updated Sat. December 24, 2022
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WLNS
April 19, 2018
Johannes Mehserle -- yoh-HAH'-nes MEZ'-ur-lee. Baitullah Mehsud -- BEH'-tuh-luh mah-SOOD'. Hakimullah Mehsud -- hah-kee-MUH'-lah meh-SOOD'. Zeljko Mejakic -- ZHEHL'-koh meh-YAH'-kich. Camilo Mejia -- kah-MEE'-loh meh-HEE'-ah. Hipolito Mejia -- ee-POH'-lee-toh me-HEE'-yah. Meijer -- MY'-ur.
Pakistan Observer
April 6, 2018
NEWS & VIEWS. Mohammad Jamil. TODAY, people of Swat are living without trepidation and fear. One can see smile on their faces, which is result of the resilience of people of Swat and army's contribution towards bringing peace in the region. All the schools that were destroyed and burnt by the militantsÃâà...
BBC News
February 12, 2018
He can be described as a true successor to the first two chiefs of TTP - Baitullah Mehsud, the group's founder, and Hakimullah Mehsud. His influence can be seen from how he defied Mullah Fazlullah - who officially became the third TTP leader after Hakimullah's death in a drone strike in 2014. MehsudÃâà...
The Diplomat
February 9, 2018
The TTP, which converted Pakistan's South Waziristan tribal district into its headquarters during the time of its founding chief Baitullah Mehsud, came to be seen as an existential threat by the Pakistani government and its security agencies. Pakistan had to conduct numerous military operations starting fromÃâà...
SAMAA TV News Pakistan
January 19, 2018
Given that he shares a surname with Baitullah Mehsud, was he necessarily a terrorist? Or was he an aspiring model, as his friends insist? SSP Malir Rao Anwar says Naqeeb was killed in an encounter with the police. According to him, he was a terrorist who was involved in several murders. Moreover, heÃâà...
DailyO
January 16, 2018
And slain Pakistan Taliban founder Baitullah Mehsud had received information of the plan”. For the first time, a terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the assassination which altered the political dynamics of Pakistan. Musharraf was accused of conspiring Bhutto's assassination, murder trial remainedÃâà...
News18
January 15, 2018
Baitullah had received information of the plan," the book claimed, in a reference to slain Pakistani Taliban founder Baitullah Mehsud. The Daily ... It revealed that Baitullah Mehsud had approved the Karachi attack on Bhutto's procession when she returned to Pakistan to lead her party campaign for the 2008Ãâà...
PRI
December 27, 2017
Then-president Pervez Musharraf's government blamed the assassination on Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud, who denied any involvement. He was killed in a US drone attack in 2009. Bhutto had been a fierce opponent of Islamic extremists in the country. She was threatened by al-Qaeda, theÃâà...
The Diplomat
October 25, 2017
Unable to rein in the Taliban leaders due to the stature they had attained in the tribal milieu, the Pakistani security forces and government have entered numerous clandestine deals with some commanders, such as Nek Muhammad and Baitullah Mehsud, despite their open and visible challenge to the state.
New York Times
August 7, 2009
By Pir Zubair Shah, Sabrina Tavernise and Mark Mazzetti. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — American and Pakistani officials said Friday they were increasingly convinced that an American drone strike two days earlier had killed Baitullah Mehsud, Pakistan's enemy No.1 and the leader of its feared TalibanÃâà...
