH COUNTRIES.
Operating in the heartland of the Pashtun Tribe.
Bring it home to the Taliban.
All because of the al Qaeda cult.
#1 is Marjeh, Helmand, Afghanistan a US major push.
#2 is N and S Waziristan, Paki Army major push.
Time for a Joint Af-Pak Mil cross border force.
the Pashtun view here:
and
Gerald
Anthropologist
Internet Anthropologist Think Tank:
This OP could bring al Qaeda down
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Pakistan Arrest Some 200 Taliban Fleeing Afghanistan
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