May 16, 2007
Mullah Dadullah, a one-legged militant who orchestrated a rash of Taliban suicide attacks and beheadings, died of gunshot wounds in a U.S.-led operation over the weekend in the southern province of Helmand.An official with Afghanistan's intelligence service identified the three others as Mullah Shah Mansoor — Dadullah's brother — Mullah Hamdullah and Commander Ghafar. They had been freed in March in a prisoner swap for the release of Italian journalist Daniele Mastrogiacomo.
The prisoner swap was widely criticized in Afghanistan in part because two Afghans kidnapped with Mastrogiacomo were not freed as part of that deal and were executed by the Taliban.
The article goes on to say that Coalition forces used "modern technology" to track Dadullah down to the village where he was killed. I wonder if that included putting tracking devices on the freed terrorists? At any rate, this is good news, and shows a possibly acceptable solution to dealing with the agonizing decisions that must be made in hostage situations: do what is necessary to save the lives of the innocent victims, but ensure that the guilty parties are unable to do any more harm.
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Release them, track them, wait for them to meet up with some of their leaders and then take out the lot of them.
Posted by: Brian at May 16, 2007 09:47 PM (XLwcY)
Posted by: WOW at May 16, 2007 10:21 PM (8lLqk)
Wow, WOW. I mean just... wow. That was beautiful Engrish man.
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at May 16, 2007 11:48 PM (Y9N/d)
Posted by: Jack's Smirking Revenge at May 17, 2007 09:15 AM (mak/j)
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