Various news sources report that al Qaeda's #1 man Ayman al-Zawahiri, is dead. One more Islamofascist prick dead. Dead. DEAD! I'd say it's definitely true, except I don't want to jinx it (knock on lots of wood).

Since Osama bin Laden is either dead, out of the loop in a cave, or meditating in Africa, this would be the most important al Qaeda kill to date.

To quote Ice Cube, today was a good day. Indeed.

Red at Scared Monkeys cautions that these reports have proven false in the past. True. But I have a good feeling about this one (fingers crossed).

UPDATE: AL Jazeera Zawahiri is "VICTIM" of U.S. attacks. Reports 30 dead, claim U.S. military denying involvement.

ABC News:

A U.S. airstrike in Pakistan targeted al Qaeda's No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahiri but it was unclear if he had been killed, CNN quoted U.S. sources as saying on Friday.

Ayman al-Zawahiri, the No. 2 figure in al-Qaida, was the target of a CIA-ordered strike that killed at least 17 people in Pakistan, according to broadcast reports.

At this time, it is unclear whether al-Zawahiri is among the dead in a remote tribal village named Damadola along the border with Afghanistan

U.S. officials told NBC News on Friday that American airstrikes in Pakistan overnight Thursday were aimed at the No. 2 man in the al-Qaida terror organization — Ayman al-Zawahri.

One official said intelligence indicated a strong possibility that Zawahri was in the Pakistani village at the time of the airstrike, but there is no confirmation that he was killed.

Pakistani officials say U.S. aircraft, apparently CIA Predator drones, fired as many as 10 missiles at the residential compound.

A CIA airstrike on a building in Pakistan may have killed Osama bin Laden's most-trusted aide, sources said.

The building where Ayman al-Zawahiri was thought to be is in Damadola, a small village near the Afghan border.

There has been no confirmation that al-Zawahiri was killed in the attack Friday. However, sources say there was intelligence suggesting he was in the building at the time of the strike.

Pakistani officials were at the scene of the strike, trying to determine if Al-Zawahiri was killed.

A doctor in the area told The Associated Press that at least 17 people were killed in the attack, but other witnesses at the scene said the death toll was higher.

Pakistan's The News newspaper said the dead had been buried after a mass funeral led by Maulana Faqir Muhammad, a cleric wanted for giving shelter to suspected al Qaeda members.

UPDATE: Daily IntelBriefing reminds us that an F-16 fighter wing was just dispatched to the area. Reports seem to speculate that this was a CIA hit, using a drone, but if 10 bombs were dropped that doesn't seem likely. See our Jan. 10th post Military Readying for Air Strikes in *undisclosed* Southwest Asian Country Update within an update via his moongodishness' Link Mecca. NY Times (emphasis mine):

"I was awakened from deep slumber by the noise of the drone and then, together with thousands others who too had been woken up by the plane's noise, saw jets targeting the area," he said. [ie, it wasn't the drones that fired the missiles if this can be believed] "One plane circled the area and dropped illuminating flares and the other planes fired missiles. There were loud explosions."

He said the planes' [plural] targets were three houses, all belonging to jewelry dealers. "The houses have been razed to the ground," said Mr. Rashid, who said he had visited the scene. "There is nothing left. Pieces of the missiles are scattered all around. The impact of the explosions have been huge. Everything has been blackened in a 100-meter radius."

REACTIONS

Lord Blogfather: Pushing Up Daisies?

Jawa sith apprentices agree, Keep your fingers crossed.

Paduan learner says: Keep your fingers crossed.

Yipes! from Vinnie: Associatedantiamerican Press in Full Denial mode, therefore, increasing the likelihood that it may be true.

Little baby jawas: good news if true

Satan, meet thy next bitch. (via Vinnie)

More Zawahiri information that you can shake a camel's turd at. (via Malkin)

Lord, please!!!

