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Originally posted by SE7EN
I'm ok with them killing him he was a terrorist but I would have preferred it if they would have captured him alive and any of his fellow members in the raid. That way they could have gathered more intelligence and made more headway in capturing more Al-Qaeda members.
but they tend to stay quiet even if taken alive.
President Musharraf said on his trip to the Netherlands on Monday: "Not only was [Farooqi] involved in the attacks on me but also in attacks elsewhere in the country. So a very big terrorist has been eliminated."
President Musharraf said intelligence reports suggested al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden was alive, but he did not know where he was hiding.
"We've eliminated one of the very major sources of terrorist threat," President Musharraf said.
Farooqi was wanted in connection with attempts to kill the president and the murder of US reporter Daniel Pearl.
People soon began arriving from nearby towns and villages. Some reports said around 1,000 had come by nightfall.
According to Islamic tradition, Muslims should be buried within 24 hours of death, but the authorities retained Farooqi's body to confirm his identity.
One of Farooqi's relatives, Qari Sanaullah, told Reuters: "It was cruel to kill Amjad. He was a loyal Pakistani and committed Muslim."