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Revision as of 19:51, 2 September 2007
Abdullah Mehsud was an Afghan/Pashtun member of the Taliban. The 29-year old[1] militant commander was killed on July 24 2007 after security forces raided a house in Zhob, Balochistan.
American spokesmen describe Mehsud as having been held in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps in Cuba, even though his name is missing from the official list of captives.[2][3][4][5]
Mehsud lost a leg to a land mine while fighting the Afghan Northern Alliance in 1996.
Mehsud surrendered to Abdul Rashid Dostum in December 2001, and was sent for interrogation to Camp Delta at the American Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba.
Despite his role in the Taliban, Mehsud was released in March 2004 and returned to a senior leadership role in the Southern tribal region of Waziristan near the Afghan-Pakistani border. His brother Baitullah also leads a tribal group of Taliban militants.[6][7]
In Waziristan, Mehsud was believed to be behind the kidnapping of two Chinese engineers from the building of the Gomal Zam Dam, which left one hostage dead during a botched rescue attempt. He was also alleged to have been behind an attack on Pakistan's Interior Minister Aftab Ahmad Khan Shrpao that killed 31 people.[8]
In 2005, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf announced that Mehsud had been killed by ISI forces, only to later retract the statement.[9]
References
- ^ http://www.dawn.com/2007/04/30/top1.htm
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David Morgan (Tuesday May 14, 2007). "U.S. divulges new details on released Gitmo inmates". Reuters. Retrieved May 15.
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John J. Lumpkin (October 18, 2004). "7 ex-detainees return to fighting: Guantanamo release process called imperfect], [[Boston Globe]],". Boston Globe. Retrieved May 15.
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"Profile: Abdullah Mehsud". BBC. October 15, 2004. Retrieved May 15.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help); Unknown parameter|accessyear=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ list of prisoners (.pdf), US Department of Defense, May 15 2006
- ^ http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070724/wl_asia_afp/pakistanafghanistanchinatalibanunrest_070724074434
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/25/world/asia/25pakistan.html
- ^ Mehsud behind attack: Sherpao
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/25/world/asia/25pakistan.html
External links
- Pakistan Army Pays More Than Half Million Dollars to Al Qaeda in Bizarre Deal, South Asia Tribune, February 10, 2005
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