Video of Taliban commander leaves fate unclear

[maddezmom]

Source: AP

Video of Taliban commander leaves fate unclear
By RASOOL DAWAR (AP) – 16 minutes ago

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — The Pakistani Taliban released a video of their militant chief, Hakimullah Mehsud, but his taped comments fail to prove he survived a U.S. missile strike earlier this year.

U.S. and Pakistani officials have become increasingly confident that the brash militant commander died of wounds from a drone-fired missile in mid-January, but the Pakistani Taliban have denied he was killed.

At the same time, the militants have said they felt no responsibility to definitively prove he's alive.

The 43-minute undated video, obtained by The Associated Press on Saturday, shows a healthy Mehsud in white traditional Pakistani dress answering questions from an interviewer sitting off-screen. Another man, wearing a mask, holds a microphone up to Mehsud.



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[Robb]

1. That he doesn't mention any of the missile strikes in North Waziristan

...tells me he's probably deader than disco.