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Baitullah's lashkar (army) is very organised. He has divided it into various units and assigned particular tasks to each unit. One of the units been tasked to kill people who are pro-government and pro-US or who support the US occupation of Afghanistan. The last person to be killed was Malik Arsallah
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of Pakistan Army, which provide them safe heavens in Tank, Dera Ismail Khan and Abbottabad regions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. This alliance proved to be a major blow to BaitUllah Mehsud and his allies, limiting their influence in the bordering regions of his strong base South Waziristan, that is, Tank
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Various news media sources reported the death of Baitullah Mehsud on 30 September 2008 at the age of 34 due to kidney failure. Many of his close associates, including his aide, his doctor and a Taliban spokesman, vehemently denied the rumors. According to the spokesman, Mehsud was "fit and well."
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released an official denial by Mehsud's spokesman in which he said that Mehsud had no involvement in the attack, that the transcript was "a drama", that it would have been "impossible" for militants to penetrate the security cordon around Bhutto, and that her death was a "tragedy" which had left
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reported that Baitullah Mehsud's group was engaged in a dispute with Qari Zainuddin's group for control of South Waziristan. Both groups had distributed pamphlets leveling accusations against the other groups' leader. Qari Zainuddin stated that Baitullah's group was not practicing jihad because
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On 28 December 2007 the Pakistan government claimed that it had strong evidence regarding Baitullah Mehsud as the man behind the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto on 27 December 2007. The Pakistani government released a transcript it asserted was from a conversation between
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Two of his followers, Maulana Meraj and Hakimullah Mehsud, denied the report the following day, dismissing it as "rumors" intended to negatively impact the Taliban's spread of jihad. They suggested that Baitullah had gone into hiding and isolation as a part of a strategy. Hakimullah added that
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Over the past few years, the small, diabetic yet hugely charismatic Baitullah has established himself and his TTP, a militant umbrella group primarily in conflict with the central government, in South Waziristan and beyond. Many view him as a bigger threat than al-Qaeda leader Osama bin
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Mehsud entered into a ceasefire with Pakistani authorities on 8 February 2005. During the meeting at Sara rogha, the Pakistani military agreed to withdraw its troops from areas under Baitullah's control. The removal did not include the paramilitary
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meetings of Taliban officials in Dir and surroundings are proceeding as usual "to make worth of their abilities and to discuss other plans which he called 'war game plans'." These reports were followed by several telephone conversations between
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and Hakimullah Mehsud to deny Baitullah's death and to claim he had been ill, perhaps gravely, for several months or had been "busy on the battlefield." Hakimullah indicated that soon a videotape would be released as a proof of his statements.
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stated "We took out Mehsud" in a radio address. On 25 August, both Hakimullah Mehsud and Wali-ur-Rehman confirmed to BBC and AP correspondents that Baitullah had perished on 23 August from injuries sustained in the missile strike.
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attributed almost 80% of suicide bombings in Afghanistan to Baitullah. Pakistani officials traced an estimated 90% of suicide and militant attacks within Pakistan throughout the 2007–2009 period to his South Waziristan stronghold.
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After Nek Muhammad's death, Abdullah Mehsud and Baitullah Mehsud both vied for dominance of the Pakistani Taliban. When Abdullah died in a raid by Pakistani security forces and later his successor perished in a bomb explosion,
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Baitullah Mehsud, who abandoned his more well-known colleague Abdullah Mehsud to cut a peace deal with the government some months ago in return for amnesty, has warned of "terrible attacks" against the government if he and his
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Mehsud entered a second marriage in November 2008. Mehsud's first wife bore his four daughters and he may have hoped his second wife, "the daughter of an influential cleric," Ikramuddin Mehsud, would bear him a son.
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The rivalry culminated on 23 June 2009, when a gunman shot and killed Zainuddin in Dera Ismail Khan. The gunman had served as one of his bodyguards and after the incident was suspected to be Baitullah's agent.
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telephoned the BBC to say that Baitullah Mehsud had died on 23 August 2009 due to injuries sustained during the 5 August attack. On 30 September 2009, the BBC received a video that showed the body of Mehsud.
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In July 2008, Baitullah issued a statement that threatened to take action against the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government if it did not step down within five days. The NWFP parliamentary leaders promptly refused.
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In February 2008, Mehsud announced that he had agreed to another ceasefire with the government of Pakistan although the Pakistani military claimed that operations against Mehsud's forces continued.
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Security was beefed up in Zhob and on Balochistan's border with Waziristan after the killing of Abdullah Mehsud, the most important Taliban commander in the country after Baitullah Mehsud.
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Disagreement exists over the exact date of the militant's death. Pakistani security officials initially announced that Baitullah Mehsud and his wife were killed on 5 August 2009 in a U.S.
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On the night of 5 August 2009, while he was staying with his second wife at his father-in-law's house in Zangara, a U.S. drone attacked the premises. According to former CIA director
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Islam forbids suicide attacks. Baitullah's pamphlet claimed that the slain Abdullah had been a government puppet and Qari Zainuddin was a traitor to Islam and to the Mehsud tribe.
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After his capture on 18 August, Maulvi Omar retracted his previous statements and confirmed that Baitullah had indeed perished in the missile strike. On 20 August, U.S. President
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50,000,000 for information that leads to the capture, dead or alive, of Baitullah. The bounty coincided with a previous offer from the United States, which offered $ 5,000,000.
