Qari Ismail

Qari Ismail

A Taliban commander, Qari Ismail was credited with downing an American helicopter in June 2005, killing 16 Americans aboard. [Pak Tribune, " [http://www.paktribune.com/news/index.php?id=203161 Taliban claim killing 20 US troops in Kunar. Dozens die as US jets bomb civilians] ", July 14 2008]

On 2 October 2003, Ismail, Ahmed Khadr and his son Abdulkareem, al-Jowfi, al-Iraqi and Khalid Habib were all staying at a South Waziristan safe house. The following day, after Fajr prayers, Khadr told his son that Pakistani troops had warned a raid was scheduled in the village, and told him to start moving. [Shepherd, Michelle, "Guantanamo's Child", 2008] A few minutes later, a Pakistani helicopter team and hundreds of security forces attacked the village. [Musharraf, Pervez, "In the Line of Fire: A Memoir", 2006]

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