Brother of Batulah Mashud killed in shoot out w/other Taliban today
HAKIMULLAH MEHSUD, brother of the late Batullah Mashud who was killed by missle strike this week, who was today named to replace his brother as top Taliban commander in Paksitan, may himself have been shot dead today. See below which is from Global Hujra Online today.
Originally Posted by wazir_gul (GLOBAL HUJRA source)
Hakimullah Mehsud killed in armed clash: sources
Updated at: 2120 PST, Saturday, August 08, 2009
SOUTH WAZIRISTAN: Spokesman of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan Hakimullah Mehsud and another Taliban leader Wali-ur-Rehman have been killed in an armed clash erupted during the Tehreek’s Shura meeting, Geo TV reported Saturday.
At the meeting Hakimullah Mehsud was appointed as TTP Chief after the reported killing of Baitullah Mehsud, the state media reported.
The agenda of the meeting was to appoint successor of Baitullah Mehsud, sources said.
http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=84579
Terrorists free to travel: a myth?
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George L. Singleton
Ironic that British Commonwealth status allows some of the actual terrorists more travel access from their native areas into UK and elsewhere worldwide in the Commonwealth, especially including Canada.
George,
The UK visa rules are now quite strict in theory; both Indian and Pakistani visitors need visas for example, whereas the 'Old Commonwealth' do not, so Australians have visa-free travel for example. For the current list see: http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/po...les/appendix1/
Yes, there are gaps and fraud can allow entry. For example an Indian national wanted for a Mumbai terror attack in 2006 got entry to work here and then disappeared: http://council.smallwarsjournal.com/...ghlight=mumbai Post 5.
The US DHS regularly raises the issue of visa-less travel by UK nationals to the USA, not that they are worried about Mr & Mrs Smith.
davidbfpo
Both Hakeemullah Mehsud and Walur Rehman, his chief rival, killed in shura shootout
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/...n+fight--bi-08
Today, Saturday, August 8, both Hakeemullah Mehsud the younger brother of just killed two days ago Pakistan Taliban leader Batulah Mehsud and Hakeemullah's chief rival to replace Batulah Mehsud, Walur Rehman from another clan of the total Mehsud conglomeration of clans were killed in a hot argument and shoot out during a secret (now public, obviously) shura in Sara Rogha in S. Waziristan.
This leaves for the moment 50-year-old Azmatullah Mehsud as the next most likely Taliban to become leader of all Taliban in Pakistan...but Mullah Ohmar's grizzly gang could and may interfere now to place or pick another new leader of the Taliban for and in Pakistan.
See above DAWN Sunday Aug. 9 story for details. I suggest you believe the fact that all these guys are now dead in such a short period of time. The Mehsud clan allegedly does not support the use of suicide bombers, purportedly believing the use of suicide bombers is heretical to Islam.
DAWN story again confirms top 2 Pak Taliban leaders dead
For anyone reading this on SWJ, in posts on the deaths of these three murdering thugs, Islamist Taliban, I identified the two now dead Meshuds as brothers, and the third dead Taliban leader, Rehman, as their cousin.
In fact all three are of the Meshud tribe but may or may not be the type of kinship I presumed from reading a Pakistan NEWS initial bulletin(s) on them during the weekend.
Will be glad to be openly corrected by anyone who can factually correct my statements of kinship, which solely comes from reading the English daily Pakistan NEWS stories about them.
Thanks,
George Singleton
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/...-turkistan-089
http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=23778
Hakeemullah and Wali both dead: Turkistan
Monday, 10 Aug, 2009 | 07:25 AM PST ISLAMABAD: Baitullah Mehsud had been killed along with 40 militants in a drone strike last week and was buried in his house, says a commander of the rival group.
Haji Turkistan Bhittani, a commander of the Abdullah Mehsud group, told various TV channels on Sunday that Qari Hussain, mastermind of several suicide attacks, was seriously injured in the attack.
