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NEWS ABOUT: Baitullah Mehsud

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(Newser) - Weeks after a US drone reportedly took out the Taliban's leader in Pakistan, Baitullah Mehsud's fellow commanders have confirmed his death. Two Taliban officials—including his successor, Hakimullah Mehsud—tell the BBC that their leader actually died Sunday after being critically injured in the airstrike. The development also clears up... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Pakistan • drones • Baitullah Mehsud • airstrike • Hakimullah Mehsud

Taliban Pick Young Leader
to Replace Mehsud

But still insist old
leader isn't dead

Aug 22, 09 3:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Despite their insistence that a US drone strike didn’t kill their leader, members of Pakistan’s Taliban movement have already replaced him, the BBC reports. Hakimullah Mehsud, a military chief in his late 20s, will succeed Baitullah Mehsud, a close ally reportedly killed earlier this month. The unanimous decision... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Pakistan • US military • Baitullah Mehsud

Top Militant Denies Taliban Shootout

Pakistan insists dead leader's aide killed in power struggle

Aug 9, 09 3:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Days after Pakistan's Taliban leader reportedly died in a US airstrike, conflicting stories are emerging about a power struggle in the militant group, the New York Times reports. Waliur Rehman, a commander who had wanted to lead the Taliban, denies killing a young aide to the former leader in a... More »

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(Newser) - US and Pakistani officials say they're all but certain they killed Baitullah Mehsud, yet one of his fellow Taliban commanders says that's just a bunch of "ridiculous" propaganda. Mehsud, he insists to the BBC, is alive and will stay underground for a few days before issuing a public statement.... More »

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(Newser) - Pakistani officials have confirmed the death of Baitullah Mehsud, the Pakistani Taliban leader, in an American drone strike early Wednesday. While there is still no concrete evidence of his death, the country's foreign minister said today that "he has been taken out." One security official told the New ... More »

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Taliban • terrorism • Pakistan • terrorist • drones • Pakistan militants • Baitullah Mehsud • North West Frontier Province

(Newser) - Potentially big news out of Pakistan: A US drone may have killed Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud, reports Reuters. "There is reason to believe that reports of his death may be true, but it can't be confirmed at this time," said an anonymous US official. Mehsud is an... More »

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(AP) - A US missile strike today in Pakistan's lawless tribal region killed a wife of Baitullah Mehsud, the Taliban commander, the AP reports. Mehsud has been accused of orchestrating dozens of suicide attacks in Pakistan, including the assassination of former PM Benazir Bhutto in December 2007. The US, as usual, did... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • Baitullah Mehsud • Pakistan army • South Waziristan • missile strike • Tehrik-e-Taliban

(Newser) - The Taliban is buying children as young as 7 and turning them into suicide bombers, the Washington Times reports. The going rate is $7,000 to $14,000, a huge amount in Pakistan, where where the average income is $2,600. Pakistani and US officials lay blame for the... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • suicide bomber • children • drones • human trafficking • Baitullah Mehsud • brainwashing

(Newser) - The American hunt for Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud—implicated, among other things, in the assassination of Benazir Bhutto—took two major twists today in Pakistan. Early reports suggest that a US military drone killed about 60 suspected militants after the funeral of an insurgent commander in South Waziristan near the... More »

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Pakistan Launches Operation
to Kill Taliban Leader

Baitullah Mehsud blamed for several recent attacks

Jun 15, 09 1:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistan is launching a manhunt for Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud—branded "the root cause of all evils," by one official—in its tribal areas bordering Afghanistan. Pakistan officials blame Mehsud's group for a string of recent attacks, the BBC reports. The heavy military offensive is expected to please... More »

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 Taliban Chief Claims 
 Lahore Attack, Vows to Hit US  

Mehsud vows he will attack again in Pakistan and US

Mar 31, 09 6:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - The head of the Pakistani Taliban and the man accused of masterminding the assassination of Benazir Bhutto has claimed responsibility for yesterday's commando assault on the Lahore police academy and has threatened more attacks, the Times of London reports. Baitullah Mehsud personally called Western news agencies to take credit for... More »

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Taliban • terrorism • Pakistan • Benazir Bhutto • terrorist • Lahore • Baitullah Mehsud • Islamic terrorism • North West Frontier Province

 US May Strike 
 Deeper Into Pakistan 

Drones may target Taliban sanctuaries beyond tribal areas

Mar 18, 09 1:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration is considering expanding its covert war in Pakistan beyond tribal areas to strike Taliban havens in regions under the central government's control, reports the New York Times. US commanders believe the Taliban, under the leadership of Mullah Omar, is operating out of sanctuaries in Baluchistan—which borders... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • Baluchistan • Baitullah Mehsud • Predator • Quetta • Mullah Omar

(Newser) - An airstrike in Pakistan’s troubled South Waziristan region, likely orchestrated by the US, has killed about 30 people, the Los Angeles Times reports. The dead are thought to be al-Qaeda or Taliban militants; the attack destroyed the compound of an associate of the Taliban leader suspected in the... More »

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Taliban • CIA • Pakistan • UAVs • Baitullah Mehsud • Predator • airstrike • al-Qaeda • South Waziristan

Taliban Leader Suspected in Bhutto Killing Dead

Baitullah Mehsud fell victim to kidney failure, Pakistani official say

Sep 30, 08 4:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Taliban leader suspected in the December assassination of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto died today, officials tell CNN. Baitullah Mehsud, believed to be 34, succumbed to kidney failure, sources in his native tribal region of South Waziristan said; though Pakistani military officials also claimed Mehsud had died, some... More »

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Pakistan Bomb Near Miss for President, PM

Zardari was scheduled to be at reception when Marriott exploded

Sep 22, 08 7:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistan's president and prime minister were supposed to be at a reception at the Islamabad hotel where a huge bomb killed at least 60 people and injured 270, reports the Times of London. Asif Ali Zardari and Yousaf Raza Gilani were expected to attend a large dinner at the Marriott,... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • Islamabad • Marriott • truck bomb • Asif Ali Zardari • Baitullah Mehsud • al-Qaeda • Yousaf Raza Gilani

 Bhutto Investigation
 Going Nowhere 

Though her party now rules Pakistan, Dec. assassination 'a forgotten chapter'

Jul 4, 08 1:10 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Pakistan Cuts Off Talks With Militant Tribes

US saw increase in groups' activity in Afghanistan during lull

Jun 5, 08 9:16 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Pakistan Nears Peace Deal
With Militants

Suspected Bhutto assassin said to have called off his fighters

Apr 25, 08 5:37 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Pakistan Near Ceasefire Deal With Militants

Leader linked to Bhutto murder calls off attacks amid peace talks

Apr 24, 08 2:33 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Pakistan Charges 5 in Bhutto Murder

Top Taliban leader and others accused
of plotting assassination

Mar 1, 08 6:32 PM CST
(Newser) - Police in Pakistan have filed charges against five men, including the country’s top Taliban commander, accusing them of planning the December assassination of Benazir Bhutto, the AP reports. President Pervez Musharaff had named the Taliban leader (and suspected al-Qaeda operative), Baitullah Mehsud, days after the attack, but today’s... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • suicide bombing • Benazir Bhutto • Nawaz Sharif • Shahbaz Sharif • Afghan border • Baitullah Mehsud

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