Swat Taliban chief Mullah Fazlullah killed, claims NWFP minister

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Thu, May 28 12:40 PM

Lahore, May 28 (ANI): Pakistan has claimed that Swat Taliban chief Mullah Fazlullah has been killed in a military operation being carried out in the SwatValley.

Announcing a whopping four million rupees bounty on Fazlullah, the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) Information Minister Iftikhar Hussain said the Army has confirmed the deaths of several top militant commanders.

The NWFP government has also announced cash reward for the arrest of 21 other Taliban commanders, The News reports.

It has also announced an additional bounty of four million rupees over arrest of Haji Muslim Khan, and five million rupees over arrest of the Taliban's Naib Ameer Shah Doran. (ANI)
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Swat Taliban chief Mullah Fazlullah killed, claims NWFP minister - Yahoo! India News

 

[araz]

Interesting . No bounty for Baitullah Mehsud. Or do we know that he has already gone to meet his maker. Iwill not gloat over the death of any human being. However, i hope this will bring this matter to rest.
WaSalam
Araz

 

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Fazlullah may be dead: Iftikhar

LAHORE: The NWFP government has received reports that TTP Swat chief Fazlullah has been killed in the military operation in Swat, provincial Information Minister Iftikhar Hussain said on Wednesday. He told media in Peshawar several key militant commanders’ deaths had already been confirmed, a private TV channel reported. The NWFP government has also decided to place head money on the Taliban leadership, he added. daily times monitor
Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan

 

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Wednesday, May 27, 2009

By our correspondent

RAWALPINDI: Mystery surrounds the fate of a top-level Taliban occupant of a hilltop bunker in village Datta Khra, between the former Taliban stronghold of Kabal and Shamozai, which was completely destroyed in a gunship helicopter attack last Friday evening.

The possibility of Taliban commander Maulana Fazlullah being the prized casualty is not being ruled out by top military sources, but due to the sensitivity of the issue, no one is even willing to brook a guess.

It is, however, pertinent to mention that since Friday’s strike, Fazlullah has not made any contact with any of his commanders. Understandably, the Taliban are also maintaining a stoic silence on this issue as the confirmation of such an eventuality could have an adverse impact on terrorists’ morale.

According to sources, the bunker was occupied by a top-level Taliban commander as unlike other militant bunkers dotting the landscape, this one had marble flooring while expensive thick Afghan carpets were also recovered from the debris. The fortified bunker was well stocked with food supplies and was littered with destroyed parts of extremely- sophisticated communication equipment.

The practice of the Taliban taking away their dead and burying them quickly has constantly posed a serious problem for the armed forces in confirming the number and identity of the killed and in the event of a commander’s death, the Taliban spare no effort to remove the body. When contacted, DG ISPR, Maj-Gen Athar Abbas said in the absence of any concrete evidence, he could neither confirm nor deny the possibility of Fazlullah’s death.
Was Fazlullah taken out in bunker hit on Friday?

 

[Skywalker]

Fingers crossed.

 

[Enigma SIG]

i hope they've taken him out...

 

[ajpirzada]

these rats never die....
hope this time we have taken him out

 

[AgNoStiC MuSliM]

ARMY HAS NOT CONFIRMED FAZLULLAH"S DEATH!

Though I fully expect Roggio to claim that it did if he shows up alive, and then claim the PA is just a lying and perfidious entity.

 

[batmannow]

ARMY HAS NOT CONFIRMED FAZLULLAH"S DEATH!

Though I fully expect Roggio to claim that it did if he shows up alive, and then claim the PA is just a lying and perfidious entity.

far more important words, of wisdom from a very detrmined senior member!
let FIU work on that? 1 or 2 more days?

 

[Durran3]

I was filled with Joy for a moment there.. lol..

 

[pakomar]

Did ISPR clams that Mullah Fazlullah is dead.

 

[HAIDER]

Neutral response from ISPR. May be or may be not. But Muslim Khan telephonic conversation shows that his mood is very agi. Which sound something west wrong among Taliban commanders and militants are running away or dieing. These militant not going to stay in tunnel for long, they have to come out for their survival anyway.

 

[UnKnOwN]

How are the Taliban able to take away the dead bodies? Shouldn't the ground troops be sent in ASAP after it has been bombed?

 

[kidwaibhai]

thats not possible usually the airstrikes are done far in advance of troop movements and its not worth risking the lives of our soldiers. if some one dies sooner or later we will find out.

 

[Cheetah786]

Interesting . No bounty for Baitullah Mehsud. Or do we know that he has already gone to meet his maker. Iwill not gloat over the death of any human being. However, i hope this will bring this matter to rest.
WaSalam
Araz

Baitullah Mehsud carries 5million dollars on his head offered by the AMericans