U.S. Believes Pakistani Taliban Leader Is Dead, Security Adviser Says
Charleston Gazette › August 11, 2009
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WASHINGTON - The United States is nearly certain the Pakistani Taliban's leader is dead, and there now is a leadership struggle within the terrorist group, White House national security adviser James Jones said Sunday.
Claims and counterclaims about Baitullah Mehsud's fate have swirled since a CIA missile strike last Wednesday on his father-in- law's house in Pakistan's rugged, lawless tribal area.See the full content of this document
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U.S. Believes Pakistani Taliban Leader Is Dead, Security Adviser Says
"Mehsud was a very bad individual, a real thug," said Jones, who appeared on three Sunday talk shows. He said the U.S. "put it in the 90 percen...
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