U.S., Pakistan 'Almost Certain' Militant Leader Mehsud Dead

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ISLAMABAD - The U.S. and Pakistan are almost certain a U.S. missile strike killed the head of Pakistan's Taliban and that his death led to a fierce power struggle among his deputies, officials said Sunday, despite claims and counterclaims as to the fate of the country's most wanted man.

Government and intelligence officials, as well as some Taliban commanders and at least one rival militant, have said Baitullah Mehsud likely died in Wednesday's drone strike on his father-in- law's house in northwestern Pakistan's rugged, lawless tribal area near the Afghan border.

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U.S., Pakistan 'Almost Certain' Militant Leader Mehsud Dead

President Barack ...

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