Taliban Commander Killed by Cross-Dressing Mishap and US Fighters, But Mostly... Well, a Bit of Both, Really

He tried to escape dressed in the traditional Courageous Muslim Warrior garb, a woman's burka.

The Carmen Miranda fruit-hat was a bad choice of accessory. Sure, it showed off his hazel eyes, but at what cost?

Gunbattles and airstrikes by NATO and Afghan troops killed 53 militants in Afghanistan, including a wanted Taliban commander who tried to hide from soldiers under a woman's burqa, officials said Saturday.
The U.S. forces targeting the commander surrounded a house Friday in Ghazni province and ordered everyone inside to leave, a military statement said.
Six women and 12 children left the building, but while soldiers were questioning the women they discovered one was actually a man dressed in a burqa, the traditional all-encompassing dress that most Afghan women wear. The man, later identified as the targeted commander Haji Yakub, tried to attack the soldiers and was killed, the military said.

Read on. "Militants" are dying all over, especially when they come into contact with real militants.

Thanks to Josh.

Posted by: Ace at 07:43 PM

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Sounds like a great sequel to "Tootsie". I wonder if Dustin Hoffman's available?

Posted by: Mike H at November 29, 2008 07:45 PM (1V2sa)

2 Best sentence in the article:
"The troops responded to the attack with gunfire and air support.."
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, music. Sheer music.

Posted by: Filly at November 29, 2008 07:53 PM (VLsit)

3 Putting on the burqa was not a real intelligent move. Evidently, once you are outside, THERE'S NOWHERE TO HIDE. How smart was that? Of course, the Islamics aren't the most intelligent tools in the shed.

Posted by: Harry at November 29, 2008 07:54 PM (fGO+E)

4 WTG guys. Score one more for the good side.

Posted by: chemjeff at November 29, 2008 07:56 PM (VLxln)

5 If I remember correctly, that's how Albohassan Bani-Sadr escaped from Iran after he fell afoul of Ayatollah Khomeini.

Posted by: Annalucia at November 29, 2008 07:59 PM (xYeJ1)

6 "Militants" are dying all over, especially when they come into contact with real militants.

Not "real militants", Ace. Soldiers. That's the way it's been going down since at least the Romans.

Posted by: Ace's liver at November 29, 2008 08:03 PM (LtIsn)

7 For a group of men that seem to have no use for women, they certainly do hide behind them as much as possible. Or maybe he was happy that Gaeta is ghey.

Posted by: mrcaniac at November 29, 2008 08:04 PM (Rbulg)

8 Taliban Commander Killed by Cross-Dressing Mishap and US Fighters, But Mostly... Well, a Bit of Both, Really
Nice curve ball.

Posted by: Good Lt. at November 29, 2008 08:10 PM (JaIkN)

9 Hmmm.

@ Ace

"The Carmen Miranda fruit-hat was a bad choice of accessory. Sure, it showed off his hazel eyes, but at what cost?"

A guy has gotta be himself man. You must admit. He stayed true right to the bitter end.

Next time I'm at the salad bar I'll salute his memory with a banana. Or maybe a piece of pineapple.

Posted by: memomachine at November 29, 2008 08:13 PM (f4Zt4)

10 >>>Not "real militants", Ace. Soldiers. That's the way it's been going down since at least the Romans.

i was trying to suggest that a real militant was a soldier, whereas these guys are merely murderers.

Posted by: ace at November 29, 2008 08:33 PM (7FHPf)

11 I bet he was just on his way to a wedding.

Posted by: Squatch at November 29, 2008 09:22 PM (COZb8)

12 11 I bet he was just on his way to a wedding.

nah, he woulda been armed to the teefs then

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13 I wish Christoph was still around for this one.

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Chicks are killing for Burberry right now, be aware.

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15 Gots an idea that might just seriously minimize the threat these muslim insects pose to us here in my country. We 1) Acknowledge the FACT that islam is NOT a religion, but is rather, the muslims play-book for political/ world/ Universe (etc) dominance. Period. (Oh no!! You cry. ALL "religions" are welcome in America!). BS says I. Name ANY other religion that advocates, no, ENCOURAGES lying to "unbelievers" (that'd be everyone who responds to this with cries of racism, or whatever, suckers...) in order to achieve it's goal (submission, remember?). You can't-even Drew can't. Which leads to 2) Outlaw islam in America, just as we outlaw ANY criminal activity. Which leads to 3) Deport all muslims NOT US born, and monitor the others CLOSELY. Too harsh? Aww. The towers were too harsh for me, and besides, if all muslims denounce the ko-ran, we could always consider letting them live here again (along with our laws that allow them to....never mind). islam is NOT a religion, idiots. Read the freakin co-ran and see!

Commence with the religious bigotry BS...NONE of you know what you are dealing with...

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17 BREAKING:

Paradigm of "event caused by X and Y, but mostly Y" shifted to include "event caused by X and Y, but mostly X and Y."

Please circulate among the staff along with the updated TPS Report.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at November 30, 2008 12:43 AM (sI5Ho)

18 Normally I'd be against our military killing cross-dressers. This time... not so much!

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19
TaliTrannies?

Posted by: Retch at November 30, 2008 02:58 AM (pRtl3)

20 i was trying to suggest that a real militant was a soldier, whereas these guys are merely murderers.

Yeah, I know. Sorry, I'm being too nit-picky.

Posted by: Ace's liver at November 30, 2008 03:51 AM (LtIsn)

As the Proud Parent of a REAL, uniformed, official US ARMY "militant", (lol) , I want to say one thing to our TROOPS....................

HOOOOOOAH!

GOD bless our TROOPS!

Posted by: Rick554 at November 30, 2008 09:42 AM (8nB5X)

22 If only there were a British Bobby handing out sensible shoes to this terrorist, he still might be alive. Instead he was another victim of burqa madness. BTW, since he left this world in female clothes, does that mean OBL in the afterworld will be one of his virgins?

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