I hope that al-Zawahari and other al Qaeda members are now finding out that the 72 virgins are instead 72 fat sows with no teeth, bad halitosis, and a strong resemblance to the offspring of Michael Moore and Cindy Sheehan or Ted Kennedy and Barbara Streisand. Heh.

I hate to see that women and children were killed and if there is to be a justification for their tragic deaths, it is that Zawahiri met his death as well. Sad, but true.

Even if we missed him, we got others

Has he gone to join the martyr farm?

Hopefully he's dead this time, permanently!

GOOD - letÂ’s hope it is al-Zawahiri

Personally IÂ’m not going to celebrate until DNA testing comes back positive

Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease let it be true.

God I hope we got him... and find out what happened to Ben Laden too!!!!!!!!!

al-Kaboomiri

Do cats go to hell with Zawahiri?

these guys have a way of not being quite as dead as we think they are

If we got him, this hurts. Hurts bad.

The world should be so lucky on this Friday 13th as to finally nail this dog of dogs

even if it is a false alarm, the idea of Ayman spread thinly over a substantial surface area is a pleasing one indeed

It always struck us as odd, that people like Ayman al-Zawahiri encouraged others to become martyrs, but they themselves were in never a great hurry, often hiding among innocents.

If true, Yipee! If not, it's a matter of time.

rot in hell you son of a bitch

Tin foil patrol: US intelligence people may have decided that Zawahiri has been making too much noise and that starting a rumor that he may have been killed will hurt his charisma at least in the short term.

"it's time to bring them home." --John Murtha

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1 Dang, thought I had the JR scoop on this. I even checked to see if anyone had posted before I did. Oh well, that's the way the blogosphere bounces.

Posted by: Vinnie at January 13, 2006 07:33 PM (Kr6/f)

2 Going by our recent track record of targeted killings like this, I have serious doubts that we got him...

Posted by: Ariya at January 13, 2006 07:46 PM (uxW3N)

3 Shut up, Ariya, it's been years since I had a good bottle of Perrier Jouet. So you just shut UP! ;-)

Posted by: Vinnie at January 13, 2006 07:47 PM (Kr6/f)

4 Maybe they got Dean at the same time

Posted by: Filthy at January 13, 2006 07:48 PM (uxn8Q)

5 Hope I can be first in line to piss on his grave.

Posted by: greyrooster at January 13, 2006 07:58 PM (AWtJU)

6 I just reported the same on my blog. Let's keep our fingers crossed Bush has kept his promise to bring those responsible for Sept. 11th to justice, dead or alive. If it's true, it's a good day to be American, regardless of political affiliation.

Posted by: Mad Man at January 13, 2006 08:01 PM (K6g1B)

7 Sounds good - wait and see. Doubt if site is accessible and would require being secured first. Body recovery/identification is a bitch - especially if its grounded up chop meat - ID is a bitch - DNA, Dental and Medical records, fingerprints are great - if this was Las Vegas ala CSI - but its not - its bumfuck nowhere and we don't exactly have these records on all the 6 billion people on this planet. Nay sayers like Ariya want a recognizable body & documentated proof beyond a shadow of a doubt - they are either being deliberately cute or totally ignorant of the reality on the ground in a distant combat zone. Ignore him - if proof available it will be found - otherwise wait for videos and recordings and analyse them for authenticity and time lag. How many years did it take to prove Hitler was actually dead?

Posted by: hondo at January 13, 2006 08:05 PM (3aakz)

8 That big old maggot infested bump in the middle of his forehead made for a whopping good target!!!

Posted by: Wendy at January 13, 2006 08:14 PM (NE9xf)

9 Fiday 13th -- Unluck day fo Ben Ladin and Al-Zawahiri deep-cover reports out of Pakastan suggest both Ben Ladin and Al-Zawahiri killed on Friday - 13 Jan 2006. break a mirro for me, too!! cc

Posted by: Marine 'til I die at January 13, 2006 08:21 PM (JV1Qy)

10 Remember, he is the bad guy. No whining from liberals about due process, his feelings, his family, his disability, his whatever, or why we need to get to the root cause of his problem. He and his demented philosophy are and were just as corrupt as Joseph Stalin, Marx, Japs in WW II, Hitler, Mousolini, et al. One more, UBL !

