Hakimullah Mehsud, Pakistan Taliban chief, killed in US drone attack: Report

[Triple C]

I am having beers when this clown dies.

[antimony]

Source: Times of India


Source: Reuters

New Taliban commander, same Taliban program of murder and mayhem. It's good that Fazlullah succeeded Meshud. Now he is on top of the drone strike list. Given the opportunity, I would put a Hellfire in his pocket myself.

And once this joker is sent on his way to be the bitch to 72 dominatrixes, the tin foil hatters who have been throwing all that hate at Malala will start jumping up and down to say "See, AMREEKI CONSPIRACY!!!"

Good times for all, wish he dies a horrible long drawn out death, not a quick one.

[Minskaya]

Pakistani Taliban say chances of peace talks 'below zero'
9 Nov, 2013

The Taliban have ruled out talks with the Pakistan government, saying the chances of negotiations after the killing of their leader Hakimullah Mehsud in a US drone strike were "below zero". Senior Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan leader Ihsanullah Ihsan, in an interview to Newsweek Pakistan, claimed Mehsud's killing last week was a violation of Pashtun culture. "After this incident, there can be no peace talks. It would be too generous to say that the possibility of peace talks is zero; the chances are, in fact, below zero," he said. "You can't engage someone in peace talks and then attack his home and kill his father. Hakimullah Mehsud was our leader, our hearts are heavy and our anger will soon be felt by everyone," he said.

Ihsan described Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan's criticism of the drone strike that killed Mehsud as "shedding crocodile tears". He claimed the "ruse of peace talks" has been used to eliminate Taliban leaders one by one. "This is their strategy: they distract us from our security priorities through offers of talk and then eliminate our leaders. We will not allow this to persist," he said. Asked about the Interior Minister's indignation over the drone strike, Ihsan said Khan was expressing guilt over his government's involvement in a "wrong act". "But his government should have been more positive and proactive from the start. When they are so incompetent that they can't defend their own country and they can't defend their initiative for peace talks, do they even deserve to govern? They are (American) slaves," he alleged.

Asked if he was suggesting the Pakistan government was involved in drone attacks, Ihsan said he was "110 per cent" sure the country's security organisations were involved. "For every drone attack, about 80 per cent of the information and ground intelligence is provided by Pakistani security organisations," he said. "Then how come Chaudhry Nisar is shedding crocodile tears? Chaudhry Nisar is responsible for the security of Pakistan. It's his job, not the army's, to run the system. If the politicians are not in charge, how is it possible to talk with these helpless and incompetent creatures?" he said. "Our policies aren't based on personalities. Whether it's (army chief Gen Ashfaq) Kayani or (former premier Yousuf Raza) Gilani or anyone, we are fighting against the system and that will continue."

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[1980s]

Looks like the latest TTP leader is more interested on redirecting their war towards mainland Pakistan and away from the Pashtun areas.

[Minskaya]

Private schools in Pakistan ban Malala Yousafzai's book
Sunday 10 November 2013

Tens of millions of Pakistani children will struggle to lay their hands on the book written by Malala Yousafzai after the organisation representing the country's private schools decided to ban it. The All Pakistan Private Schools Federation, which says it represents more than 152,000 institutions across the country, has decided that allowing pupils to read the book, I am Malala, would have a "negative" effect on them. The federation also said it believed the book was not entirely respectful of Islam.

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Don't know what to make of this. The Taliban promised to attack schools/libraries that stock the book. Are they really this frightened or are they really this backward?

[Doktor]

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Don't know what to make of this. The Taliban promised to attack schools/libraries that stock the book. Are they really this frightened or are they really this backward?

It's clear they are backwards. If they cared for the schools...

[Agnostic Muslim]

Tempting indeed, but the Pakistani's are already screaming and threatening to close the ISAF supply corridors.

Imran Khan is (if we are talking about the leadership of a major political party) - your statement appears to suggest widespread political consensus on 'closing NATO supplies over this strike', which is far from true.

