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Pakistani Taliban say chief Baitullah Mehsud dead
AP ^ | 8/26/2009

Posted on 08/25/2009 10:23:29 PM PDT by james500

Two commanders of the Pakistani Taliban acknowledged Tuesday that the militants' top leader, Baitullah Mehsud, was killed by a U.S. missile strike.

It was the first time the militants acknowledged Mehsud's death, first reported shortly after the CIA missile strike Aug. 5 near the Afghan border.

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"He was wounded. He got the wounds in a drone strike and he was martyred two days ago," Hakimullah Mehsud said. Rehman later repeated the same statement.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: baitullahmehsud; enemy; killed; mehsud; missilestrike; oef; pakistan; taliban

1 posted on 08/25/2009 10:23:30 PM PDT by james500
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To: james500

UFA!


2 posted on 08/25/2009 10:25:58 PM PDT by Jan Hus
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To: james500
Background:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2324160/posts?page=16#16

3 posted on 08/25/2009 10:35:15 PM PDT by gandalftb (An appeaser feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last......)
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To: james500
Two commanders of the Pakistani Taliban acknowledged Tuesday that the militants' top leader, Baitullah Mehsud, was killed by a U.S. missile strike.

Welcome to paradise you camel humping faggot. Here's your first virgin. Enjoy.

4 posted on 08/26/2009 12:14:27 AM PDT by RoadKingSE (How do you know that the light at the end of the tunnel isn't a muzzle flash ?)
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To: Slings and Arrows

So who will be the third public figure to pass away in this grouping?


5 posted on 08/26/2009 1:51:56 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Coming to Marxists' Vineyard this 2009 - Wee Wee's Big Adventure.)
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