Fox 1 on Taliban leader

[CONSO]

Vid Shows Taliban Commander's Death | The Daily Caller (http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/05/watch-the-us-obliterate-a-top-taliban-terror-leader-in-afghanistan-video/?utm_medium=email)


U.S. forces have obliterated top terror leaders in Afghanistan through recent strikes, and one video released by the Pentagon shows the lights being snuffed out of the Taliban’s “Red Unit” commander.


Not enough left to enjoy the 70 virgins- Just call him TALI blownapart !:ok:

[Icare9]

Puts a new angle on "Where's Wali" doesn't it?
Perhaps it was his genitalia in the sky that was being depicted (or de-dick-ted)?

[Heathrow Harry]

"lights snuffed out " - ????

Do they mean killed? If so why not say so.....................

[Captain Dart]

He could have used ‘deaded’.

[Mahonda]

He could have used ‘deaded’.
or... he is an ex-Tali Leader: he has ceased to be.

[Pontius Navigator]

Killed - interestingly our new Secretary of State for Defence didn't mince his words when visiting RAF Coningsby:

"They are at the front line, killing terrorists who want to bring death to our country."

He is whippet thin and looks as if he could pass the fitness test until some of the uniformed accompanying him.

[Wander00]

See he is playing "If you don't pay, we won't fly you home" with Hammond. Sa slightly tacky game.

[Lonewolf_50]

As they say in the NFL, so they say in the Taliban: next man up.
One video shows a recent strike on the Taliban’s Red Unit commander, Mullah Shah Wali, also known as Haji Nasir. His other AKA is not, one hopes, Tater Salad.
“Mullah Shah Wali’s death will disrupt the Taliban network, degrade their narcotics trafficking, and hinder their ability to conduct attacks against Afghan forces,” Army Gen. John Nicholson, top commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, said in a statement (http://rs.nato.int/news-center/press-releases/2017/afghan-and-us-forcesafghanistan-kill-top-terrorist-leaders.aspx). For a few weeks, I suppose.
“This operation is a testament to the real growth the Afghan forces have achieved over the past year,” Nicholson added. (http://rs.nato.int/news-center/press-releases/2017/afghan-and-us-forcesafghanistan-kill-top-terrorist-leaders.aspx) “It is also another example of the lethality of the undefeated Afghan Special Forces and the success of working side by side with our Afghan partners.” Yeah, the Patriots were undefeated, 18-0, until the Giants beat them in the super bowl. I can only say that the this kind of hyperbole is empty. I wish they'd stop using it.

[BEagle]

Fox 1

I think not....:rolleyes:

[Pontius Navigator]

I see today that Min Def has been taken to task for using the K word.

[West Coast]

lights snuffed out " - ????

Did you truly not understand what was meant?

[Brian W May]

I see today that Min Def has been taken to task for using the K word.

More's the pity. I thought for a moment we had a politician with balls. Watch him backtrack now all the LDGs are on the case . . .

LDG = Lefty Do-Gooder

[Basil]

Just in from pub but - the pollies job is to stop us going to war which is the worst of all options BUT, if they fail, the mil job is kill.
Had the public, and possibly many of our Bomber Command crew, seen what was wreaked in German cities in WW2 they may have objected.
The bottom line is: would you rather their babies were killed or yours?
My view is that the greatest war crime is losing.

[Octane]

One wonders how they knew who exactly was in the car...?

[Pontius Navigator]

Octane, and did he have a weapon in his hand that he could discharge?

On returning Jihadists that have seen the light and are now on the road to Damascus, they would say that, wouldn't they.

He is quite right, strip their citizenship and send them back whence they came. Let the sinner repent in the Holy land.

[Heathrow Harry]

"
Quote:
lights snuffed out " - ????
Did you truly not understand what was meant?"

of course I do - I just hate childish euphemisms - if you mean killed by not just say it???

[Heathrow Harry]

"strip their citizenship and send them back whence they came."

emotionally correct - legally impossible

I wouldn't offer any help to get them out of whatever s******* they are stuck in and if the locals decide on summary justice I'm not spilling a tear but if they come back let's just make sure we grill them properly - names, dates... confession is good for the soul

[West Coast]

course I do - I just hate childish euphemisms - if you mean killed by not just say it???

So despite the question marks, effective communication was completed.

[Melchett01]

I see today that Min Def has been taken to task for using the K word.

Missed that - who was bleating?

[Lantern10]

let's just make sure we grill them properly

Yes on number 8 for about half an hour will do it nicely.

[jolihokistix]

We see a fireball speeding along on a still-running engine and wheels, but from that clip who or what was inside, only those who targeted it will know for sure.