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Tribal areas: still a long way to go

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:43:29 GMT

Tuesday, December 15, 2009 Rahimullah Yusufzai There was an element of disbelief everywhere when Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani said on December 12 that the military offensive in South Waziristan was almost over and now the government was...
Source: The News

Quoted in 'Asians jailed over planned metro attack'

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:02:35 GMT

said in Sydney Morning Herald:

The connection they had with Baitullah Mehsud meant that others, members of the same organisation, were sent to Barcelona from different countries to take part in the action, including with suicide bombers if needed

The Obama Administration Debates Drones

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 18:52:57 GMT

A clandestine CIA search-and-destroy program, which launches missile strikes from remotely piloted drone aircraft, has killed more than a dozen senior leaders of Al Qaeda during the last two years.
Source: Newsweek

Quoted in 'Pak army reluctant to act on Afghan Taliban: Petraeus'

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:19:12 GMT

said in Rediff:

The recent Pakistani military offensives have gone after the Baitullah Mehsud in South Waziristan and we have yet to see their operations directed at the Afghan Taliban, Haqqani network or some of the Al Qaeda strongholds

The Punjab: The Geography of Fundamentalism

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:55:54 GMT

What is the link between Ajmal Kasab (the lone surviving gunman of the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attack), Zaki ur Rehman Lakhvi (the alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attacks) and Hafiz Muhammad Saeed (the former leader of Lashkar-e-Taiba)?
Source: Rantburg

Who killed Benazir?

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:57:12 GMT

Monday, December 07, 2009 In a recent statement from London, the prime minister said that Baitullah Mehsud, who was killed in a recent drone attack, assassinated former prime minister Benazir Bhutto.
Source: The News

Baitullahs right-hand commander among six militants nabbed in NWFP

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:00:43 GMT

Islamabad, Dec.6 (ANI) : Pakistan security forces have claimed that they have arrested a close aide of former Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud, Rafiuddin , along with five other militant commanders from Hangu region of the North...
Source: Webindia123

Baitullah's right-hand man among 6 held in Hangu

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:06:02 GMT

Security forces have captured former Tehreek-e-Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud's right-hand commander, Rafiuddin, along with five other terrorists in Hangu, official sources told Daily Times on Saturday, adding the forces had also killed a Taliban...
Source: Rantburg

Naheed flays Gilanis statement on Benazirs killer

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:12:03 GMT

Saturday, December 05, 2009 LAHORE: PPP central leader Naheed Khan has said that Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani should not have said that Baitullah Mehsud was involved in the killing of Benazir Bhutto as the investigation into her murder was...
Source: The News

White House approves expansion of drone attacks in Pak

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:16:26 GMT

Hundreds of militants, including Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud, have been killed so far in the dozens of drone attacks inside Pakistan.
Source: Rediff

Photo from Reuters Pictures

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 01:46:52 GMT

Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud (R) is seen after a meeting with security forces in Sara Rogha, located in Pakistan's South Waziristan in this February 7, 2005 file photo.

Photo from AP Photo

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:58:26 GMT

FILE - In this image made from video taken on May 24, 2008, Pakistan's top Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud, right, talks to the media in Kotkai, a village in the Pakistani tribal area along the Afghan border.

Baitullah Mehsud, an Indian Agent? 18June2009

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:16:06 GMT