Taliban warlord Mehsud Dead stil unconfirmed

PESHAWAR: Pakistans most dreaded Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud was killed in a US Predator strike, a senior security official confirmed.

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This is one hundred per cent. We have no doubt about his death, the official said, requesting he not be named. He is dead and buried.




The US is believed to have shared with the Pakistani authorities a video feed of the drone strike which, according to credible sources, has left no room for doubt that the most feared man in Pakistan was indeed dead.




One of the missiles, according to the sources, hit the roof of the upper-storey of the house, killing Baitullah and his younger wife for less than a year.




He was clearly visible with his wife, a senior security official, who saw the video footage, said. And the missile hit the target as it was. His torso remained, while half of the body was blown up.




The strike also hit the vehicle that had brought Baitullah to the house of his father-in-law Malik Ikramuddin who had been shuttling between his son-in-law and the government to negotiate a new peace deal.




The Taliban immediately shut down the three telephone lines in Zanghara and threw a five-kilometre security cordon around the area to block the leakage of news about the death of their leader.




The news of Baitullahs possible death was in the air since Wednesdays drone attack that according to initial reports had killed his wife and father-in-law.




On Thursday night information that he too had been killed had started coming out of the Mehsud territory in bits and pieces, and throughout the day it remained the only topic of discussion within the country.




Initially, the government was quite reluctant to openly confirm the news. In his uncharacteristically cautious remarks Interior Minister Rehman Malik said he had information but no evidence to suggest that the TTP leader had in fact been killed.




A few hours later, the first confirmation of sorts came from the foreign minister. Yes my intelligence sources have confirmed that he has been killed, Shah Mehmood Qureshi told reporters in Islamabad. But he too qualified it by saying that it needed to be authenticated through other means.




A report suggested that Baitullah might have been buried in Nargosha area of Shabikhel — a place his father had abandoned after developing a blood feud before moving to Bannu to serve as a prayer leader in a mosque in Landi Dhok.




It is understood that the strike to take out Baitullah was the outcome of a joint Pakistan-US intelligence operation that may, according to some officials, indicate a new level of trust between the often mutually suspicious intelligence agencies of the two countries.

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[YoungPashtun2012]

@championahmed you should go there and say it in there face because talibans dont use youtbe ahhahahaha nd thoes kind of talbns i agrree with u but u know they are all from pakistan..

[fathsomuch]

apny muslim bahion ko mar kar allah o akbar ka naehra laga rahy hen ...gando army

[championahmed]

fuking talibans u pussys killing people for no reason in the name of Allah SWT.

[TheAfg47]

stupid taliban you killed someone how could save afghanistan and shame to u that your doing things against your owne bleave and that u still say your doing it for allah your must fucking stupid ...ore did your parents drop u when u just wore borend

[robertelee09]

a dirty monkey is dead

[kunduz88]

hell wait for you

[10rosegarden14]

Would there be any holy wars if there's no religion? Would there be any inquisitions, witch-trials, suicide bombers, and many more? It is because of religion why these heinous acts been committed, all in the name of the 'right' religion. The world would be better off without religion.

[10rosegarden14]

Is there any religion of 'peace'? It's all the same, all promoting intolerance, misinformation, and most of all HATRED. So for me, I spit not just on one religion, I spit on all.

[irnfldr]

You know what people say? Islam and Allah (pig shat be upon him forever) can stick this crap religion where the sun don’t shine.

Never have pity on a pig ass smelling Muslim. Never befriend a Muslim. They are your enemy and they are all deceivers and liars. At least I do know that much and with everything else I know about Islam. It is one sick and twisted ideology and does not even merit the respect of being classified as a religion. Religion of Filth, maybe, but hardly a Religion of Peace.

[MNouman80]

fuck americans ,fuck indian ,fuck shia, and fuck qadianis........... long live taliban