[Iran Press TV Latest] Militant leader Maulana Fazlullah may have died after he was reportedly injured seriously in an attack in Pakistan's Swat valley, a report suggests. "This just in from our ace reporter, D.J. Wu!"
Should Fazlullah's death be confirmed, it would be the first major success since the Pakistani army launched operations in Dir, Buner and Swat in April.
Killing large numbers of turbans and chasing them out of Swat's not a success?
The Pakistani army attacked Fazlullah's hideout in the Swat valley after they traced his call directing attacks to Tahrik-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi Spokesman, Muslim Khan, Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik announced on Wednesday.
I am just so surprised to learn that the TNSM and the TTP-Swat are one and the same! I'd have never guessed!
Malik said that in his conversation, Fazlullah disclosed that he had been surrounded and had lost many of his commanders. On Thursday, Pakistan's The Nation citing local TV channels reported that the militant leader has been killed. Islamabad's claims about the number of militants that the army has killed cannot be verified independently. The report about Fazlullah's death, thus, challenges the Pakistani government's claims.
I'm not sure how it does, but neither am I taking any of the claims seriously.