Pakistanis angry over detentions in Times Sq. case Monday, May 24, 2010
ISLAMABAD – Relatives of three men detained by Pakistan for alleged links to the suspect in the attempted Times Square bombing say the men are innocent.
They
AFP - Thursday, August 6TAIPEI (AFP) - - Taiwan's Beijing-friendly government on Wednesday denied boycotting an Australian film festival amid a row over the e
BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel suffered a double blow on Thursday as a senior party ally in east German
Minister seeks closure of anti-Berlusconi websites Wednesday, December 16, 2009
ROME (AFP) - – The Italian government moved Tuesday to close down Internet sites encouraging further violence against Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who
By ELAINE KURTENBACH,AP Business Writer AP - Wednesday, March 18SHANGHAI - Asia's stock market rally seemed to be running out of steam Wednesday, despite an
My Profile
Top News
Reuters top ten news stories delivered to your inbox each day.
Subscribe
You are here:
Home
>
News
>
International
>
Article
Home
Business & Finance
News
U.S.
Politics
International
Technology
Entertainment
Sports
Lifestyle
Oddly Enough
Health
Science
Special Coverage
Video
Pictures
Your View
The Great Debate
Blogs
Weather
Reader Feedback
Do More With Reuters
RSS
Widgets
Mobile
Podcasts
Newsletters
Your View
Make Reuters My Homepage
Partner Services
CareerBuilder
Affiliate Network
Professional Products
Support (Customer Zone)
Reuters Media
Financial Products
About Thomson Reuters
"U.S. missile" strike kills 10 militants in NW Pakistan
Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:55am EDT
Email | Print |
Share
| Reprints | Single Page
[-]
Text
[+]
By Alamgir Bitani
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - At least 10 militants were killed in a suspected U.S. drone strike in South Waziristan region, the same area where Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud is said to have been killed last week, officials and residents said on Tuesday.
The missiles targeted a house where militants were being trained near the village of Ladda, in the heart of the Mehsud tribe's territory, the officials said.
Hamdullah Mehsud, a resident, said three missiles hit the large high-walled house.
"So far, eight bodies have been pulled out of the rubble," he told Reuters. Five people were wounded, he added.
A similar attack last Wednesday hit the house of Baitullah Mehsud's father-in-law in a village in the Makeen area of South Waziristan.
Pakistani officials say Mehsud, his second wife and bodyguards were killed in the attack. However, Taliban commanders deny the death of their leader.
CLAIMS, COUNTER-CLAIMS
It's very difficult to independently verify the claims and counter-claims because Mehsud tribal lands are very remote and under the control of the Taliban.
Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik said credible intelligence reports suggested Mehsud was being medically treated for a stomach ailment at the house of his father-in-law when the missiles struck.
"According to credible evidence, Baitullah Mehsud is dead but we are trying to work out evidence in terms of DNA tests and statements of family members," the minister told the parliament on Monday.
Given that there are thousands of Taliban fighters in the region, the notion of anyone going in to dig up graves to obtain samples from the corpses to try to match DNA with the Taliban leader's relatives seems unlikely, analysts say.
U.S. National Security Adviser Jim Jones said there were "pretty conclusive" reasons to believe Mehsud had been killed.
However, three senior aides to Mehsud, including two possible successors, say their leader is alive and challenged the government to produce evidence of his death.
Analysts say that in a fluid situation the government will be maximizing any opportunity to demoralize the Taliban and create rifts between rival factions while the question of Mehsud's successor remained open.
If Mehsud is dead, analysts said the Taliban's reluctance to admit it was probably aimed at closing ranks to reinforce unity and reduce anxiety within the movement while the leadership chooses a replacement. Continued...
View article on single page
Share:
Del.icio.us
Digg
Mixx
Yahoo!
Facebook
LinkedIn
Next Article:
Fatah vote decimates Arafat's "old guard"
Video
Rise of the Taliban
At this crucial time in the U.S.-led war against the Taliban, GlobalPost reporters recap the current political and counterinsurgency efforts in Afghanistan. Video
Life, death and blowback
Video: Schooled by the Taliban
Full Coverage: Afghanistan and Pakistan
More International News
Myanmar's Suu Kyi ordered back into house detention
| Video
Thai court refuses to extradite "Merchant of Death"
Fidel Castro, turning 83, still a force in Cuba
Head of children's charity shot dead in Chechnya
Rescuers search Taiwan village destroyed by mudslide
More International News...
Related News
Musharraf faces arrest if he returns to Pakistan
6:46am EDT
Featured Broker sponsored link
Editor's Choice
Slideshow
A selection of our best photos from the past 24 hours. Slideshow
Most Popular on Reuters
Articles
Video
Frustrated Russian throws cup at Mona Lisa
Congress drops plan to spend $550 million on new jets
Country duo Brooks & Dunn to break up
Michael Douglas' son could get life in prison
Second tropical depression forms in Atlantic: NHC
Bad assets may need more support | Video
NASA wants proposals for space taxis
Russia sees U.S. space threat, builds new rocket
Myanmar's Suu Kyi ordered back into house detention | Video
Eunice Kennedy Shriver dies at age 88
Most Popular Articles RSS Feed
Video
Quake shakes Tokyo area
Rise of the Taliban
Italy asks for speedy crash inquiry
Talk of the Town
Taliban bomb Afghanistan offices
"Three amigos" meet in Mexico
Taiwan typhoon buries village
Clinton signs oil deal in Angola
Town-hall protests spread
Another bomb hits Baghdad
Most Popular Videos RSS Feed
Your View
Where were you when the Wall came down?
Did you live under the communist regime of East Germany? Sneak across the border to escape to West Berlin? Celebrate the fall of the wall in 1989? Send us your images. Blog
Reuters.com:
Help and Contact Us |
Advertise With Us |
Mobile |
Newsletters |
RSS |
Labs |
Archive |
Site Index |
Video Index
Thomson Reuters Corporate:
Copyright |
Disclaimer |
Privacy |
Professional Products |
Professional Products Support |
About Thomson Reuters |
Careers
International Editions:
Africa |
Arabic |
Argentina |
Brazil |
Canada |
China |
France |
Germany |
India |
Italy |
Japan |
Latin America |
Mexico |
Russia |
Spain |
United Kingdom |
United States
Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency, providing investing news, world news, business news, technology news, headline news, small business news, news alerts, personal finance, stock market, and mutual funds information available on Reuters.com, video, mobile, and interactive television platforms. Thomson Reuters journalists are subject to an Editorial Handbook which requires fair presentation and disclosure of relevant interests.
NYSE and AMEX quotes delayed by at least 20 minutes. Nasdaq delayed by at least 15 minutes. For a complete list of exchanges and delays, please click here.