http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20061230/1037538.asp The key part of this article says the following: An Afghan intelligence source this week said Osmani was killed five minutes after he left a meeting with another senior Taliban military commander, Mullah Dadullah. The source said Dadullah and Osmani were trying to reconcile a SPLIT in Taliban leadership!!
So, that little piece alone tells us 2 very important things:
1.) There is a split in the Taliban leadership. It is possible that the split has gotten worse now since Taliban commander Mullah Osmani's death.
2.) The Taliban's number 2 man, Mullah Dadullah was in Afghanistan at the time and in the same general area as Mullah Osmani. Only 5 minutes away...It makes me wonder why we didn't strike him while he was meeting with Dadullah. Hit 2 birds with 1 stone. That's unless we found out after where he was coming from.
Final Thoughts:
It seems to me that the US has gotten better intelligence on the Taliban leadership over the past year. If Mullah Dadullah continues to roam that general area, im hopeful that he'll have a missile up his ass in this new year.
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