The swaggering leader of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (ttp or, loosely, the Pakistani Taliban) Hakimullah Mehsud, met a violent end at his lavish home in Pakistan's remote northern tribal areas on November ist. Just like his predecessor and clansman, Baitullah Mehsud, he died in a missile strike from an American drone. He had helped transform the terrorist outfit from being simply a thorn in Pakistan's side. He once sent an al-Qaeda triple agent back to his cia handlers as a suicide bomber.
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