Report: Strike targets Baitullah Mehsud's hideout in Pakistan
June 15, 2008 2:26 PM ET
By Bill Roggio
The US military may have targeted Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud in the town of Makeen in South Waziristan
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Background noise and chatter indicates they are checking for ID on Baitullah Mehsud,
at least 4 people have posed as Baitullah Mehsud. More here:
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I was in the mist of writing a post about all the chatter, and how it might relate to the Afghan threat to go into Paki, when a bot brought me the story about the Missile strike. So I rewrote the post, here it is.
Paki politicians scrambling in DC for more time, Details here: Bottom of post.
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Originally published at https://warintel.blogspot.com/2008/06/baitullah-mehsud-dead.html on June 16, 2008.