Taliban militants have taken serious note of anti-Baitullah Mehsud pamphlets distributed near North Waziristan on Sunday, local residents said on Monday. Unidentified people distributed the pamphlets stating differences among the Taliban leaders, in the Frontier Region Bannu's Bakakhel area on Sunday. The leaflets were attributed to Maulvi Nazir and Gul Bahadar, Taliban leaders in South and North Waziristan respectively. The two militant leaders have formed a new militant bloc to defend interests of the Wazir tribes. "We deny [this] ... we are not involved in this distribution," said a statement from the office of Taliban commander Gul Bahadar. It said anyone who issued the pamphlets was "hypocrite" and would be taken to task once identified. Baitullah Mehsud issued a similar rejoinder last month, saying that he had no enmity with Gul Bahadar.