A Blog by the Editor of The Middle East Journal

Putting Middle Eastern Events in Cultural and Historical Context

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Pakistan's Mehsud Dead (Again)

The Pakistani Taliban, who had previously denied that their leader Baitullah Mehsud had been killed — as widely reported by the US and Pakistani authorities — in a US missile attack August 5 (although they had announced his replacement), are now saying he was wounded in the attack but finally died this past Sunday. So at least there is no lingering mystery: if he wasn't dead already, he is now.

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