Pakistan

According to reports, a US missile strike targeted Baitullah Mehsud in Makeen in South Waziristan. The Taliban killed a pro-government tribal leader and four family members in North Waziristan. The Taliban in Mohmand suspended talks with the government. Five men, including a polio official, were kidnapped in Mohmand. The Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Fazul) political party has declared jihad against the US.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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