How Pakistan's Top Taliban Leader Was Killed, And News On The Power Struggle That Is Now Underway

High-Profile Victories In The Battle Against Terror -- Times Online

IT WAS around 1am on Wednesday and Pakistan’s most wanted man had taken the risk of spending the night at the house of a close relative. A diabetic, Baitullah Mehsud, commander of Pakistan’s biggest Taliban group, had been feeling poorly in the scorching summer heat of Waziristan and the local doctor called round to give him a glucose drip.

As he lay on a couch on the roof tended by his new wife, somewhere high up in the clear starry sky a distant unmanned plane was hovering, invisible to the naked eye. Its cameras locked in on him, a command was given thousands of miles away in the Nevada desert, and two Hellfire missiles tore into the mud-walled building.

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My Comment: This is a very detailed report on the killing of Baitullah Meshud, head of Pakistan's Taliban. The Times sources must be Pakistani intelligence and/or U.S. Intelligence .... and is probably accurate.

More News On The Killing Of Baitullah Mehsud And The Power Struggle That Is Now Happening Within Pakistan's Taliban Groups

Pakistan Taliban commander denies shootout with rival -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Pakistani Taleban leader 'killed in shootout' -- Times Online
Power Struggle Ensues After Taliban Chief's Apparent Death -- Washington Post
Taliban power vacuum may benefit Pakistan – or Al Qaeda -- Christian Science Monitor
'Time to Strike': Taliban in Disarray After Shootout Allegedly Claims Two Successors -- ABC News
In Pakistan, would-be successors to slain Taliban chief clash -- L.A. Times
Pakistani Taliban appears in turmoil after shootout -- AFP
Pakistani Taliban chief, 40 militants killed in drone strike -- China View
Pakistan Probes Reports of Fighting Between Taliban Rivals -- Voice of America
Pakistan Taliban leader's fate shrouded in claim and counter-claim -- The Guardian
Analysis: Pakistani claims regarding Baitullah’s death, shura clash, are suspect -- Long War Journal
Taliban Leader's Death Disputed, Shootout Claimed -- Wall Street
U.S. says evidence Taliban chief dead "pretty conclusive" -- Yahoo News/Reuters
National security adviser: US believes Mehsud dead -- Yahoo News/AP