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Rear shot of Pakistan's Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud in a news conference 2. Freeze frame of Mehsud looking towards camera3. Slow motion of Mehsud turning his head...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eFILE: Kot Kai, South Waziristan region - 24 May, 2008  \u003cbr/\u003e1. Rear shot of Pakistan's Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud in a news conference \u003cbr/\u003e2. Freeze frame of Mehsud looking towards camera\u003cbr/\u003e3. Slow motion of Mehsud turning his head away\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eIslamabad - 7 August 2009\u003cbr/\u003e4. SOUNDBITE: (Urdu/English) Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Pakistan's Foreign Minister:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Based on my information, the news coming out about Baitullah Mehsud is correct, the intelligence reports confirms the news is correct.  But we are doing ground verification and when the ground verification comes, then we will be able to put the 100 percent stamp on this information, but according to my information, this is true (English) and he has been taken out.\"\u003cbr/\u003e5. Wide of Qureshi talking to media\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eDera Ismail Khan - 7 August 2009\u003cbr/\u003e6. Wide of Dera Ismail Khan city, bordering South Waziristan \u003cbr/\u003e7. Baz Mohammad, Taliban faction commander with his security guards standing beside him\u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE: (Pashto) Baz Mohammad, Taliban faction commander:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Iqbal, the brother-in-law of Baitullah Mehsud, gave us the information. The day before yesterday (Wednesday) in the attack which happened, Baitullah and his four other aides and his wife were killed.\" \u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eFILE: Kot Kai, South Waziristan region - 24 May 2008 \u003cbr/\u003e9. Rear shot of Mehsud in news conference talking to media \u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eDera Ismail Khan - 7 August 2009\u003cbr/\u003e10. SOUNDBITE: (Pashto) Baz Mohammad, Taliban faction commander:\u003cbr/\u003e\"He was doing his activities in the dress of Islam and the Talib, but the activities he was doing was not the true Talib mission and it was not a part of Islam. And even the religious scholars did not give their permission (to Mehsud), he was doing his works by his own will. We are all showing our happiness for his killing.\"\u003cbr/\u003e11. Wide of people walking in street \u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eIslamabad - 7 August 2009\u003cbr/\u003e12. Wide exterior of Red Mosque\u003cbr/\u003e13. Worshippers going into mosque\u003cbr/\u003e14. People washing before prayers\u003cbr/\u003e15. Wide of men standing to pray\u003cbr/\u003e16. Close-up of two men praying\u003cbr/\u003e17. Wide of men praying\u003cbr/\u003e18. Men leaving mosque\u003cbr/\u003e19. SOUNDBITE: (Urdu) Mazhar Usman, Vox pop, worshipper:\u003cbr/\u003e\"It is very good (the death of Mehsud). For many years, uncertainty spread throughout our country, and we prayed to Allah for peace. Due to him (Mehsud) there were suicide attacks happening, people lost their lives and our country was defamed.\"\u003cbr/\u003e20. SOUNDBITE: (Urdu) Mohammad Ahmad, Vox pop, worshipper:\u003cbr/\u003e\"This is all about the system. One Baitullah will die, but another one will be born. The main failure of our system is that we have accepted American slavery. Until we make our policies on our own, as long as we will not change our mentality, lot of Baitullahs will be born and keep on destroying our country.\"\u003cbr/\u003e21. Mid of people in front of mosque\u003cbr/\u003e22. SOUNDBITE: (Urdu) Babir Jamal, Vox pop, worshipper:\u003cbr/\u003e\"You can't be sure if Baitullah was the root cause of the suicide attacks, whether he gave training to these suicide bombers, but I say this is a foreign conspiracy. You can't say for certain that the Taliban or this Baitullah Mehsud are preparing suicide attacks.\"\u003cbr/\u003e23. Wide of people outside mosque \u003cbr/\u003ePakistan's Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud, who led a violent campaign of suicide attacks and assassinations against the Pakistani government, has been killed in a US missile strike, a Taliban commander and aide to Mehsud said on Friday.\u003cbr/\u003eEarlier on Friday, Pakistan's foreign minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, told reporters in Islamabad that \"intelligence reports confirms the news is correct\" but that authorities would travel to the site of the strike to verify Mehsud's death.