Pakistani Taliban chief likely killed: minister

Reuters by Kamran Haider | Aug. 6, 2009 (News Report)

There is a strong likelihood that Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud was killed along with his wife and bodyguards in a missile attack two days ago, Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik told Reuters. Full Story »

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by Samuel W. Velsor IV - Aug. 6, 2009

One of the baddest big Taliban leaders may have fallen.

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Baitullah Mehsud Killed In Drone Strike

pro-pakistan.com | Aug. 7, 2009 (News Analysis)

Despite a string of peace deals with the government, Mehsud set up training camps for recruits, and extended his influence into the districts of North Waziristan and Bajaur ...

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Taliban Leader in Pakistan Is Reportedly Killed in Strike

New York Times by Pir Zubair Shah, Ismail Khan, Sabrina Tavernise | Aug. 7, 2009 (News Report)

American officials said they were growing increasingly confident that Baitullah Mehsud, the Taliban leader who has been blamed for a wave of violence across Pakistan, was dead.

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