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Rockets hit NW Pakistani city; militants attack

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McChrystal: Give Taliban Fighters A Political Voice

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Swat feasts over Mehsud’s death – Pakistan

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Rival claims leave Taliban leadership uncertain

The Taliban claimed 32 troops were killed in an ambush in North Waziristan; the military said 11 Taliban fighters were killed. The military killed four children during shelling in Khyber. Security forces detained seven terrorists in the districts of Bhakkar, Sargodha, and Dera Ghazi Khan in Punjab.

Taliban, Pakistani military clash in North Waziristan

The Taliban claimed 32 troops were killed during the battle; the military said 11 Taliban fighters were killed.

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TTP says Baitullah never kept permanent driver

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Pakistan: Baitullah Mehsud killed while getting ‘leg massage’: report

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Baitullah is alive, claims Hakeemullah

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Baitullah killed in Aug 5-6 attack: Malk

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Pakistan pledges to curb militancy, pounds insurgents

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Pakistani claims of Taliban militant™s death are contested

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Baitullah’s aide says he is alive but ill

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National security adviser: US believes Mehsud dead

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The mutilated bodies of 15 suspected Taliban fighters have been found in the town of Mingora in Swat. Clashes between a peace committee and insurgents in Mohmand resulted in 14 dead. The Taliban killed two soldiers in North Waziristan and wounded six people in a bombing at a school in Charsadda. Security forces detained 12 […]

Analysis: Pakistani claims regarding Baitullah’s death, shura clash, are suspect

Given the Pakistani government’s poor track record in reporting on the deaths of senior extremist leaders as well as on recent events, the government’s claims must be looked upon with skepticism.

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Mehsud alive, insists aide

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Pakistanis admit helping in Mehsud missile strike

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Pakistan’s two-faced game

The fog of the Predator war: Baitullah is alive, say Pakistani Taliban

Military commanders and potential successors Hakeemullah Mehsud and Qari Hussain Mehsud, spokesman Maulvi Omar, aide Qari Hidayatullah, and a former Islamist politician all claimed Baitullah is alive and will speak to the media.

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Reports from Pakistan indicate Baitullah Mehsud was killed during the Aug. 5 airstrike in South Waziristan. Waliur Rehman Mehsud and Hakeemullah Mehsud are said to be in the running to take over for Baitullah. The Taliban killed 18 rivals in the Abdullah Mehsud group in Tank. Clashes between the Lashkar-e-Islam and the Ansarul Islam resulted […]