Posted by: Chief RZ at January 13, 2006 09:12 PM (Fqid7)

11 Just be dead. I guess this makes pervert Zarqawi #1 unless UBL jumps up from limbo. One down. I was wathing the airstrike story today there was a lot of whining at fist that we crossed to border & hit a house. I was wondering what it was. Good deal.

Posted by: Howie at January 13, 2006 09:21 PM (D3+20)

12 Oh, they'll whine. And whine and whine. Ted Kennedy the girl murderer and Jessie Jackson, the thief will both claim Bush is a bad guy for giving us our revenge. Only the she monster Clinton bitch will keep her stupid mouth shut. That is if it's not allready full of you know what.

Posted by: greyrooster at January 13, 2006 09:24 PM (AWtJU)

13 Hahaha.. it'll be pretty funny if it's true. Al Qaeda's main man reduced to a dirty village in the middle of bfe, and then taken out by CIA aircraft. Score!

Posted by: MidnightSun at January 13, 2006 09:58 PM (Rs5sH)

14 I'd be happier with Kennedy.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at January 13, 2006 10:19 PM (0yYS2)

15 I want Zawahiri's rifle. What is all that stuff on the forearm? A grenade launcher, perhaps.

Posted by: jesusland joe at January 13, 2006 11:37 PM (rUyw4)

16 Never mind, people, Zawahiri was just seen pumping gas into his pink cadillac at a truck stop outside of Glenwood, IA. See the Weekly World News for updates.

Posted by: Vinnie at January 13, 2006 11:46 PM (Kr6/f)

17 I wish but I doubt he was there. Ayman is unfortunately alive and well. I bet Ayman is laughing at us from his hideout.

Posted by: George Ramos at January 14, 2006 07:51 AM (5E0ex)

18 False alarm, folks. The self-loathing Libs got their wish. He's not dead.

Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at January 14, 2006 11:24 AM (8e/V4)

19 Yes, unfortuantely the psychopath is still alive. I knew all along he was.

Posted by: George Ramos at January 14, 2006 12:12 PM (5E0ex)

20 No zawahiri still alive, cia had "bad intelligence" yet again, but hey not all is lost the US military incinerated up to 30 innocents, including women and children, i am sure their relatives will be ok with this and not join the "terrorists". good job fighting terror indeed. ya cant just kill people and figure they are backwards because they cannot understand your oppulence...Bush and his supporters are only making the situation worse. ernie

Posted by: ernie at January 14, 2006 12:23 PM (X4Dyg)

21 LOL, Maxmimus is going to love fucking with you. While I am a moderate and support Bush. He could do a better job catching Osama, Ayman and Zarqawi. This blast did kill a lot of civilians. And Ayman is laughing at us. This wouldn't have happened if Clinton had killed Osama when he had the chance.

Posted by: George Ramos at January 14, 2006 02:16 PM (5E0ex)

22 I thought one of the only countries that had Zawahiri's dental records would have been Egypt, where he was incarcerated as a dissident (I believe shortly after the assassination on the Egyptian President.) unless those have already fallen into the hands of the CIA I wonder how soon the CIA could tell his body was not amongst the dead? Do we have his DNA on file? it might be to early to be making an assumption he is not dead. It is unsurprising that women and children are amongst the dead, their culture much like our own, keeps their family close. It is however unlikely Zawahiri would have done this, because he already had one family members killed in a bombing of his residence. Greenlighting a drone strike like this, by the CIA is bad practice these guys are notoriously unreliable, as are their sources. This sort of action should be done by CIA special operations [CSO's] who could engage and ensure civilian casualties are at a minimum. Mistakes in intelligence is only going to make sure Pakistan no longer authorizes any action in it's boarders, and we already have a strained relationship with them as it is. Ernie, I'm glad you are not disappointed he is dead or anything. I'm sure if he was confirmed you would have been here posting joyously? I didn't think so.

