(Mad props to LC Joe Dromedary for this link):

Jan. 18, 2006 — ABC News has learned that al Qaeda’s master bomb maker and chemical weapons expert was one of the men killed in last week’s U.S. missile attack in eastern Pakistan.

But… But… We thought that they were all innocent children being brutally murdered by U.S. Predator drones dropping 155mm artillery shells on them. It was in the New York Times, so it has to be true!

Midhat Mursi, 52, also known as Abu Khabab al-Masri, was identified by Pakistani authorities as one of three known al Qaeda leaders present at an apparent terror summit conference in the village of Damadola.

Now an apparent smoking hole in the ground…

The United States had posted a $5 million reward for Mursi’s capture.

Looks like nobody will be cashing in on that reward.

The authorities say al Qaeda’s No. 2 man, Ayman al-Zawahiri, was also expected to attend but apparently changed his mind.

Damn.

Well, it’s not like we really believed it at the time anyway. At least we didn’t waste a perfectly good bottle of champagne.

16 Responses to “Bada-Boom”
  1. sig94 Comment by sig94 UNITED STATES

    Pakistani authorities tell ABC News they have confirmation that Mursi was among those on the guest list for the late-night meeting.

    Guess who else’s guest list he was on…

    heh

  2. Stephen Macklin Comment by Stephen Macklin UNITED STATES

    I love the smell of dead terrorists in the morning.

    Smells like…

    Victory.

  3. Sir Christopher Comment by Sir Christopher UNITED STATES

    Abu Khabab al-Masri

    yeah, he’s now a Khebab all right!

  4. Unregistered Comment by LC Peter Bland UNITED STATES

    Here is how I see it all going down:

    “Thank you for coming to our humble home to plot murder and terror.”

    “It is our pleasure. Do you have the required women and children to shield us from the impearialist kaffirs?”

    “But won’t that upset the Pakistanis, Mohammed?”

    “Not really Mohammed, because we can always blame it on the American pig-dog Zionists. After all, in Islam women are little more than sperm recepticles and slaves, while we drive through piles of children to get a single American.

    “Enough of this talk! Bring us our meal, wench!”

    “Yes, your vileness. It is ready to serve, your evilness.”

    “Good, then let us partake of the feast your hijab slave has prepared for us brave militants. But first, a prayer. Lead us off, Mohammed.”

    “Durka durka, Mohammed Jihad. Ooooooo Allah the Magnificent, let the Americans fell our presence. Let them hear our call to arms, our holy jiiiihAAAaaaaAAaad…Mohammed, do you hear that?”

    “I hear something, Mohammed…”

    *brief whistling sound, followed by massive explosion*

  5. Sir Christopher Comment by Sir Christopher UNITED STATES

    yeah, has anyone else wondered why a religion which treats women thusly, would take a western woman prisoner in Iraq in order to demand that all the female prisoners released? something is odd in that.

  6. Unregistered Comment by LC Peter Bland UNITED STATES

    They want a, er, captive audience of sperm recepticles.

    Only possible explanation, considering the role of women in Islam.

  7. jaybear Comment by jaybear UNITED STATES

    The United States had posted a $5 million reward for Mursi’s capture.

    Looks like nobody will be cashing in on that reward.

    Divvy it up among the troops. Steak dinners for all.

    They should take that piece of crap’s rotten remains and drop ‘em all over the kabaa in mecca. But only after saturating them in pork fat…..oh yeah, do it during a pilgrimage too.

    sorry about the tantrum, been one of THOSE days…..

  8. juandos Comment by juandos UNITED STATES

    Is this a picture of before the Hellfire hit or after?…:lol:


    Abu Khabab al-Masri

  9. LC Ranger 6 Comment by LC Ranger 6 UNITED STATES

    The United States had posted a $5 million reward for Mursi’s capture.

    Now that was a Blue Light Special Op™. Subtract the $100,000 for the hellfire missle and we just saved $4,900,000!

  10. B.C., Imperial Torturer™ Comment by B.C., Imperial Torturer™ UNITED STATES

    Midhat Mursi, 52, also known as Abu Khabab al-Masri, was identified by Pakistani authorities as one of three known al Qaeda leaders present at an apparent terror summit conference in the village of Damadola.

    They picked this fuckin’ vermin’s remains up with a kebob skewer. (All due apologies to vermin everywhere.)

  11. Unregistered Trackback by A Blog For All UNITED STATES

    Hellfire Househunting…

    The raid has apparently been much more successful than anyone realized - we may not have nailed Zawahiri, but we got someone nearly as good: According to ABC News, Midhat Mursi al-Sayid ‘Umar–also known as Abu Khabab al-Masri…

  12. caveman82952 Comment by caveman82952 UNITED STATES

    Like I say, karma’s got one hell of a rear view mirror. I can only hope they heard the incoming, knowing their virgins were waiting….America’s judgement, assholes.

  13. Sir Christopher Comment by Sir Christopher UNITED STATES

    Housewarming Party!

  14. Sir Christopher Comment by Sir Christopher UNITED STATES

    Pakistan names 3 al Qaeda believed killed in strike
    Wed Jan 18, 2006 8:28 PM ET

    ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani intelligence sources on Thursday identified three of four al Qaeda members believed to have been killed by a U.S. airstrike last week, though they have yet to recover the bodies.

    One of the dead was said to be Abdul Rehman Al-Misri al Maghribi, a son-in-law of al Qaeda second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahri.

    Another was Midhat Murfi al Sayid Omer, an expert in explosives and poisons who carried a $5 million U.S. reward on his head.

    The third man named was Abu Obaidah al Misri, al Qaeda’s chief of operations in Afghanistan’s eastern Kunar province.

  15. Michael Comment by Michael UNITED STATES

    A new Kebob Recipie…. with a lot of BOOM!

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