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  • July 2008

    • Bhutto Investigation Going Nowhere

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jul 4, 08 1:10 PM CDT

      Bhutto Investigation Going Nowhere

      (Newser) - There doesn’t seem to be much urgency behind the hunt for Benazir Bhutto’s killers, the Los Angeles Times reports, though her party has come to power in Pakistan since the Dec. 27 assassination. The government still hasn’t commissioned an independent investigation, and police have all but abandoned the case. “It looks as if it’s a forgotten chapter,” one retired general said More »

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      Pakistan  • Benazir Bhutto  • Pakistan People's Party  • Asif Ali Zardari  • Baitullah Mehsud

  • June 2008

    • Pakistan Cuts Off Talks With Militant Tribes

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 5, 08 9:16 AM CDT

      Pakistan Cuts Off Talks With Militant Tribes

      (Newser) - Pakistan is suspending talks with militant tribes along its lawless border with Afghanistan, the Wall Street Journal reports, a move that could bolster relations with the US. Negotiations won’t resume until the warlords agree to new conditions, including an end to activities within Afghanistan, Pakistani officials told the Bush administration. In the meantime, the military will resume operations against the tribes. More »

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      Pakistan  • Bush administration  • al-Qaeda  • Taliban  • Baitullah Mehsud  • Waziristan  • tribal areas  • tribal chiefs

  • April 2008

    • Pakistan Nears Peace Deal With Militants

      New York Times  |  Apr 25, 08 5:37 AM CDT

      Pakistan Nears Peace Deal With Militants

      (Newser) - The new government of Pakistan is close to brokering a deal that will end hostilities with the most militant tribes in the country's dangerous northwest. A draft of the peace agreement calls for an end to violence, a prisoner exchange, and a gradual withdrawal of the Pakistani military from part of South Waziristan, reports the New York Times . It marks a break with the hardline approach favored by President Pervez Musharraf and the US. More »

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      Pakistan  • Pervez Musharraf  • Benazir Bhutto  • Baitullah Mehsud  • Pakistan army  • South Waziristan

    • Pakistan Near Ceasefire Deal With Militants

      Reuters  |  Apr 24, 08 2:33 PM CDT

      Pakistan Near Ceasefire Deal With Militants

      (Newser) - Pakistan’s new government is near a ceasefire deal with militants, the New York Times reports, as a top rebel commander has ordered his forces to stop attacks. Baitullah Mehsud, thought to have organized the December assassination of Benazir Bhutto, ordered a ban on “provocative activities for the sake of peace," in leaflets distributed in the Afghan border region, Reuters notes. More »

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      Pakistan  • Afghanistan  • Benazir Bhutto  • Taliban  • Pakistan People's Party  • ceasefire  • Baitullah Mehsud

  • March 2008
  • February 2008

    • Pakistan Surgeon General Killed

      Washington Post  |  Feb 25, 08 10:15 PM CST

      Pakistan Surgeon General Killed

      (Newser) - Pakistan's surgeon general was killed today by a suicide bomber who blew himself up at a busy intersection in the city of Rawalpindi.  Lt. Gen. Mushtaq Ahmad Baig, his driver and his guard were killed, the Washington Post reports; Baig was the highest-ranking military officer to be killed in attacks by militants in recent years.. Five other people died, and 20 were injured. Three children's aid workers were killed in a separate attack. More »

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      Pervez Musharraf  • Taliban  • suicide bombing  • Baitullah Mehsud  • Pakistan army  • Rawalpindi

    • Pakistan Busts 2 More in Bhutto Hit

      AFP  |  Feb 7, 08 6:15 AM CST

      Pakistan Busts 2 More in Bhutto Hit

      (Newser) - Pakistani authorities have charged two alleged terrorists with participating in the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, reports AFP. The two men are from Rawalpindi, where the former PM was killed in December. "Their tentacles are from the tribal region and Baitullah Mehsud," said a senior official, referring to the militant from Pakistan's northwest. Investigators last month arrested a teenager who said he was a back-up bomber for a squad sent to kill Bhutto. More »

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      Pakistan  • al-Qaeda  • Benazir Bhutto  • Asif Ali Zardari  • suicide bomber  • Baitullah Mehsud  • Bhutto assassination  • Rawalpindi

