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| Hakimullah Mehsud lived 1km away from Pakistani Army HQ for Waziristan |
| 2013-11-04 |
| MIRANSHAH: With marble floors, lush green lawns and a towering minaret, the $120,000 farm where feared Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud died in a US drone strike was no grubby mountain cave. Mehsud spent his days skipping around Pakistan's rugged tribal areas to avoid the attentions of US drones. But his family, including two wives, had the use of an eight-roomed farmhouse set amid lawns and orchards growing apples, oranges, grapes and pomegranates. As well as the single-storey house, the compound in Dandey Darpakhel village, five kilometres (three miles) north of Miranshah, was adorned with a tall minaret — purely for decorative purposes. With the Pakistan army headquarters for restive North Waziristan just a kilometre away, locals thought of Mehsud's compound as the "safest" place in a dangerous area. Its proximity to a major military base recalls the hideout of Osama bin Laden in the town of Abbottabad, on the doorstep of Pakistan's elite military academy. |
| Posted by:John Frum |
| #6 Makes one wonder how many Pak Army units are surrounding Ayman's [Zawahiri's] place??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-11-04 18:52 |
| #5 They missed the second target the Pak army HQ. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2013-11-04 18:06 |
| #4 Its proximity to a major military base recalls the hideout of Osama bin Laden in the town of Abbottabad, on the doorstep of Pakistan's elite military academy. "Coincidentally", our friendly local mawsk was recently built just steps away from the friendly local police station. |
| Posted by: Dopey Sinatra 2013-11-04 17:12 |
| #3 Dandey Darpakhel village Is it a Toney Upazilla? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2013-11-04 15:48 |
| #2 "He came over for potluck dinners at the mess hall" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2013-11-04 14:33 |
| #1 We are fighting in Afghanistan whilst Mordor is next door. |
| Posted by: Ulusoth Shereter7931 2013-11-04 07:10 |