\u003cbr/\u003ePakistani intelligence officials said Mehsud was killed in Wednesday's missile strike on his father-in-law's home and that his body was buried in the village of Nardusai in South Waziristan, near the site of the strike.\u003cbr/\u003ePakistani and US intelligence officials said the CIA was behind the strike. All spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter.\u003cbr/\u003eA rival Taliban faction commander, Baz Mohammad, told AP Television on Friday that he had been told of Mehsud's death by Mehsud's brother in law. \u003cbr/\u003e\"Iqbal, the brother-in-law of Baitullah Mehsud, gave us the information. The day before yesterday (Wednesday) in the attack which happened, Baitullah and his four other aides and his wife were killed,\" Mohammad said.\u003cbr/\u003eBaz Mohammad, a former ally of Mehsud who later became a rival, said he was happy that Mehsud was dead.\u003cbr/\u003e\"He was doing his activities in the dress of Islam and the Talib, but the activities he was doing was not the true Talib mission and it was not a part of Islam,\" he said\u003cbr/\u003eA local tribesman, who also spoke on condition his name was not used, said Mehsud had been at his father-in-law's house being treated for kidney pain, and had been put on a drip by a doctor, when the missile struck. \u003cbr/\u003eThe tribesman claimed he attended the Taliban chief's funeral.\u003cbr/\u003eLast year, a doctor for Mehsud announced the militant leader had died of kidney failure, but the reports turned out to be false.\u003cbr/\u003eAs hundreds of worshippers arrived at Islamabad's Red Mosque for traditional Friday prayers, news of the apparent death of Mehsud was starting to filter out.\u003cbr/\u003eOne worshipper blamed Pakistan's close ties with the US and said his country's policies will create more people like Mehsud.  \u003cbr/\u003eAnother said, \"One Baitullah will die, but another one will be born.\" \u003cbr/\u003eMehsud's demise would be a major boost to Pakistani and American efforts to eradicate the Taliban and al-Qaida, but he does have deputies who could take his place\u003cbr/\u003ePakistani intelligence officials said Taliban commanders were already believed to be meeting in the lawless tribal areas on Friday to choose a replacement.\u003cbr/\u003eThree Pakistani intelligence officials said the likeliest successor was Mehsud's deputy, Hakim Ullah, a commander known for recruiting and training suicide bombers. \u003cbr/\u003eTwo other prominent possibilities, the officials said, were Azmat Ullah and Waliur Rehman, also close associates of Mehsud.\u003cbr/\u003eWhether a new leader could wreak as much havoc as Mehsud depends largely on how much pressure the Pakistani military continues to put on the network, especially in the lawless tribal area of South Waziristan.\u003cbr/\u003eMehsud had al-Qaida connections and was suspected of involvement in the killing of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. \u003cbr/\u003ePakistan viewed him as its top internal threat and had been preparing an offensive against him.\u003cbr/\u003eIn May 2008, foreign and local journalists were invited to a press conference held by Baitullah Mehsud in the town of Kot Kai in South Waziristan. \u003cbr/\u003eDuring the conference, Mehsud's staff insisted that video cameras were positioned in such a way so as the Taliban leader's face was not fully shown, according to journalists who were at the event. \u003cbr/\u003eCameramen were either allowed to shoot Mehsud in profile, or from behind. \u003cbr/\u003eA one point he turned briefly towards a camera.\u003cbr/\u003eMehsud's staff later put a blanket over his head to further disguise his identity.\u003cbr/\u003eIn March, the US State Department authorised a reward of up to five (m) million for the militant chief. \u003cbr/\u003eIncreasingly, American missiles fired by unmanned drones have focused on Mehsud-related targets.\u003cbr/\u003ePakistan has used both military action and truces to try to contain Mehsud over the years, but neither tactic seemed to work, despite (b) billions of US dollars in aid aimed at helping the Pakistanis tame the tribal areas.\u003cbr/\u003eMehsud was not a prominent militant when the US invaded Afghanistan in 2001 after the September 11 attacks, according to a former security chief for the tribal regions. \u003cbr/\u003eBut a February 2005 peace deal with Mehsud appeared to give him room to consolidate and boost his troop strength. \u003cbr/\u003eWithin months of that accord, dozens of pro-government tribal elders in the region were gunned down on his command.\u003cbr/\u003eIn 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