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Wife of Baitullah Mehsud killed in US drone strike: officials
Pak officials said Wednesday that a U.S. missile strike in northwestern Pakistan had killed a wife of top Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud. Mehsud's associates would not confirm the report, although they did say a woman was killed in the missile strike in South Waziristan, part of the lawless tribal region along Pakistan's border with Afghanistan and where Taliban and al-Qaida leaders are believed to be hiding. Two intelligence officials and one army official, who all spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media, said the strike had destroyed the home of Mehsud's father-in-law, Akramud Din, and that two people had been killed, including one of Mehsud's two wives. One of the intelligence officials said agents were trying to get details about the second person who died. The U.S. Embassy had no comment. Washington generally does not acknowledge being responsible for such strikes. One of Mehsud's associates, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue, said Mehsud was not in the house at the time. Mehsud is the head of the Tehrik-e-Taliban militant group, and he has been suspected in the past of involvement in the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in Islamabad in December 2007. He has denied being responsible. He is also accused of organizing dozens of other suicide attacks in Pakistan. If confirmed, the death of Mehsud's wife indicates authorities are closing in on the notorious Pakistani Taliban leader. ''I think they seem to have good intelligence; there is no doubt about it,'' said political analyst and retired Pakistani army Lt. Gen. Talat Masood. ''They are closing in, and they are keeping the pressure on these people.'' Pakistan's air force and the military have carried out several attacks targeting Mehsud, and the army has said it is preparing for a major offensive against Mehsud and his network in the tribal region. But the offensive has not come, despite it being announced weeks ago. Masood said it was likely the military wanted to concentrate on clearing up militants still active in and around the Swat Valley in northern Pakistan despite a three-month offensive there against the Taliban. ''At the moment, I don't think it has any desire or intention of launching a full-fledged attack in South Waziristan. I feel they are wanting to contain them instead of having a full-fledged attack,'' Masood said. Wednesday morning's attack is the latest in a series of suspected U.S. missile strikes in recent weeks targeting Mehsud.
Pakistani and U.S. officials say the missiles have killed several al-Qaida operatives in the North and South Waziristan tribal regions where Pakistan has deployed more than 100,000 troops to flush out militants and their local supporters. Pakistan has publicly opposed such attacks, saying they were counterproductive and were angering local residents. Islamabad has asked Washington to provide it with access to the latest technology to it so that Pakistan's own military could carry out such attacks. Separately, the military said Wednesday it had killed eight militants and arrested another 14 in operations in Swat and nearby areas during the previous 24 hours.
Baitullah Mehsud – Baitullah Masood – Taliban
Baitullah Mehsud, the Leader of Pakistan’s unified Taliban movement, threatened to attack the US and took credit for three recent attacks in Pakistan, including yesterday’s deadly military assault on a police training center in Lahore.
Baitullah claimed responsibility for the Lahore attack attack as well as suicide attacks against security forces in Islamabad and Bannu during interviews with Pakistani news outlets and international wire services.
“One attack was carried out just yesterday, the one carried out on the training center [in Lahore],” Baitullah told Aaj News. “The second attack that was carried out on the special branch of police …. near a hotel in the Sitara Market [in Islamabad] was also carried out by us. And the suicide attack in Bannu yesterday was also carried out by us.”
More than 30 police recruits and officers were killed in yesterday’s military assault on the Lahore police training facility. The same day a suicide bomber killed four security personnel and wounded three others in an attack on a military convoy in Bannu. A March 23 suicide attack outside of a Special Branch police station in Islamabad killed one policeman. Prior to the recent attack, Pakistani intelligence indicated Baitullah Mehsud dispatched more than 20 Uzbek and Paksitani suicide bombers to Pakistan’s major cities.
Baitullah said the attacks were in response to the US airstrikes targeting al Qaeda and Taliban leaders and operatives in Pakistan’s tribal areas, and promised to strike in the US.
“We have carried out all these suicide attacks to avenge the drone attacks being carried out in the tribal areas especially in the North Waziristan and [South] Waziristan,” he told Aaj News.
