Pakistan

US intelligence sources said Hakeemullah Mehsud may be dead. Prime minister Gilani claimed more than 3,000 Taliban have surrendered in Swat. Security forces killed 27 Lashkar-e-Islam fighters in Khyber and detained 12 Taliban fighters in Bajaur.. Two policemen were killed in Mardan.

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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