NEFA Foundation - Taliban Media Spokesman: Baitullah Mehsud is Still Alive
By Evan Kohlmann
The NEFA Foundation has obtained a new message posted by Abdullah al-Wazir, the official online correspondent for the media wing of the Taliban movement in Afghanistan, sharply denying reports that the leader of the Pakistani Taliban Baitullah Mehsud has been killed in a U.S. missile strike. According to al-Wazir, these widespread rumors are merely part of a plot by American and Pakistani intelligence agencies to prod Mehsud into foolishly revealing his secret location. Al-Wazir insisted, “Baitullah Mehsud is alive in Pakistan, and his organization will soon air a video [of him].”
An English translation of Abdullah al-Wazir's remarks are available on the NEFA Foundation website.