Drone raid 'kills' Pakistan Taliban

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Source: al jazeera

At least 10 suspected Taliban fighters have been killed in a US drone raid in Pakistan's South Waziristan region, officials and residents have said.

The attack on Tuesday occurred in the same area where Baitullah Mehsud, the Pakistani Taliban leader, is said to have been killed last week, the officials added.

The missiles targeted a house where Taliban fighters were being trained near the village of Ladda, in the heart of the Mehsud tribe's territory, Pakistan officials said.


Read more: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/08/2009811115545947785.html

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1. Drone War Strikes Militant Chief’s Stronghold, Again

Drone War Strikes Militant Chief’s Stronghold, Again


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..robotic aircraft have struck again — this time, hitting a training camp in Mehsud’s mountain stronghold in South Waziristan. As Declan Walsh of the Guardian reports from Islamabad, Taliban commanders insist that Pakistan’s most wanted man is still alive, although government officials are now more confidently proclaiming his death. Intriguingly, Walsh notes, “Some militant commanders issued statements yesterday describing Mehsud as ’seriously ill,’ suggesting they were preparing the ground for an admission of his death.”


More importantly, reports over the past several days have emerged of infighting amongst militant groups — signaling a possible succession battle. Pakistan’s Dawn newspaper reports that at least 19 Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan militants had been killed when rival groups clashed over a disputed checkpoint.

Mehsud’s turf has been targeted by over a dozen drone attacks, and if the Pakistan Taliban leader manages to pull a Houdini, it will be a setback for those ready to claim an early victory in the remote-control war over Pakistan.

“Several commanders are waiting to take over from Mehsud, including Qari Hussein, Mehsud’s ruthless deputy, who is thought to be most responsible for training suicide bombers,” he wrote. “Whether Hussein or another lieutenant takes over,
they’ll be hoping to strike back.”
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/08/drone-war-latest-striking-militant-chiefs-stronghold-again/

four months earlier;

Pak Taliban to Barack: Please Bomb Us

April 8, 2009
Leaders of Pakistan’s Taliban are practically begging President Obama to send the killer drones after them. Not only are they doing interviews with al-Qaeda’s propaganda division. They’re throwing racial insults at the President, and promising to wage terror "all over the world."

Maulvi Nazir, one of the heads of the Taliban in Pakistan’s South Waziristan province, follows up on his ABC interview with a wide ranging talk released by al-Qaeda’s media production unit, As-Sahab. And he’s not exactly feeling friendly. Not only is he unsatisfied with the government’s explains that the recent peace deal with militant leaders in Swat province. ("We shall never put down our weapons until this mischief ends and the rule of Shariah is established in Pakistan," he says.) He won’t even be satisfied with a revolt throughout the so-called "Af/Pak" region. "Our jihad is a global jihad and we aim to liberate Muslims throughout the world and obliterate tumult, oppression and mischief, and establish the system of Shariah all over the world."

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http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/04/pak-taliban-to/

Pakistan to America: Give Us the Killer Drones

April 8, 2009

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/04/pakistan-to-ame/



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