Posted by: dave at January 14, 2006 03:04 PM (CcXvt)

23 He is disappointed. He's just upset innocent civilians died. Collateral damage is unavoidable in war. I wish those civilians didn't die but it happened. I never thought Zawahiri was dead. The bastard is too smart. We will never get him. I hate the fact he got away. He's as slippery as an eel.

Posted by: George Ramos at January 14, 2006 04:07 PM (5E0ex)

24 again you fail to notice how a drone aircraft firing on civilians is a WAR CRIME. The USA, had it been anyone else doing this, would call this a WAR CRIME. But agfain, the tactical strategies of the Bush admin are counterproductive and is making the terrorist problem much worse. Every one of these civilians killed now has very angry reltaives hell bent on martyrdom. now about "being disappointed" or not about zawahiri means nothing to me. Al Queada is not a hierarchical centralized unit that runs everything, but an ideology. Kill zawahiri wont mean much about stopping terrorism. Alos, i know in the SAfe ole USA i am much more likely to be killed by a teenage girl talking on the cell phone while driving or being murdered by a handgun from a good american citizen (about 17,000 per year i might add) rather than an agent of osama. so in short i dont quiver in fear all day long as Bush wants us too, sorry, but statistics and probabilities do matter. ernie

Posted by: ernie at January 14, 2006 04:11 PM (X4Dyg)

25 george ramos, would you accept your argument if it was put forth from al queada regarding 911 "oh well, collateral damage happens...." ididnt think so. ernie

Posted by: ernie at January 14, 2006 04:13 PM (X4Dyg)

26 If the CIA is inept, as they surely are, then we have none other than Dhimmi Carter and Bubba Klintoon to blame, as they were the ones who systematically gutted the CIA, and both should be shot. Hell, I'd pay any price to be on the trigger for either of them.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at January 14, 2006 04:33 PM (0yYS2)

27 again you fail to notice how a drone aircraft firing on civilians is a WAR CRIME. Please show me the text of which you speak, as far as I know it is only a war crime when civilians are specifically targetted directly -- knowingly. please only quote convention articles not any DU interpretations etc. I'll be glad to read, and thus educate myself if I have made a misunderstanding. Thanks!

Posted by: dave at January 14, 2006 04:48 PM (CcXvt)

28 Great post.... I sure the heck hope we got him along with some other top MUJA...... AubreyJ.........

Posted by: AubreyJ at January 14, 2006 05:26 PM (84Xxa)

29 Well: Now U.S citizens and U.S have to hunker down because this will bring a mayor hit, as a retaliation, what a sad way of life.

Posted by: Dan at January 14, 2006 05:31 PM (Tfvvl)

30 dave, you really think the US KNEW that there werent civilians in that group of "terrorists" they fired at, or they didnt care? reality will help you. ernie

Posted by: ernie at January 14, 2006 06:09 PM (X4Dyg)

31 Is that your way of saying you know of no such conventions? Bravo. See ernie, I gave you a chance to prove your point, and do so factually. I see you cannot. now head back over to DailyKos, chicken little.

