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Defend America on Thursday, February 04, 2010 7:08:50 PM
Intelligence official: US believes Mehsud is dead
By MATT APUZZO, Associated Press Writer Matt Apuzzo, Associated Press Writer
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Thu Feb 4, 7:21 am ET
WASHINGTON
– U.S. counterterrorism officials believe Pakistani Taliban leader
Hakimullah Mehsud is dead following a missile attack last month, a
senior intelligence official said Wednesday in the strongest signal
that Washington has offered about the militant's fate.
Neither Pakistan nor the U.S. has officially confirmed the death of Mehsud, who commands an al-Qaida-allied movement that is blamed for scores of suicide bombings and is suspected in a deadly attack on a CIA base in Afghanistan late last year.
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