Pakistan, Us: Taliban Chief Mehsud May Be Dead (ap)

FILE - In this May 24, 2008 file photo Pakistan's top Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud, center bottom with back to camera, talks to the media in Kotkai, a village in the Pakistani tribal area along the Afghan border. U.S. and Pakistani authorities were investigating reports that Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud was killed in an American missile strike, officials from both countries said Thursday August 6, 2009. If confirmed, Mehsud's demise would be a major boost to Pakistani and U.S. efforts to eradicate the Taliban and al-Qaida. (AP Photo/File)AP – U.S. and Pakistani authorities were investigating whether Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud, who has led a violent campaign of suicide attacks and assassinations against Pakistan’s government, was killed in a CIA missile strike.

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