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washingtontimes.com - 7/2/2009

EXCLUSIVE: Taliban buying children for suicide bombers

— washingtontimes.com — Pakistan's top Taliban leader, Baitullah Mehsud, is buying children as young as 7 to serve as suicide... bombers in the growing spate of attacks against Pakistani, Afghan and U.S. targets, U.S. Defense Department and Pakistani officials say. A Pakistani ... (more) EXCLUSIVE: Taliban buying children for suicide bombers

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news.bbc.co.uk - 6/30/2009

BBC NEWS | South Asia | Banned Pakistani groups 'expand'

— news.bbc.co.uk — Militant groups banned in Pakistan are expanding operations and recruitment in Pakistani-run Kashmir, according to a government... report seen by the BBC. The observations are from a detailed secret report submitted to the region's government on the ... (more) BBC NEWS | South Asia | Banned Pakistani groups 'expand'

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usnews.com - 6/29/2009

President Obama's Speech on Afghanistan and Pakistan - US News and World Report

— usnews.com — Prepared Remarks of President Barack Obama A New Strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan Washington, DC March 27,... 2009 Good morning. Today, I am announcing a comprehensive, new strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan. This marks the conclusion of a ... (more) President Obama's Speech on Afghanistan and Pakistan - ...

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US Predator Drone attack missed Baitullah Mehsud by hours
The Jawa Report — June 25, 2009 US Predator Drone attack missed Baitullah Mehsud by hours The bell tolls for thee Mehsud. New York Times ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A United States drone strike on a funeral in Pakistan’s tribal areas missed the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, Baitullah Mehsud, by hours on Tuesday, a Pakistani security official said Wednesday.[...] Mr. Mehsud was not present at the time of the attack, but had gone to pay his respects to a Taliban commander killed in another American drone strike earlier the same day, the official said. Though the strike on the funeral ...

Guest Post by Katherine Tiedemann: Attack of the Drones, Part 25
The Washington Note — ... in Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud's hometown of Makeen, South Waziristan is the 25th this year (compared to six this time last year), and the fourth in the last two weeks to target Mehsud. A strike in late June missed Mehsud by just a few hours. And even though the Pakistani army carried out its own offensive just hours after this morning's US strikes, a spokesman for the Pakistani military ...