“There will be more such attacks,” Baitullah told AFP, including strikes inside the US.
“Very soon we will take revenge from America, not in Afghanistan but in Washington, which will amaze the entire world,” Baitullah threatened.
The US has stepped up its not-so-covert air campaign in northwestern Pakistan. Thirty-six attacks were conducted in 2008 and 11 strikes have been carried this year. Several senior and mid-level al Qaeda leaders have been killed in the strikes. Only 10 such attacks were conducted in 2006 and 2007 combined.
Baitullah statements were made one day after the Fedayeen-e-Islam, a front terror group for the Jaish-e-Mohammed, claimed credit for the attack. The Fedayeen-e-Islam operates from South Waziristan and is closely allied with Baitullah’s Taliban forces.
The claims are not contradictory, as both groups work closely together under the aegis of the Lashkar al Zil, or the Shadow Army, the paramilitary terror alliance operating along the Pakistan-Afghan border. The Shadow Army is made up of elements from the the Taliban, al Qaeda, the Haqqani Network, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami, Harkat-ul-Mujahideen, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami, and a host of Pakistani jihadi terror groups.
Khalid Habib, the former leader of al Qaeda’s paramilitary Shadow Army, was killed in a region controlled by Baitullah Mehsud in South Waziristan in October 2008.
The Shadow Army’s operations can be detected in a series of attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The deadly suicide strike on the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad in September 2008 provides a good example. The Fedayeen-e-Islam took credit for the Marriott bombing, but the attack has been traced back to Baitullah Mehsud as well as Qari Saifullah Akhtar, the leader of the Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami, and Qari Mohammad Zafar, the leader of the Laskhar-e-Jhangvi. All of these groups participated in the attack, under the flag of the Shadow Army.
Baitullah has risen to prominence in jihadi circles after defeating the Paksitani military during a series of hard-fought battles over the past several years. The military and government signed a peace agreement with Baitullah, which ceded control of South Waziristan to the Taliban. The US military offered a $50,000 award for the capture of Baitullah in August 2007, but this was raised to $5 million by the US State Department on March 25, 2009.
Baitullah’s threat to attack the US is not his first. Most recently, he and two other senior Pakistani Taliban leaders in North and South Waziristan formed the Council of United Mujahideen. The group swore fealty to al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and the overall Taliban leader Mullah Omar and threatened to strike at the US and other countries.
The three leaders had pamphlets distributed throughout North and South Waziristan to announce the formation of the Council of United Mujahideen. The Taliban leaders have “united according to the wishes of Mujahideen leaders like Mullah Muhammad Omar and Sheikh Osama bin Laden.”
The pamphlets also said the Taliban alliance “supported Mullah Muhammad Omar and Osama bin Laden’s struggle” against the administrations of US President Barack Obama, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, and Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
The new alliance further stated it was waging war “in an organized manner’” to “stop the infidels from carrying out acts of barbarism against innocent people” just as Omar and bin Laden were waging war against Pakistan, Afghanistan, and the US.
Tagged as: Baitullah Mehsud, Bannu, Drone, Entire World, Islamabad, Lahore Police, Military Assault, Military Convoy, North Waziristan, Pakistani News, Police Recruits, Police Training Center, Security Personnel, Suicide Attack, Suicide Attacks, Suicide Bomber, Suicide Bombers, Taliban Movement, Tribal Areas, Uzbek
Baitullah claimed responsibility for the Lahore attack attack as well as suicide attacks against security forces in Islamabad and Bannu during interviews with Pakistani news outlets and international wire services.
“One attack was carried out just yesterday, the one carried out on the training center [in Lahore],” Baitullah told Aaj News. “The second attack that was carried out on the special branch of police …. near a hotel in the Sitara Market [in Islamabad] was also carried out by us. And the suicide attack in Bannu yesterday was also carried out by us.”
