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Taliban leader's brother 'killed'
bbc ^ | Oct 1, 2009 | bbc

Posted on 10/01/2009 12:10:00 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

The brother of Pakistan's new Taliban leader has been killed in a clash with security forces in the north-west of the country, local officials say.

Kalimullah Mehsud was killed in battle on Monday after troops responded to a Taliban rocket attack on a military base in North Waziristan.

Tribal sources confirmed his death. He has since been buried in his village.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: enemy; killed; mehsud; pakistan

1 posted on 10/01/2009 12:10:00 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Awwwwwwwwwww.


2 posted on 10/01/2009 12:12:21 PM PDT by b4its2late (Ignorance allows liberalism to prosper.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
He has since been buried in his village.

So we know where he lived. Now air strike it till not one stone stands upon another.

3 posted on 10/01/2009 12:12:25 PM PDT by Lurker (The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

I don’t want his brother. I want HIM.


4 posted on 10/01/2009 12:13:37 PM PDT by domenad (In all things, in all ways, at all times, let honor guide me.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Two good news posts in mere minutes. Good Job!


5 posted on 10/01/2009 12:14:53 PM PDT by ASA Vet (Iran should have ceased to exist Nov 5, 1979, but we had no president then either.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Hold on whilst I try to work up a tear...

Hold on....

Just a minute more....

Almost there....

Any second now...


6 posted on 10/01/2009 12:15:22 PM PDT by reagan_fanatic (Hope....Change...Bullsh*t)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
OK, I know what the word killed means, but what is "killed"? Is that like pretending to be killed? ...playing dead?

Why the quotes around the word?

7 posted on 10/01/2009 12:21:07 PM PDT by TChris (There is no freedom without the possibility of failure.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Has 0bama issued an apology yet?


8 posted on 10/01/2009 12:41:33 PM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (FUBO - You Lie!!! Kenyan Usurper!)
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To: TChris

I was just about to make the same comment....I’ve long noticed the British press, or the BBC at least, does this in almost every headline, and I keep wondering what’s the point. Emphasis?


9 posted on 10/01/2009 12:44:41 PM PDT by Moltke (DOPE will get you 4 to 8 in the Big House - HOPE will get you 4 to 8 in the White House.)
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To: domenad
Well, then, it looks like your lucky day...

The Taliban in Pakistan have released a video confirming that their former leader Baitullah Mehsud is dead

10 posted on 10/01/2009 12:54:10 PM PDT by ravingnutter
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To: ravingnutter

I win the lottery!


11 posted on 10/01/2009 12:55:28 PM PDT by domenad (In all things, in all ways, at all times, let honor guide me.)
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To: domenad
They also arrested his cousin who became the leader after Baitullah was killed.
12 posted on 10/01/2009 1:05:12 PM PDT by ravingnutter
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To: ravingnutter


Rampant nepotism there...

13 posted on 10/01/2009 1:48:47 PM PDT by texas_mrs (Abort 0bamaCare)
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To: texas_mrs
Yep...as I replied on another thread about their cousin that was arrested that had the same last name...

Had me going there for a minute, I thought maybe this was "the other brother" Mehsud. Kalimullah Mehsud and Baitullah Mehsud were killed according to a couple of other threads. And here I was looking for the Bob Newhart pic of the Darryls...


14 posted on 10/01/2009 2:05:11 PM PDT by ravingnutter
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