Fate Of Pakistani Taliban Chief (Mehsud) Still Unclear

Reuters ^ | 2-9-2010 | Zeeshan Haider

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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A new frenzy of rumours spread about the fate of Pakistan Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud on Tuesday, but a U.S. counter-terrorism official said he could not definitively confirm the death of the militant.

Hakimullah was wounded in a U.S. drone aircraft attack in January. The strikes have escalated since Hakimullah appeared in a farewell video with the double agent suicide bomber who killed seven CIA employees in December in Afghanistan.

The CIA is likely to step up efforts to hunt him -- if he is alive -- after the Taliban claimed responsibility for a bombing that killed three U.S. special forces in Pakistan this month.

The latest rumors started with a Taliban official who requested anonymity, telling journalists Hakimullah died of his wounds while being transported to the city of Karachi, a highly unlikely scenario because he would be more vulnerable to capture or killing outside his stronghold in tribal areas on the Afghan border.

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Can the media make up their minds?

[Blado]

I have no idea what you're talking about so here's a picture of a talibunny with a pancake on its head.

;-D