US claims yet another AQ kingpin

We've killed yet another "high ranking" al-Qaeda man. Don't they claim this once a week? You think by now the AQ would be done for, if they were all really such all important leaders?

A high-ranking member of the al-Qaida terrorist network was killed in an airstrike on a remote village in western Pakistan, U.S. intelligence officials told NBC News on Thursday.

Mohsin Musa Matawalli Atwah was among as many as 14 suspected militants who were killed in the attack in the North Waziristan tribal region village of Anghar Kalai, near the Afghan border, the officials told NBC News.

Does any one else see the irony in that a country that is supposed to be spreading freedom and democracy is always killing suspected terrorists? No one ever considers the idea of innocent until proven guilty, particularly with our track record of failed intelligence. But here's the money quote.

At least two children were among those killed in the raid, Pakistani security officials told The Associated Press. The bodies of the militants were buried quickly, the officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said.

Think the kids were suspected terrorists too? The White House surely will not mention them when they tout their latest "victory" against terrorism. And you have to wonder what the quick burial was all about. Perhaps to hide the identities of the poor villagers who are being passed off as major players?