  • January 2008

    • New Leader Has Pakistan's Taliban on Rise

      Time  |  Jan 25, 08 6:40 PM CST

      New Leader Has Pakistan's Taliban on Rise

      (Newser) - Pakistan’s increasingly organized Islamist insurgency has a powerful new leader in Baitullah Mehsud, the man accused of masterminding the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. A Time profile reveals Mehsud to be formidably charismatic individual possessing a “laser-like focus” to rival even that of mentor Mullah Omar, the leader of Afghanistan's Taliban movement. More »

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      Pakistan  • Benazir Bhutto  • Baitullah Mehsud

    • Pakistan Pounds Enclave of Militant Leader

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jan 25, 08 10:03 AM CST

      Pakistan Pounds Enclave of Militant Leader

      (Newser) - The Pakistani army has launched an assault on Baitullah Mehsud’s forces in Waziristan, reports the Guardian . The Pakistani government suspects Mehsud, a militant leader who has spent time in Guantanamo, of masterminding the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. The army claimed 40 kills, while Mehsud’s side said they only lost seven fighters—and killed 25 soldiers. More »

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      Pakistan  • Benazir Bhutto  • Baitullah Mehsud  • Waziristan

    • CIA Chief Names Groups Behind Bhutto Assassination

      Washington Post  |  Jan 18, 08 12:41 PM CST

      CIA Chief Names Groups Behind Bhutto Assassination

      (Newser) - The CIA director blames a cooperative effort by al-Qaeda and a group of Pakistani militants for the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, the Washington Post reports. The conclusion jibes with the explanation Pervez Musharraf has offered, though some Pakistanis still suspect the president and his government had a hand in the ex-PM’s murder. More »

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      Pakistan  • Pervez Musharraf  • Benazir Bhutto  • assassination  • Michael Hayden  • militant  • Baitullah Mehsud  • Central Intelligence Agency

    • Murder of 8 Tribal Leaders Stalls Ceasefire

      Times (UK)  |  Jan 8, 08 12:06 PM CST

      Murder of 8 Tribal Leaders Stalls Ceasefire

      (Newser) - Eight tribal leaders were shot to death in northwest Pakistan yesterday, the Times of London reports, further roiling the near-anarchic area. The assailants are believed to be Islamic militants. The chiefs had formed a peace committee and were involved in efforts to broker a ceasefire between the military and insurgents who operate in South Waziristan, home to Baitullah Mehsud, the Taliban leader accused of assassinating Benazir Bhutto. More »

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      Pakistan  • Pervez Musharraf  • Benazir Bhutto  • Baitullah Mehsud  • Waziristan

    • Washington Eyes Shadowy Terror Leader

      Newsweek  |  Jan 6, 08 5:00 PM CST

      Washington Eyes Shadowy Terror Leader

      (Newser) - Washington is zoning in on a new jihadist leader after recent reports blamed him for killing former Pakistan PM Benazir Bhutto, Newsweek reports. Named Baitullah Mehsud, he travels with tight security in a safe haven of Pakistan, has never been photographed, and avoids sleeping in the same place twice. Yet this shadowy figure is a magnet for accusations of suicide bombings and future attacks. More »

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      Pakistan  • al-Qaeda  • terrorism  • Pervez Musharraf  • suicide bombing  • Baitullah Mehsud

  • December 2007

    • Pakistan Tells Doubters to Exhume Body

      CNN  |  Dec 29, 07 3:55 PM CST

      Pakistan Tells Doubters to Exhume Body

      (Newser) - Benazir Bhutto’s political party is free to exhume her corpse to verify her ever-shifting cause of death, a Pakistani official said today. So far, the government has issued three accounts—gunshots, shrapnel, and then a fractured skull from hitting her head—which has PPP leadership crying cover-up, CNN reports. “We don’t mind if [they want] her body exhumed,” the official said, “but we gave you what the facts are.” More »

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      Pakistan  • Pervez Musharraf  • Benazir Bhutto  • Pakistan People's Party  • Baitullah Mehsud

    • Al-Qaeda Ally Denies Hand in Bhutto Killing

      BBC  |  Dec 29, 07 6:21 AM CST

      Al-Qaeda Ally Denies Hand in Bhutto Killing

      (Newser) - A representative of Baitullah Mehsud, the al-Qaeda leader Pakistan has fingered in the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, strongly denied any involvement in her death today. Giving further support to the claims of a cover-up by Bhutto's partisans, the spokesman for Mehsud said "he had no involvement in this attack" and that "it is against tribal tradition and custom to attack a woman." More »

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      Pakistan  • al-Qaeda  • Benazir Bhutto  • Baitullah Mehsud  • Waziristan

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