Baitullah Mehsud reportedly killed in Drone Attack

Recent report says that Baitullah Mehsud who has long list of terror acts, has been killed in American Drone Attack. Baitullah Mehsud had become Pakistan’s number of enemy and he was leader of Pakistan Taliban.

Baitullah Mehsud killed in American Drone attack

Baitullah Mehsud killed in American Drone attack

Incidentally, Baitullah Mehsud fought alongside Pakistani Army in Afghanistan as well as American help. His long list of terror includes :-

1. Assassination of Benjir Bhutto December 2007. Most probably this was his most successful and daring attack on Pakistan. Husband of Benjir Bhutto, Asif Ali Zardari became president of Pakistan and still serving as president.

2. Marriott Hotel bombing killing more than 50 people, mostly western.

3. Many suicide missions inside Pakistan.

He had very close contact with Al Qaida. It interesting to note that the same person who was once nurtured by Pakistan became number one enemy of it.
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Suicide Bombing Attack

Recently, suicide bombing has become quite a regular news. Previously, suicide bombing was widely used by LTTE in Sri Lanka. But after LTTE demise recently, and before that too, suicide bombing was put to good use by Al Qaida terrorists.

Suicide bombings in Iraq, Afghanistan is almost regular and routinely executed by Al Qaida terrorists or its associates. Recently two suicide attacks took place, one in luxury hotels in Indonesia and the other in Afganistan.

Here is the news about Afghanistan suicide bombing attack :

KHOST(Afghanistan): Taliban suicide bombers, most of them disguised in burkas, tried to storm government buildings and a military base in two Afghan cities on Tuesday, killing six people, officials said.
The attacks in Gardez and Jalalabad came amid a surge in violence ahead of presidential and provincial elections on August 20, when President Hamid Karzai will stand for re-election despite criticisms about security and corruption. Source.

Here is the news of the other suicide bombing:

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Naxalites and Lalgarh : Liberated Zones in India

Lalgarh is a village in Jhargram subdivision of West Midnapore district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It has been in news recently as it was ‘liberated’ from Indian state by Naxalites last week.

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Naxalites claim few areas inside India as “liberated” zone. Dantewara in Chattishgarh of Indian state is a place which Naxalites claim to be “liberated zone”. West Midanpore in West Bengal is one such area which Naxalites claim to be their second “liberated zone”. Lalgarh was brought to national media and got wide publicity and front page coverage due to killing CPM leaders in broad daylight in Bankshole village. Also policemen fled from their Police Station from Lalgarh to escape the fiery onslaught of Naxal cadres.
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