Taliban Leader 'Killed In US Drone Attack'

Sky News ^ | January 31, 2010 | Alison Chung

[rdl6989]

U.S. believes Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud of Pakistan is dead, says senior intelligence official - AP

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[Cindy]

Thanks rdl6989.

I checked a .mil site, but I don’t see anything at a glance about him being dead.

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blog:

http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2010/02/hakeemullah_alive.php

“Hakeemullah alive?”
By BILL ROGGIOFebruary 3, 2010 10:28 PM

Hakeemullah Mehsud in a US Humvee looted from a NATO supply column in Khyber.

SNIPPET: “First Hakeemullah was dead, US and Pakistani officials said. Now he’s alive, an anonymous Pakistani intelligence official told Dawn:

A senior government functionary has told DawnNews on condition of anonymity that Hakeemullah Mehsud may have survived a drone strike.
The official also maintained that another Taliban leader, Qari Hussain, may also be alive.

The government has not officially confirmed the speculations about his death.”

SNIPPET: “As I’ve noted, reports of Hakeemullah’s death are premature and we won’t know either way until the Taliban want us to know. At this stage, everything else is speculation.”

[Cindy]

ON THE INTERNET:

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/06-hakeemullah-may-have-survived-drone-attack-official-rs-02