U.S. Missile Strike Inside Pakistan Kills British Jihadist Suspected of Transatlantic Terror Plot In 2006

Wow! Talk about the long arm of the law! A British national who is suspected of masterminding the liquid explosives plot to bring down numerous passenger airlines heading from Britain to Canada and America back in 2006 was sent to Hell by a hellfire today in the NW region of Pakistan. This guy, Rashid Rauf, must have thought he was safe as he traveled around Pakistan after escaping from an Islamabad prison, but alas, good old Rashid is getting the fire and brimstone tour of Hades at the moment and finding out those 72 virgins were a case of poor marketing on mohammed's part.

Here's some of the details of the strike and aftermath from IrishTimes:

A British national, suspected of masterminding of a 2006 liquid bomb plot to blow trans-atlantic airliners, has been killed by a suspected US missile strike in northwest Pakistan.
Rashid Rauf, a British militant with al-Qaeda links, was killed along with an Egyptian by a missile strike in the North Waziristan tribal region today, Pakistani television channels and intelligence officers said.
Rauf was among five victims of an attack believed to have been launched by a US pilotless drone aircraft in the North Waziristan tribal region.
The bomb plot, which was uncovered with the help of Pakistani intelligence, had the potential to kill on the scale of the September 11, 2001 al-Qaeda attacks and resulted in tighter controls on cabin luggage hand-carried on board by air passengers worldwide.
Intelligence officers in northwest Pakistan, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that Rauf, who escaped from custody after appearing in an Islamabad court last December, had been killed, though there was no official confirmation.

This is just more proof that the American blitzkrieg of predator missile strikes inside of Pakistan are surgically targeting al Qaeda targets and that somehow, someway the U.S. is getting incredible intelligence on these targets.

And this strike substantiates what I have been saying all along that the Pakistani governments' objections to these missile strikes can be tempered when the U.S. shows WHO they are getting - and that is al Qaeda terrorists. There is no way that Pakistan's government can protest the killing of this wanted terror plotter.

Believe me, the word is out in Pakistan's NW mountain region - al Qaeda leaders and Taliban-linked leaders are not safe in Pakistan. The sanctuary has been compromised, fellas. Haha.

US strike in Pakistan kills UK bomb plot suspect

Intelligence officers in northwest Pakistan, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that Rauf, who escaped from custody after appearing in an Islamabad court last December, had been killed, though there was no official confirmation.
They named the dead Egyptian as Abu Zubair al-Masri. Arab casualties are usually taken as a sign of an al-Qaeda presence.
Several Pakistani news channels also reported the death of the 27-year-old Rauf and his Egyptian cohort.
A British Foreign Office spokesman said: "We are investigating the reports."
Taliban spokesman Ahmedullah Ahmedi issued a statement in North Waziristan saying all those killed in the missile strike were locals and vowed revenge would be taken on the government outside tribal lands.
British Foreign Secretary David Miliband has said he will be visiting Pakistan next week, though the exact dates have been withheld for security reasons.
Arrested in Pakistan in August 2006, Rauf, who is of Pakistani origin, had travelled to Pakistan in 2002 after the murder of an uncle in Britain. His extradition was originally sought by Britain in connection with the murder.
During his time in Pakistan, Rauf married a relative of one of Pakistan's most notorious militant leaders, Azhar Masood Azhar, the head of Jaish-e-Mohammad.
While Jaish has been principally focused on fighting in Indian Kashmir, some splinter groups joined al Qaeda's cause.
Pakistani authorities were embarrassed by Rauf's escape last year, and there was considerable speculation over the ease with which he made his getaway.
The missile strike said to have killed him targeted a house near the North Waziristan town of Mir Ali, and came just two days after Pakistan lodged a protest with the US ambassador over missile attacks on its territory.
Villages around Mir Ali have been targeted before. The area has been a hive of Taliban and al Qaeda activity in the past.
"According to our information two missiles were fired by the drone on a house," an intelligence officer in the region said.
"We have confirmed reports of five people killed and six injured," another intelligence official said.
Missile-armed drones are primarily used by U.S. forces in the region. The United States seldom confirms drone attacks. Pakistan does not have any combat drones.
There have been at least 20 strikes in the last three months, reflecting US impatience over militants from Pakistan fuelling the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan and fears that al-Qaeda fighters in northwest Pakistan could plan attacks in the West.