He said that Mufti Waliur Rehman and Hakeemullah Mehsud, the two leading contenders for the top slot, were also killed along with several aides when fighting erupted at a shura meeting held to choose new chief of the Taliban.—APP
After Mehsud The rest of the Pakistani Taliban won't be such easy targets
A very comprehensive review of how we got here and what might be next, Hat tip to Abu Muqawama: http://www.slate.com/id/2224668/
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Now the hard part begins. Since the CIA has demonstrated its ability to pinpoint "high-level targets," it will want to go after other top Taliban leaders in Pakistan, such as Maulvi Nazir in South Waziristan and Jalaluddin Haqqani in North Waziristan. But Pakistan's military and security establishment perceives both men, who focus their fighting in Afghanistan and not in Pakistan, as national security assets more than threats. And there's no magic drone strike to fix that.
davidbfpo
"Cold water" on reported death(s)
A detailed look at what has been reported by Bill Roggio: http://www.longwarjournal.org/archiv...bunk_claim.php and a look at those reported dead before, mainly by Pakistani autorities, who were in fact alive: http://www.longwarjournal.org/archiv...akistani_c.php
Some of the comments are just as interesting as the Bill Roggio's.
davidbfpo
KHYBERWATCH/GLOBAL HUJRA focused & useful anti-Taliban remarks
http://www.khyberwatch.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7417
08-11-2009, 08:18 AM
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Gora dagdagae ka masaala hal kawallay na shee, no zandawallay kho ye shee. Ao bal da khabarra pa har soorat khkarra da, che dagdagae ba de talibano pa qatar ke zan la kalla ham zaee wrak na kree. Ao Dagdagae de senator saleh sha ao maulana noor muhammad and maulana fateh khan pa wajah pa S wazirsitan ke der asar laree, ao da dre wara mullayan pa talibano der ghat asar lareee. No pa de soorat da dagdagee role paida kegee.
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[QUOTE by Khan Baba]As per my knowledge, Maulana Fazl Rehaman is the ruler of FATA. He is ruling FATA through Taliban. Almost all the madrassahs in South Waziristan are affiliated to Dagdagge, it also includes those madrassahs which are directly under control of Taliban.
Therefore, he will be the last man to support elimination of Taliban. He will always support them. When there are bombings, suicide attacks etc in the country, you will find him quiet but when govt start thinking on a possible operation against Taliban then he will come out as an arbitrator. He is the biggest bastard (with beard).
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Ya ba ukhree kakaray ya ba kamran shee"
August 10 2009 ASIAN INSTITUTE IN LAHORE article on civil law vs. religious "law"
http://asinstitute.org/node/275
This excellent recent article (Aug. 10, 2009) from the Lahore based ASIAN INSTITUTE on the supremacy of civil law over religious law is a must read for everyone interested in the total war on terrorism today.
Pakistani stops ground action
A report that the Pakistani Army will not take ground action in Waziristan, to the annoyance of the USA: http://watandost.blogspot.com/2009/0...aliban-in.html
The target being the Pakistan Taliban group, TTP.
davidbfpo
Bodies pile up in Swat Valley
An interesting BBC News report on the appearance of bound and blindfolded bodies in Swat Valley, not clear who is responsible - locals seeking revenge or the security forces: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8230267.stm
We know from history the Pakistani Army can be ruthless.
Are these the right suspects?
davidbfpo
Teen athlete fled Taliban stronghold to pursue dream
Racquets, not AKs.
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan (CNN) -- As a little girl, Maria Toor Pakay would beat up boys.
Now, she dispenses of anyone who takes her on within the walls of a squash court.
Pakay, 18, is Pakistan's No. 1-ranked women's squash player. But what makes her story remarkable is that she hails from the country's tribal region of South Waziristan.
The region, along the border with Afghanistan, is home to the Taliban.
There, suicide attacks are a way of life. And the militants, bent on imposing a strict form of Islamic law, punish girls who attend school -- let alone play sports.
"They have no future," Pakay said. "They spend their entire lives in four walls in their home. Their ability is destroyed."
But Pakay wasn't like most girls growing up. She sported a buzz cut and mixed with the boys.
"If someone argued with me, I used to beat them up," she said. "I wanted them to obey me all the time."
Her father, Shams-ul-Qayum Wazir, knew early on that his daughter was different.
"I didn't want her talent to go to waste," he said. "If I would've kept her in the village, all she could do was housekeeping."
So, Wazir packed up the family and moved to Peshawar, the capital of the North West Frontier Province.
Here, Pakay picked up the racquet and swatted down the competition with ease -- first winning the Under-13 championship, then the Under-15, then the Under-17.
In squash, players take turns hitting a ball to the front wall of a court, until one misses.
Pakay, it turned out, rarely did.
"I thought nobody could beat me," she said. "From the beginning when I played squash, I thought I could be a world champion."
Today, despite the lack of a sponsor and few resources, Pakay has gone pro -- and is ranked 91st in the world.
Her father's sacrifice, she said, made her success possible.
"I think I have a great father -- so broad-minded," she said.
For his part, Wazir -- a teacher -- was more circumspect.
"I sacrificed because I want to promote a message of peace," he said. "If the tribal people pick up a racquet instead of a gun, there would be peace.
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