Posted by: dave at January 14, 2006 07:14 PM (CcXvt)

32 read the geneva conventions dave. but no, this isnt my way of saying that killing civilians is a war crime, it is saying that the US military doesnt care. this is obvious. and yes your trite little arguments have led to the deaths of 100,000 iraqis 2200 US soldiers and cost the USA 1 trillion dollars (stiglitz) Take that to the bank. ernie

Posted by: ernie at January 14, 2006 09:10 PM (X4Dyg)

33 and the very fact i have to mention that killing civilians, without care, is at the very least unethical and you cannot "get it" says much about you. do you need a piece of paper to say killing is wrong? i kno, i know, in your violent and trite littel world of inadequacy killing is a part of duty. sorry you have no soul...and we wonder why america is fucked. ernie

Posted by: ernie at January 14, 2006 09:12 PM (X4Dyg)

34 >>>and the very fact i have to mention that killing civilians, without care, is at the very least unethical ernie. Was it unethical that civilians were killed when we assaulted Fortress Europe and drove the Nazis back to Berlin? Lots of civies killed. Tons of them. They died by the boatload. Unethical? No? I guess that pretty much shoots your tired Leftwing memes to hell.

Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at January 14, 2006 09:59 PM (8e/V4)

35 Poor Ernie, now he has to fall back to personal attacks because he cannot back up his rhetoric. Carlos: Hitler is ernie's idle. There isn't a dictator he wouldn't support over America. Ernie: Show me specific section(s) of the Geneva convention or Hague convention that states that killing civilians that were not the intended victim, is a war crime? This isn't DU if you're going to say it, back it up.

Posted by: dave at January 14, 2006 11:31 PM (CcXvt)

36 >>>sorry you have no soul Sorry you have no brain. Honest....you have no brain.

Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at January 15, 2006 01:48 AM (8e/V4)

37 dave, you just dont get it. its not about law, its about your honor. obviously this concept escapes you. Now, if you need an intl agreement to tell you that collateral damage is wrong then we have nothing else to talk about. Sadly, given death threats to my life on this blog, i have to report it because i ahve a feeling thsoe making the threats are real dangers to their communities (i think they are committing violent crimes, they sound insane). so i have to turn in this blog for direct threats over the net, sorry didnt want to, but i have to, ITS MY PATRIOTIC DUTY. improblimus maximus needs to be checked on i have a feeling with his temperment he is committing crimes near his home. so anyway dave, i wont be back. sorry the fun and debate had to end, but when people start opening perosnal threats of death over the net...that is a crime...and i m not going to worry about addressing the exact stature for that, i will allow the appropriate authorities in court deternmine that. bye all, thanks for the debate while it lasted. ernie

Posted by: ernie at January 15, 2006 04:09 AM (X4Dyg)

38 Al Qaeda is not a legitimate army. They simply love killing Americans and any other person who collaborates with them.

Posted by: George Ramos at January 15, 2006 08:44 AM (5E0ex)

39 Al Qaeda is not a legitimate army. They simply love killing Americans and any other person who collaborates with them. They don't care about innocent people dying.

Posted by: George Ramos at January 15, 2006 08:45 AM (5E0ex)

40 No Ernie, You don't get it. You didn't say "It's a crime against humanity" or "civilian casualties make the baby Jesus cry" you said it was a "war crime" [with emphasis I might add.] That is a very specific charge, that pertains to international law, and the American people. Now you're magically saying it's about "honor", before it was about me being unhuman -- I think if you read my first thread, I am against air strikes, and drones ran by the CIA in particular because of their unreliable nature and the threat to civilians. Next time when you charge the Government with a "WAR Crime" you'll have the balls to follow it through, and quote an article -- however I feel it will be the first time you've ever read either articles on the ethics of War, just to attempt to tarnish America -- I believe you called yourself a Patriot once? [A Marine first?] both sound hollow now.

Posted by: dave at January 15, 2006 09:11 AM (CcXvt)

41 >>>you said it was a "war crime" [with emphasis I might add.] Words/terms have no meaning to the Left. They are used purely to further their agenda, even if it means wringing every last drop of truth from those words. Look how they have taken words/terms that we all once agreed upon and turned those words on their head so that they have become all but useless-- like "fascism", "nazi", "torture", "gulag", "war crimes", "hate", "tolerance", "extremist", etc., and the list is growing.

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