Pakistani Taliban Leader Reported Dead

Army probes reports that drone strike killed Hakimullah Mehsud
By Marie Morris,  Newser Staff
Posted Jan 31, 2010 3:02 PM CST
Pakistani Taliban Leader Reported Dead
Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud arrives to meet with media in Sararogha, in the tribal area of South Waziristan along the Afghanistan border, Oct. 4, 2009.   (AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mehsud, File)

The Pakistani army is investigating reports that the leader of the Taliban in the country has died after being injured in an American military drone strike. Hakimullah Mehsud, 28, had been at the helm of the Pakistani Taliban for 5 months, having taken over after the death—also in a drone strike—of Baitullah Mehsud, reports the Los Angeles Times. But a source within the Taliban says Hakimullah Mehsud is alive and has gone "underground" to dodge a recent campaign of drone attacks, CNN reports.
(More Hakimullah Mehsud stories.)

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