More than 30 police recruits and officers were killed in yesterday’s military assault on the Lahore police training facility. The same day a suicide bomber killed four security personnel and wounded three others in an attack on a military convoy in Bannu. A March 23 suicide attack outside of a Special Branch police station in Islamabad killed one policeman. Prior to the recent attack, Pakistani intelligence indicated Baitullah Mehsud dispatched more than 20 Uzbek and Paksitani suicide bombers to Pakistan’s major cities.
Baitullah said the attacks were in response to the US airstrikes targeting al Qaeda and Taliban leaders and operatives in Pakistan’s tribal areas, and promised to strike in the US.
“We have carried out all these suicide attacks to avenge the drone attacks being carried out in the tribal areas especially in the North Waziristan and [South] Waziristan,” he told Aaj News.
“There will be more such attacks,” Baitullah told AFP, including strikes inside the US.
“Very soon we will take revenge from America, not in Afghanistan but in Washington, which will amaze the entire world,” Baitullah threatened.
The US has stepped up its not-so-covert air campaign in northwestern Pakistan. Thirty-six attacks were conducted in 2008 and 11 strikes have been carried this year. Several senior and mid-level al Qaeda leaders have been killed in the strikes. Only 10 such attacks were conducted in 2006 and 2007 combined.
Baitullah statements were made one day after the Fedayeen-e-Islam, a front terror group for the Jaish-e-Mohammed, claimed credit for the attack. The Fedayeen-e-Islam operates from South Waziristan and is closely allied with Baitullah’s Taliban forces.
The claims are not contradictory, as both groups work closely together under the aegis of the Lashkar al Zil, or the Shadow Army, the paramilitary terror alliance operating along the Pakistan-Afghan border. The Shadow Army is made up of elements from the the Taliban, al Qaeda, the Haqqani Network, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami, Harkat-ul-Mujahideen, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami, and a host of Pakistani jihadi terror groups.
Khalid Habib, the former leader of al Qaeda’s paramilitary Shadow Army, was killed in a region controlled by Baitullah Mehsud in South Waziristan in October 2008.
The Shadow Army’s operations can be detected in a series of attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The deadly suicide strike on the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad in September 2008 provides a good example. The Fedayeen-e-Islam took credit for the Marriott bombing, but the attack has been traced back to Baitullah Mehsud as well as Qari Saifullah Akhtar, the leader of the Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami, and Qari Mohammad Zafar, the leader of the Laskhar-e-Jhangvi. All of these groups participated in the attack, under the flag of the Shadow Army.
Baitullah has risen to prominence in jihadi circles after defeating the Paksitani military during a series of hard-fought battles over the past several years. The military and government signed a peace agreement with Baitullah, which ceded control of South Waziristan to the Taliban. The US military offered a $50,000 award for the capture of Baitullah in August 2007, but this was raised to $5 million by the US State Department on March 25, 2009.
Baitullah’s threat to attack the US is not his first. Most recently, he and two other senior Pakistani Taliban leaders in North and South Waziristan formed the Council of United Mujahideen. The group swore fealty to al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and the overall Taliban leader Mullah Omar and threatened to strike at the US and other countries.
The three leaders had pamphlets distributed throughout North and South Waziristan to announce the formation of the Council of United Mujahideen. The Taliban leaders have “united according to the wishes of Mujahideen leaders like Mullah Muhammad Omar and Sheikh Osama bin Laden.”
The pamphlets also said the Taliban alliance “supported Mullah Muhammad Omar and Osama bin Laden’s struggle” against the administrations of US President Barack Obama, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, and Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
The new alliance further stated it was waging war “in an organized manner’” to “stop the infidels from carrying out acts of barbarism against innocent people” just as Omar and bin Laden were waging war against Pakistan, Afghanistan, and the US.
Tagged as: Baitullah Mehsud, Bannu, Drone, Entire World, Islamabad, Lahore Police, Military Assault, Military Convoy, North Waziristan, Pakistani News, Police Recruits, Police Training Center, Security Personnel, Suicide Attack, Suicide Attacks, Suicide Bomber, Suicide Bombers, Taliban Movement, Tribal Areas, Uzbek
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