[Agnostic Muslim]

Gee a Taliban leader killed right when he was about to start negotiations that will in all likelihood humiliate the government. I wonder if the timing was a coincidence.

The PMLN had committed itself to 'dialog', with the TTP responding to that 'commitment' by engaging in a series of vicious terrorist attacks across KP and FATA, against both civilian and military targets. I would not be so certain about arguing that the GoP did not in fact indirectly benefit from this (by blaming the US and finding a way out of the commitment to engage in dialog with the TTP).

[Agnostic Muslim]

The Hakimullah hit was a lot closer to the OBL operation than I imagined:

$120,000 farmhouse where Pakistan Taliban chief died | GulfNews.com
Now we know why the Pakistanis are so pissed off with the hit

Ridiculous - perhaps you should take a look at the intense criticism being directed at the Jamaat-e-Islami for making comments declaring Hakimullah Mehsud a 'martyr', by the military and almost every single political party and commentator in Pakistan.

As always, many of the posters on this site fail to understand the reasons behind Pakistani criticism of drone strikes (due to the refusal of the US to conduct them jointly or through Pakistan alone) and instead fabricate inane arguments about 'Pakistani critics of drone strikes supporting terrorists'.

[Dreadnought]

Ridiculous - perhaps you should take a look at the intense criticism being directed at the Jamaat-e-Islami for making comments declaring Hakimullah Mehsud a 'martyr', by the military and almost every single political party and commentator in Pakistan.

As always, many of the posters on this site fail to understand the reasons behind Pakistani criticism of drone strikes (due to the refusal of the US to conduct them jointly or through Pakistan alone) and instead fabricate inane arguments about 'Pakistani critics of drone strikes supporting terrorists'.

JAKE! Your back? Re-educated?

Yeah, hes a martyr alright....another one in the evil shit can of time and being caught up to BY THE DRONES.

Cant wait to get their next "martyr" between the cross hairs.....BOOM!

Didnt ya just find that funny that THREE drones caught up to him instead of just one like prior strikes...Hmmm wonder where they came from? Give you a hint..it wasnt shang ri la.

[Dreadnought]

[Agnostic Muslim]

Looks like the latest TTP leader is more interested on redirecting their war towards mainland Pakistan and away from the Pashtun areas.

Makes sense, since he operates out of Eastern Afghanistan, more than likely under the tutelage of the NDS (Afghan intelligence agency) that was most recently found cavorting with Hakimullah Mehsud's deputy (who was forcibly taken away by US forces, resulting in Karzai and the Afghans throwing a temper tantrum).

The NDS supports Baloch terrorist organizations involved in what amounts to 'ethnic cleansing' in Balochistan and, apparently, TTP terrorists with a penchant for shooting school girls in their heads - quite an interesting selection of targets ...

[Dreadnought]

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Don't know what to make of this. The Taliban promised to attack schools/libraries that stock the book. Are they really this frightened or are they really this backward?

Frightened no doubt. One little girl gives rise to hope among many little girls that suffer the same treatment. The possibilities of what they can achieve are endless once these assholes are dead and gone along with their retarded philosophy..

[Agnostic Muslim]

The possibilities of what they can achieve are endless once these assholes are dead and gone along with their retarded philosephy..

Given the close cooperation between the NDS (Afghan intelligence supporting Mullah/TTP) and the US, the US is uniquely placed to pressure the NDS (rather than look the other way when it comes to their support for terrorism) to 'allow young girls to achieve the endless possibilities' you speak of.

[Dreadnought]

Given the close cooperation between the NDS (Afghan intelligence supporting Mullah/TTP) and the US, the US is uniquely placed to pressurize the NDS (rather than look the other way when it comes to their support for terrorism) to 'allow young girls to achieve the endless possibilities' you speak of.

Probably why they come here to the US. A better education then those morons back there trying to kill them by the third grade.

IMO, I'm willing to bet that by the time all of this is over that women will be running that country. I bet that really makes you mad huh?

But in either case the women have more guts then the cowards that target them. More brains as well.

Pressurize?