Islamabad – U.S. Drone Kills Pakistani Taliban Leader

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    Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud (C) sits with other millitants in South Waziristan October 4, 2009 in this video grab taken from footage released October 5, 2009. REUTERS/Reuters TVIslamabad – A U.S. drone strike in Pakistan killed the head of the Pakistani Taliban on Friday, security sources told Reuters, the latest in a series of blows to Pakistan’s most feared militant group.

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    Hakimullah Mehsud has been reported dead several times before. But late on Friday, several intelligence, army and militant sources across the country confirmed he had been killed in the strike in the lawless North Waziristan region.

    “We can confirm Hakimullah Mehsud was killed in the drone strike,” said one senior security official.


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    Sociologist
    Sociologist
    10 years ago

    Good way to end the week.

    birgas
    birgas
    10 years ago

    Kudos to Obama for a supperb job in exterminating terrorists and evildoers.

    Give credit where credit is due!

    mossad
    mossad
    10 years ago

    V’shem reshaim yirkav

    TexasJew
    TexasJew
    10 years ago

    1 down 10 million left.

    charliehall
    charliehall
    10 years ago

    May he rest in pieces.