Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Pakistan Officials '100 Percent' Certain Taliban Chief Is Dead

Pakistan officials '100 percent' certain Taliban's Mehsud is dead. Photo The Telegraph

Pakistan Believes Taliban Chief Is Dead -- Wall Street Journal

ISLAMABAD -- A senior Pakistani official said Wednesday there was credible information that Hakimullah Mehsud, head of the Pakistan Taliban, died of wounds inflicted by a U.S. missile strike last month in the first official statement about the fate of the militant leader. Still, the statement stopped short of being sure.

"I have credible information that he's dead, but I don't have any confirmation," Rehman Malik, the federal interior minister told reporters in Islamabad as the speculation intensified about whether Mr. Mehsud, 30 years old, was dead.

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My Comment: I guess it is now confirmed ... he is definitely gone and I am sure that I am not the only one who is sorry to see him 6 feet under.

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