Baitullah Mehsud
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Apart from the remnants of the hand grenade, there were no other wounds on the body of Baitullah Mehsud. In almost all drone strikes in Waziristan, the dead bodies are so badly mutilated and disfigured that they can hardly be identified.
Baitullah Mehsud was not killed in a US drone attack. He was strangled while he was on an intravenous infusion atop the house of his father-in-law. When his wife rushed to the spot, the killers threw a hand grenade that killed her.
Pakistani jihadi leaders like Commander Baitullah Mehsud, Commander Ilyas Kashmiri, Commander Binyamin and Commander Badr Mansoor are targeted in American drone attacksMore quotes »
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