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Pakistan jets bomb Taliban hideouts
[Iran Press TV Latest] Pakistani jets attack suspected Taliban hideouts in the Orakzai region, in South Waziristan, killing 22 militants and 16 civilians. The hideouts in the Taliban-controlled region of Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) are said to have links with Tehrik-e-Taliban Leader Baitullah Mehsud. The Thursday shelling on the militant hideouts came a day after several other suspected hideouts were struck by two US drone attacks, UPI reported. Mehsud carries a five-million-dollar US bounty on his head as an al-Qaeda facilitator. He is also believed to be behind dozens of attacks on government and civilian targets in Pakistan over the past two years. Pakistani government and CIA officials suspect Mehsud was responsible for the assassination of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto in December 2007. US military officials accuse Mehsud of providing suicide bombers for insurgent attacks against US, NATO and Afghan targets in Afghanistan. Posted by: Fred 2009-07-10 |
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