Top Afghan Taliban commander killed while fleeing in woman's attire

[Robb]

Source: ANI (via OneIndia)

KABUL — NATO troops have killed a top Afghan Taliban commander in Puli Alam District of the Logar province, after he fired at the allied forces while trying to flee disguised as a women.

According to reports, acting on intelligence inputs troops tracked Ghulam Sakhi in a compound late Friday night. They then used a loudspeaker asking women and children to vacate the building.

"As they were exiting, Sakhi came out with the group disguised in women's attire and pulled out a pistol and a grenade and shot at the security force," Express.co.uk quoted a statement of the allied forces, as saying.

"When Afghan and coalition forces shot him, he dropped the grenade and it detonated, wounding a woman and two children," the statement added.

Read more: http://news.oneindia.in/2010/06/26/topafghan-taliban-commander-killed-while-fleeing-inw.html

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Stay classy, Taliban.

[babylonsister]

1. Now there's a headline to beat the band.

I guess no one regards this as cowardice in the Taliban? Sounds pretty cowardly to me.

[louis-t]

19. That was my first thought, too.

[wordpix]

26. maybe he's a cross dresser---also reason for a beheading, according to Taliban doctrine

[xchrom]

2. Some irony is more explosive than others. Nt

[aquart]

3. Maybe they thought a woman with a pistol and a grenade was odd.

[rfranklin]

4. Hard to tell the difference...they all wear dresses...

I guess the big tell is that the women have their faces covered as well.

[Bigmack]

5. Two thoughts....

First... we know this won't end the Taliban resistance. They have a deep bench.

Two... anybody out there smirking about how the guy was cowardly - dressing like a woman - doesn't understand war. At all. If the enemy is using robot drones and satellites, use whatever cover and concealment you can. If the choice is to die like a man or hide like a woman to fight another day......

[bemildred]

7. Doesn't really sound like he was running away.

Pulled out a gun and grenade and tried to use them. More like a futile attempt to get a few licks in before going down. So yeah, I agree, sort of.

[TheWraith]

14. Or he was attempting to escape, but either got caught or knew he wouldn't make it.

Most people, even dedicated fighters, will prefer to retreat when faced with overwhelming force, since a living combatant is more effective than a dead hero.

[bemildred]

21. One can only speculate, but it says:

"Sakhi came out with the group disguised in women's attire and pulled out a pistol and a grenade and shot at the security force".

It doesn't say anything about him being discovered or fired on or whatever. Sounds more like a desperate ruse to sell his life dear, like I said, but let people think what they like, he's dead now either way.

[riderinthestorm]

28. "Sell his life dear", in a crowd of women and children

of whom he had absolutely no problem setting off a grenade in their midst.

Shows how much the Taliban value unarmed women and children....

Our culture is sooo much different than theirs, and the Taliban obviously have unlimited human resources of bat shit crazy recruits to keep Afghanistan amongst the skunks of the world.

We need to get out now. Declare "victory" after 9 years and get the fuck out. Perpetual enrichment of the PTB global war profiteering machine is insanity defined.

[bemildred]

32. Exactly. nt

[Dr.Phool]

6. How do they know that he wasn't going to a party?

[SILVER__FOX52]

8. who cares............

:boring:

It just doesn't matter anymore.

[Turbineguy]

9. Dressed in drag?

No 72 virgins.

Guess he didn't get the memo.

[Name removed]

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[Robb]

12. I've posted reports of deaths of service members quite a bit.

Posters of a particular persuasion tend to crap all over them, so I've stopped because it's not helpful.

[rug]

11. Here's more fuel.

"Sakhi's son made international headline in April 2007 after a video emerged that showed his 12-year-old son beheading an 'American spy.' Sakhi said his son was a loyal Taliban member."

http://wireupdate.com/local/senior-taliban-commander-whose-son-made-headlines-killed-in-eastern-afghanistan/

I'm sure you realize none of this justifies the continued U.S. military mission in Afghanistan.

[The Doctor.]

13. Well, naturally...

... you don't get far wearing a knee-length pencil-skirt and pink camisole in Afghanistan... not with red pumps you don't.

[cliffordu]

15. BWAHA AHAHAHA AHAH AHAHA HA A

Post o' the day.....

:rofl:

[amandabeech]

34. For sure! n /t

[pjt7]

16. 3 more Americans were killed today in Afghan

Bring the troops home.

[Amonester]

17. Yep.

Today's score is Taliban 3, Empire 1.

Enough. Bring the teams back home.

[totodeinhere]

18. We can kill any of them we want and there will be ten more ready to take their place.

This war is unwinnable, and we need to cut the best deal we can and get out now.

[Hulk]

22. Sorta like the drug cartels.....

Capture the "king pin", and a new "king pin" steps forward to takes his wealth.

Reminds me of the movie, The Never Ending Story......'cept we're wasting blood and treasure for this?

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[tabasco]

23. Well done, troops!

Death to the taliban scum!

[SkyDaddy7]

24. +1000

[Honeycombe8]

27. Ditto! nt

[pinboy3niner]

25. Does this mean Taliban are now PRO-GLBT?

I'm SO confused. :evilgrin:

[boppers]

29. Well, they've got one T...

There's still the GLB and other T to make up for.

:evilgrin:

[pinboy3niner]

30. Baby steps, boppers, baby steps...

:)

[Hardrada]

31. They pull out this old propaganda chestnut out of the fire every so often.

It wasn't new in 1958.

[boppers]

33. 1958?

Korean War ended in 53, we started sending "combat units" to Vietnam in 1965... would 1958 be "Military advisors" in Vietnam talking about opposing forces dressed as women? Or are you talking about a non-US context?

[bemildred]

35. Good question.

Algeria comes to mind, but that's probably not it.

However the "fleeing in women's clothing" meme is indeed well travelled.

[Hardrada]

36. Prime Minister of Iraq said to be slain while "fleeing in women's clothing."

This was during the coup against one of our puppet kings in 1958. This meme is one of a well-worn group that includes "shot while escaping" or "fatally injured while resisting arrest." A newer meme that now is not so new is "third highest member of (fill in the name of supposedly hostile group) said to be killed in recent action by (fill in name of country or agency)". I guess being creative just isn't in the contract anymore.

[bemildred]

37. Thank you. nt