Taliban Confirm Hakeemullah's Death

[Faruqi]

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/...hs-death-ss-01

KARACHI: Taliban confirmed on Tuesday that TTP Chief Hakeemullah Mehsud was killed in a drone attack in Shaktoi village.

Noor Jamal has been named as the new Taliban leader.

[Mujahid]

KARACHI: The Taliban based in Orakzai Agency confirmed on Tuesday that Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan chief Hakeemullah Mehsud is dead.
However, Alam Tariq the offiicial Taliban spokesman has not yet made a statement.

Sources said that Maulvi Noor Jamal has been nominated as Mehsud's succesor.

Government officials too have confirmed his death and have said that he was killed in a Shaktoi drone strike last month.

American and Pakistani officials had been saying Mehsud was dead since the past few weeks.

DAWN.COM | Pakistan | Taliban confirm Hakeemullah's death

[Mujahid]

one after one, every khariji bastard is being sent to hell

[fawwaxs]

Finally, Taliban have confirmed the death of TTP leader Hakeemullah Mehsud today.
According to sources, Hakeemullah succumbed to his injuries near Multan. The late TTP supremo was being taken to Karachi from South Waziristan for treatment, when near Multan his condition got worsened and he died. Hakeemullah was injured in a drone attack on Shaktoi, North Waziristan on January 14. Around 10 other people were killed in the above said attack. Initially, Taliban spokesman Azam Tariq denied the killing of his leader, terming it government’s propaganda; and added that Hakeemullah was alive and well. However, many sources confirmed that Hakeemullah received severe injuries behind his ear in the drone strafe.

Referring to Hakeemullah’s death, ANP Spokesman Zahid Khan,That the TTP leader has died long ago. He urged the Taliban to lay down arms and stop targeting the innocent people, and initiate talks with the government.

[Ahmad]

we knew this news was coming from them.

[Kharian_Beast]

Thank you Predator sahib.

[fawwaxs]

Maulvi Noor Jamal, a native of the Orakzai tribal region has assumed responsibilities as acting leader of the Pakistani Taliban after death of Taliban leader Hakeemullah Mehsud.

The local residents have claimed that Noor Jamal acting as Taliban chief, the paper reported.

Noor Jamal rose to power as leader of the Taliban in the Kurram tribal area. He was given the additional responsibilities for the adjoining area of Orakzai when the military began an offensive against the Taliban stronghold of South Waziristan in October.

Noor Jamal had been close to Mehsud, one factor that might be in his favor if he does seek to replace him.

Noor Jamal, according to different accounts, is in his late 30s and was a teacher and prayer leader at a local religious school before he was made the leader of the Taliban in Kurram by Mehsud.

[courageneverdies]

Great... A good news.... I heard Toofan Mulla was to be appointed as the next leader.

KIT Over

[afriend]

Yeah Toofan mullah, choosen to lead the taliban to the grave yard..!!!

[Kharian_Beast]

Waiting for a report to state that 500 children were killed in the attack, it is dividing the country, etc.

[Iron_Eagle_17]

What a start to the morning. Let's kill them one by one . This will weaken their morale they will perish one day .

[s90]

Originally Posted by Kharian_Beast

Waiting for a report to state that 500 children were killed in the attack, it is dividing the country, etc.

The peaceful tribal folks are not living in those areas anymore.

[Ahmad]

so how cruel this Jamal guy is? how many innocent people have he killed so far? havent heard of this B****rd before.

[fawwaxs]

Sources: Pakistani Taliban leader is dead

Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud is dead, three Taliban sources said Tuesday.

Mehsud died near the city of Multan while on his way to a treatment center in Karachi, the sources said.

It was not immediately clear why he was going to the treatment center.

Authorities have been looking into reports that Mehsud died after being wounded last month in a drone attack.

Word of his death contradicts a statement by a Taliban spokesman last week that Mehsud was alive and in hiding.

Also last week, a Pakistani news outlet reported that Mehsud had been killed. State broadcaster PTV reported that Mehsud was wounded in a drone attack this month, died and was buried.

The drone attack occurred at a madrassa, or religious school, said Pakistani intelligence and local officials in North Waziristan. The school had been converted into a training camp for militants, the officials said.

That attack came a few days after Mehsud appeared in a video released by the Pakistani Taliban. In it, he sits next to Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi, the man thought to be the suicide bomber who killed seven CIA officers and consultants and a Jordanian army captain at a base in eastern Afghanistan on December 30.

The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for that attack. It was carried out to avenge the death of Mehsud's predecessor, Baitullah Mehsud, who died in a suspected U.S. drone strike last year, according to al Qaeda's commander of operations in Afghanistan, Mustafa Abu Yazid.

Baitullah Mehsud and Hakimullah Mehsud are from the same tribe, not the same family.

The U.S. military routinely offers no comment on reported attacks by drones, or unmanned aircraft. But the United States is the only country operating in the region known to have the ability to launch missiles from remote-controlled aircraft.

[Black Blood]

Next target is Noor Jamal , beat the snake's head not its body.