Propaganda for a false flag by Pakistan to shore up support to escalate a war in Pakistan??

http://www.pak-times.com/2008/10/02/5516/

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan after Baitullah Mehsud

Thu, Oct 2, 2008

Pak Affairs

Rumors about the death of Taliban leader in Pakistan, Baitullah Mehsud, late on Monday after suffering kidney failure made Chaand Raat lugubrious for some and cheered few in Pakistan. Mehsud is the head of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), an umbrella organization for Islamist militant groups operating across Pakistan’s northwest. Based in the restive tribal agency of South Waziristan, Mehsud has also been accused of organizing waves of suicide attacks in Pakistan since last year, including masterminding the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.

Mehsud, believed to be 36 years old, had been suffering from diabetes and high blood pressure for almost a year and had reportedly lapsed into a coma a few days ago after hsi kidneys got failed. Mehsud did not like being photographed and usually kept his face covered while speaking to the media. Abdullah Mehsud a Taliban leader who was among the first captives set free from Guantanamo is sometimes described as Baitullah’s brother. Other sources merely assert that they were clansmen, or associates.

However the people from Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan have vehemently denied the rumors saying he is not dead. One militant spokesman, based in the Swat Valley in northwest Pakistan, said: “I just spoke to a close aide of Beitullah Mehsud and he did not mention any such thing”, whilst a second commented that “our leadership is fine and healthy. There’s no serious illness”. In the United States, a Pentagon official said he could not confirm the suspected death.

And even if the Taliban chief’s death proves to be true, It will be a news that can help making image of Pakistan better.. and even if he dies with some illness; Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan will apparently seems to die with him. He was the man who gathered several Local Taliban group on one platform of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan is the main Taliban militant umbrella group in Pakistan comprising local Talibans. It is a Sunni (Deobandi) sectarian group allegedly involved in terrorist violence, primarily targeting minority Shia and majority Sunni (Barelvi) Muslims in Pakistan. It was formed in December 2007 under the leadership of Baitullah Mehsud. The deputy leader is Maulana Hafiz Gul Bahadur and Maulana Faqir Mohammed is third in command.

On other hand it was also found that In Pakistan, Tehrik Taliban Pakistan – has political aims and it seeks to capture and control territory. The Tehrik Taliban Pakistan is sponsored by the CIA, which provides it money, weapons and equipment. Baitullah Mehsud had been moving freely throughout the region promoting terrorism. His men possess the most-advanced communication and possibly even satellite intelligence. The Pakistani messes first came to know of this in the newspapers during the visit of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani to the U.S., his staff showed evidence of CIA support to Tehrik Taliban Pakistan. I am sure he had no courage to tell U.S. that the ‘foreign support’ to Baitullah Mehsud came from the U.S.
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Perhaps not a bad idea to find background info about the authors of ZAHID HUSSAIN in Islamabad and MATTHEW ROSENBERG in Lahore. They just might be on the CIA pay role.