Word: hakimullah
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...According to the BBC, "Hakimullah" is a nom de guerre; the militant's real first name is said to be Zulfiqar...
...Taliban has ravaged Pakistan, but its leadership is in tatters. After weeks of denials, two Pakistani Taliban commanders admitted on Aug. 25 that the group's chief, Baitullah Mehsud, had been killed in an Aug. 5 U.S. missile strike. The commanders also confirmed reports that Hakimullah Mehsud, a regional chieftain close to Baitullah and one of the organization's rising stars, had been tapped to take...
...announcement highlighted the degree to which the Taliban has been decimated by infighting and drone attacks - as well as the degree to which keeping tabs on a group shrouded in secrecy remains a formidable challenge. Pakistani officials had recently issued conflicting reports as to whether Hakimullah was even alive; intelligence sources suggested he had been killed in a shootout during a Taliban meeting convened to decide on Baitullah's successor. Some still suspect that the man calling himself Hakimullah is, in fact, an imposter claiming to be the terror chief in a bid to convince the world that the group...
...consensus among all Taliban that Hakimullah Mehsud is the best choice." -Sher Zamin, an aide to Taliban commander Maulvi Faqir Mohammad, on Mehsud's selection as the new Taliban chief...
...same personality traits. He will pull out a gun and kill his own people." -Rehman Malik, Pakistan's interior minister, comparing Hakimullah to Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. (New York Times...