Posted on 08/22/2009 8:56:18 PM PDT by Pan_Yan
Pakistan's Taliban movement has named a new leader, its deputy head Maulvi Faqir Mohammed has told the BBC.
He said Hakimullah Mehsud, a close associate of ex-leader Baitullah Mehsud, had been unanimously appointed at a meeting in northern Pakistan.
Pakistani and US officials believe Baitullah Mehsud was killed in a US drone strike in early August.
However the Taliban continue to insist that he is still alive, despite their decision to appoint a new leader.
Hakimullah Mehsud, who is in his late 20s, is a military chief of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) organisation formed by Beitullah Mehsud in an effort to unite the various factions under one umbrella.
He controls an estimated 2,000 fighters in the Orakzai, Kurram and Khyber regions.
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GOOD! We’ll be right over.Does anybody have the over/under for these idiots?Maybe two months before he recieves a nasty surprise?
I used to joke that the two most dangerous jobs in the world were bodyguard for Pakistan’s President or #3 man in Al Qaeda. Being #1 Taliban in Pakistan probably doesn’t offer life insurance and stock options either.
send him an FAE
That would bring a new meaning to “hut warming present”.
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