Baitullah Mehsud - The Man More Dangerous Than Osama bin Laden
January 28, 2008
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Baitullah Mehsud is the chosen leader of a militant coalition known as the Taliban Movement of Pakistan. A collection of 26 groups that have come together to battle the Pakistani army.
During a 25-minute sit-down with al Jazeera, Mehsud, the man Pakistan blames for killing former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, claims he is fighting a “defensive” jihad with the goal to destroy the White House, New York and London.
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More Dangerous Than Osama - The Blotter
He is more dangerous to Pakistan than Osama bin Laden, analysts say. He may be the single most important person in Pakistan’s fight for its future. And for the first time, he has described the goals and the details of the network of militants responsible for the most violent time in Pakistan in 60 years.
“Our main aim is to finish Britain, the United States and to crush the pride of the non-Muslims,” he told Admad Zaidan, al Jazeera’s bureau chief in Islamabad from an undisclosed location in northwest Pakistan. “We pray to God to give us the ability to destroy the White House, New York and London. And we have trust in God. Very soon, we will be witnessing jihad’s miracles.”
In his first ever television interview, Mehsud also called Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf a tool of President George Bush and says he isn’t interested in Pakistan’s nuclear weapons. Mehsud was recently chosen as the leader of a militant coalition known as the “Taliban Movement of Pakistan,” a collection of 26 groups that have come together to battle the Pakistani army and, he claimed in the interview, fight the United States and Britain on their home soil.
The interview takes place in the mountains. Mehsud’s face is obscured, but you can see his long jet-black hair and you get the sense that he is quite tall. He has been described by Pakistani authorities as a brutal and able leader.
Pakistan’s Most Wanted Warlord
Even before he was accused of being behind the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, Baitullah Mehsud ranked as one of Pakistan’s most wanted men. While the United States has been urging Pakistan to scour its largely ungoverned tribal regions for al Qaeda leaders like Osama bin Laden, the Pakistanis have been more focused on tribal extremist figures like Mehsud, who has mounted a serious challenge to the authority of Pakistan’s embattled government.
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