Sunday, January 31, 2010

Afghanistan Pakistan: On Ground Updates - January 31, 2010

Afghanistan/Pakistan:
On Ground Updates
Reportedly... Taliban Commander in Pakistan Hakimullah Mehsud Reported Wounded in Drone Attack this Month, and Has Died

Sunday, January 31, 2010

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USAF Courtesy Photo
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* CNN.com brings us the following... and possible GREAT NEWS... and their report starts off like this... The Pakistani military on Sunday was looking into a local report that the region's Taliban leader had died, officials said... State broadcaster PTV reported that Hakimullah Mehsud, the Taliban commander in Pakistan, was wounded in a drone attack this month, and that he died and was buried last week. PTV cited local sources and its correspondent in North Waziristan...
Read the full report at link below...
Report: Pakistani Taliban leader killed

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* FoxNews.com has this take on the news out of Pakistan today... The head of the Taliban in Pakistan, Hakimullah Mehsud, was killed in a U.S. drone attack, Pakistan state television reported Sunday... The report stated Mehsud had been injured in a drone attack in the Shaktoi area January 14 and died three days later. He reportedly was buried in the village of Mamuzai in the North Waziristan region... But a Taliban spokesman denied the report on Sunday, calling it a "total lie" in an interview with Reuters... The Pakistani army said it is investigating the reports...
Read the rest of this lengthy report at link below...
Pakistan Taliban Chief Reportedly Killed in U.S. Drone Strike

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* Aljazeera.net has this report...
Profile: Hakimullah Mehsud

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* SKY News has a Great read and News Video posted up on their website HERE

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We will know the truth, one way or another... on this matter soon enough. In my opinion... this attack was a response for the killing of our CIA Agents in the Afghanistan suicide bombing a few months ago... and I for one SOOOO hope they killed him... deader than dead.
AubreyJ.........

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