U.S. officials: Strike may have killed Pakistan Taliban leader

McClatchy by Warren P. Strobel | Aug. 7, 2009 (News Report)

U.S. and Pakistani officials Thursday said they were investigating what they called credible reports that the leader of Pakistan's Taliban , a man both countries consider a significant enemy, was killed in a U.S. missile strike earlier this week. Full Story »

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Subjects: World
Topics: Pakistan, Taliban
Member Tags: Tehrik-e-Taliban, Counter-Insurgency, Baitullah Mehsud
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Posted by: Posted by Emma Asomba - Aug 6, 2009 - 6:21 PM PDT
Reviewed by: Kaizar Campwala (review), Randy Morrow (review)
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Edited by: Kaizar Campwala - Aug 7, 2009 - 6:33 AM PDT

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There's much more information in the NYTimes coverage.

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    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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    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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