Wife of Pakistan Taliban leader killed

The Guardian by Haroon Siddique | Aug. 5, 2009 (News Report)

Missile hits house of Baitullah Mehsud's father-in-law, killing Mehsud?s wife and two militants, officials say The wife of the Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud has been killed in a US missile strike, two Pakistani intelligence officials and an army officer said today. Two militants were also killed by missiles that struck the house of Mehsud?s father-in-law in Makeen, a village on the Afghan border, shortly before 1am local time, Reuters reported. ... Full Story »

Posted by Kaizar Campwala - via NewsRack (Pakistan), Google News (Pakistan), The Guardian (US)

More Info

Tags Help
Subjects: World
Topics: Pakistan, Taliban
Member Tags: United States, World news, guardian.co.uk, news
Stats Help
# Tweets: 7 (as of 2009-08-05)
Editorial Help
Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Aug 5, 2009 - 2:38 AM PDT
Reviewed by: John Louden (review), Derek Hawkins (review), Fabrice Florin (review)
Content Type: Article
Edit Lock: This story can be edited

Reviews

Show All Comments
Show All | Notes | Comments | Quotes | Links
Derek Hawkins
3.2
 by Derek Hawkins - Aug. 5, 2009

A straight news report based partially on wire stories. I expect more later in the day.

See Full Review » (11 answers)
Fabrice Florin
3.3
 by Fabrice Florin - Aug. 5, 2009
See Full Review » (7 answers)
John Louden
3.2
 by John Louden - Aug. 5, 2009
See Full Review » (10 answers)

Comments on this story Help (BETA)

Sort by: Oldest | Newest Hide All Replies
NT Rating | My Rating

Ratings

3.2

Average
from 3 reviews (48% confidence)
Quality
3.2
Facts
3.7
Fairness
3.7
Sourcing
2.0
Style
3.5
Context
3.0
Depth
3.0
Enterprise
2.0
Relevance
4.0
Popularity
3.5
Recommendation
3.3
Credibility
4.0
# Reviews
1.5
# Views
5.0
# Likes
1.0
# Emails
1.0
More
How our ratings work »

Topics

World | Pakistan | Taliban
(See these related stories.)

Links Help

No links yet. Please review this story to add some!