Peakah's Provocations...

Either that or the zit on his forehead ruptured and he choked on the puss...

From ABC News:

Jan. 13, 2006- Today, according to Pakistani military sources, U.S. aircraft attacked a compound known to be frequented by high-level al Qaeda operatives. Pakistani officials tell ABC News that al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, Osama bin Laden's top lieutenant, may have been among them.

U.S. intelligence for the last few days indicated that Zawahiri might have been in the location or about to arrive, although there is still no confirmation from U.S. officials that he was among the victims.

The attack took place early this morning Pakistan time in a small village a few miles from the border with Afghanistan.

Villagers described seeing an unmanned plane circling the area for the last few days and then bombs falling in the early morning darkness.

Eighteen people were killed, according to the villagers who said women and children were among the fatalities.

But Pakistani officials tell ABC News that five of those killed were high-level al Qaeda figures, and their bodies are now undergoing forensic tests for positive identification.

Officials say Zawahiri was known to have used safe houses in this area last winter and was believed to be in the area again this winter.

Zawahiri, who appeared just last week in a new videotaped message, had increasingly been taking the operational reins of al Qaeda, and is thought by U.S. officials to be the current true mastermind of the terrorist group.

Pakistani officials tell ABC News that the bodies of the five suspected al Qaeda figures will be recovered at first light in Pakistan, but it will still take a day or two for any kind of positive identification. U.S. officials in Washington did not comment.

Jay at Stop the ACLU agrees with the ridiculousness of that man's forehead zit.

See also Michelle Malkin, The Counterterrorism Blog, and an excellent roundup at the Jawa Report

Aljazeera deems Zawahiri, "Victim" ...poor poor baby!

Allah even chimes in on this story... with beaucoup updates...

A witness for the NY Times adds:

"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. "One plane circled the area and dropped illuminating flares and the other planes fired missiles. There were loud explosions."

He said the planes' 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."

Trackbacks:
Independent Sources with: Amber Alert: al-Zawahiri

The M. Sheldon Show with: Al Quaeda no.2 operative...worst job ever!

RightWinged with: Al-Qaeda's Al-#2, Al-Zawahri al-Not al-Dead al-

...and with the reason we missed Zawahiri: UPDATE: CIA Missed al-Zawahiri, Here's Why buwaaahahahahah