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2016-02-04 India-Pakistan
Senior TTP leader still alive? Drone 'targeting' Sajna kills 18 militants
[DAWN] Eighteen Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP) Death Eaters of the banned
...the word banned seems to have a different meaning in Pakistain than it does in most other places. Or maybe it simply lacks any meaning at all...
organization
's Sajna group were killed in a drone strike in Afghanistan's Paktika
...which coincidentally borders South Wazoo...
province on Monday night, security sources said.

Members of the TTP offshoot were holding a meeting in Paktika's Birmal area during which its leader Khan Said Sajna was expected to appear, sources said.

It is pertinent to mention that Sajna was reported killed in a drone strike last year, but the information had not been independently verified. The Mehsud tribal faction, which Sajna heads, had not denied claims of Sajna's death at the time.

Of the TTP men killed today, 14 belong to the Mehsud tribe and four to the Wazir tribe.

Claims relating to the strike and the deaths could not be independently verified.

Khan Said Sajna became TTP's deputy leader following the death of Wali-ur-Rehman in May 2013. He fought in Afghanistan and is believed to be involved in the attack on a Naval base in Bloody Karachi
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
Sajna is credited with criminal masterminding a 2012 jailbreak in which the Taliban freed 400 inmates from a prison in Bannu.

Khan Said Sajna leads the Mehsud faction, which split from TTP in May 2014 after former TTP leader Hakimullah Mehsud was killed in a United States (US) drone strike.

In a public statement following the split, he stated his continued commitment to terrorist activity. The US designated Sajna a global terrorist in Oct 2014.
Posted by Fred 2016-02-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [18 views ]  Top
 File under: TTP 

#1 Wehell, AFAIK the US Govt. + Other are still saying we're still in the so-called "Zombie Apocalypse"???

Which we can't have widout Zombies, correct???
Posted by JosephMendiola 2016-02-04 01:41||   2016-02-04 01:41|| Front Page Top

#2 18 militants? But how many puppies and bunnies and little girls?

After all the narrative must be maintained at all cost.
Posted by AlanC 2016-02-04 07:15||   2016-02-04 07:15|| Front Page Top

#3 "Here, Abdul! You stand over here! And wear my white pakool hat!"

"But boss...! [ZA-A-A-A-AP!]... Rosebud!"
Posted by Fred 2016-02-04 10:27||   2016-02-04 10:27|| Front Page Top

#4 Even if he wasn't killed, it will make others afraid to be around him. He has bad juju.
Posted by gorb 2016-02-04 11:01||   2016-02-04 11:01|| Front Page Top

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