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U.S. drone kills Pakistani Taliban leader: sources
Source: Reuters
U.S. drone kills Pakistani Taliban leader: sources
ISLAMABAD | Fri Nov 1, 2013 12:29pm EDT
(Reuters) - 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.
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.
(Reporting by Mehreen Zahra-Malik and Katharine Houreld; Writing by Maria Golovnina; Editing by Alison Williams)
ISLAMABAD | Fri Nov 1, 2013 12:29pm EDT
(Reuters) - 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.
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.
(Reporting by Mehreen Zahra-Malik and Katharine Houreld; Writing by Maria Golovnina; Editing by Alison Williams)
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/01/us-pakistan-drone-hakimullah-idUSBRE9A00QY20131101
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Eugene
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Eugene
(61,963 posts)1. Pakistani Taliban confirm Hakimullah Mehsud died in drone strike
Source: Reuters
Pakistani Taliban confirm Hakimullah Mehsud died in drone strike
Reuters in Islamabad
theguardian.com, Friday 1 November 2013 17.27 GMT
The Pakistani Taliban confirmed on Friday that their leader, Hakimullah Mehsud, had been killed in a drone strike in the lawless Pakistani region of North Waziristan, senior Taliban and Pakistani intelligence sources told Reuters.
"Hakimullah Mehsud's funeral is scheduled for 3pm (on Saturday) in Miranshah," an intelligence source said, referring to the main regional city.
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Reuters in Islamabad
theguardian.com, Friday 1 November 2013 17.27 GMT
The Pakistani Taliban confirmed on Friday that their leader, Hakimullah Mehsud, had been killed in a drone strike in the lawless Pakistani region of North Waziristan, senior Taliban and Pakistani intelligence sources told Reuters.
"Hakimullah Mehsud's funeral is scheduled for 3pm (on Saturday) in Miranshah," an intelligence source said, referring to the main regional city.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/01/pakistani-taliban-leader-hakimullah-mehsud-killed-drone-strike
libodem
(19,288 posts)2. They must have run out of 2nd in command guys
Or maybe the 2nd in command saw there was no percentage in it.
polly7
(20,582 posts)3. Again? nt