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Abdullah Mehsud, born Noor Alam, was a member of the Mehsud clan in South Waziristan, and was a clansman of Baitullah Mehsud, the most powerful commander in the tribal agency.
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and other members of Abdullah's faction suspected that Baitullah played a role in the attacks. The rivalry continued after Zainuddin obtained leadership of Abdullah's group.
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He avoided media attention and refused to be photographed in adherence with his religious beliefs. Even if it's generally said that he did not attend schooling or religious
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also claimed that there was "pretty conclusive" evidence that proved Baitullah Mehsud had been killed and that he was 90% sure of it. On 23 August 2009, Hakimullah Mehsud and
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In a January 2007 interview with the BBC Urdu Service, Baitullah extolled the virtues of jihad against foreigners and advocated taking the fight to the U.S. and to Britain.
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reported that the CIA has concluded that Mehsud was behind the Bhutto assassination. "Offering the most definitive public assessment by a U.S. intelligence official,
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said Bhutto was killed by fighters allied with Mehsud, a tribal leader in northwestern Pakistan, with support from al-Qaeda's terrorist network." U.S. President
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During Mehsud's time on the run, his brother Baitullah had taken over from him as one of the top Taliban commanders in Pakistan's tribal regions.
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Mehsud "shocked". Mehsud's spokesman was quoted as saying: "I strongly deny it. Tribal people have their own customs. We don't strike women."
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put aside their differences in an effort to refocus against a common enemy. Nazir had previously feuded with Baitullah for his sheltering of
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then placed Mr. Mehsud on "a classified list of militant leaders whom the C.I.A. and American commandos were authorized to capture or kill."
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for which the Pakistani government shared responsibility. In the same interview Mehsud claimed two other attacks: a 25 March attack on an
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note that Mehsud is the primary suspect behind the attacks. An 18 December 2005 report stated that Baitullah Mehsud, Abdullah Mehsud and
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The attack is part of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) campaign using unmanned aerial vehicles in the region by the agency's
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described as the "self-appointed successor of ... Abdullah Mehsud." Zainuddin's group then allied with a group led by another militant,
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By 2006, Baitullah Mehsud's growing influence in South Waziristan led terrorism analysts to label him as "South Waziristan's Unofficial
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were the subject of a man-hunt. Authorities said they believed that the militants were short of ammunition and would be captured soon.
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differed slightly from the translation from the Associated Press. According to the transcripts Baitullah Mehsud says he is at, "
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Although the FBI later completely refuted that he had any involvement in the incident, Mehsud claimed responsibility for the
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whom Nazir had fought to evict from South Waziristan. As a result of the February agreement, Maulvi Nazir ended support for
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groups were involved in many illegal activities in those regions, such as kidnappings, extortion and killings.
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Mehsud's doctor also said he had spoken with him after the rumors of his death. The rumors proved to be false.
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Khan, chief of the Khuniakhel Wazir tribe, who was killed on 22 February in Wana (in South Waziristan).
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In June 2006 Taliban-aligned Waziri tribes began negotiating another ceasefire with Pakistani forces.
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Pakistan: Taliban Leader Baitullah Mehsud Is Dead, Militant Group Commander Says|World News|Sky News
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or Makin. The Agence France Presse transcript identifies Makeen as a town in South Waziristan.
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In December 2007, Mehsud was declared the first leader of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan.
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In telephone interviews with news media Mehsud claimed responsibility for 30 March 2009
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denied previous TTP announcements and said Mehsud was in good health. Major General
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delayed giving official confirmation and asked for patience and an announcement by
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and Baitullah Mehsud were prime suspects in the assassination of Bhutto.
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police station and a 30 March suicide attack on a military convoy near
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Deaths by drone strikes of the Central Intelligence Agency in Pakistan
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Subler, Jason; Graham, Patrick & Haider, Kamran (9 August 2009).
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In an address to the nation on 2 January 2008, Pakistani President
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reports that Baitullah suspected that Abdullah was a double agent.
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Baitullah Mehsud was born in 1970 in the Landi Dhok village in the
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Founder and first leader of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (d. 2009)
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in July Baitullah turned his forces against the Pakistani state.
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He emerged as a major tribal leader soon after the 2004 death of
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Pakistan Taliban leader’s death disputed – Afghanistan- NBC News
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On 28 June 2009 the Pakistani government announced a reward of
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Hamid Shalizi; Peter Graff; Jeremy Laurence (7 August 2009).
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In February 2009, senior Taliban leaders Baitullah Mehsud,
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in the Zangar area of South Waziristan. Interior Minister
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An official in Frontier Constabulary described his army:
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province of Pakistan, which lies some distance from the
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Agency, his native village there being Dwatoi in the
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High-profile victories in the battle against terror
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Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan
Hakimullah Mehsud
Bannu District
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Pakistan
South Waziristan
Khyber Paktunkhwa
Pakistan
U.S. drone strike

Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan
Emir
Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan
War on Terror
War in North-West Pakistan
Pashto
Urdu
TTP
Waziristan
Pakistan
Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan
assassination of Benazir Bhutto
Central Intelligence Agency
drone attack
Rehman Malik
Inter Services Public Relations
Faqir Mohammed
Hakimullah Mehsud
Athar Abbas

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