Taliban leader Mehsud claims that NewYork shooters were his men

by israeli.agent | April 4, 2009 at 12:24 am

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I must shamelessly copy from NP member Barry Wright's article here. The insight he has shown in analyzing how much threat this Mehsud poses to US is truly amazing. Still it is only a claim from Mehsud - not yet proven or no evidence points to that direction.

On Tuesday the Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud, who is accused of orchestrating a string of attacks in Pakistan, warned that Washington may be attacked for offering $5 million for information leading to his location or arrest. Mehsud, who has links with the Taliban in Afghanistan and sends fighters to target Western forces there, said the recent attack was in retaliation for U.S. drone attacks on militants in Pakistan. The State Department has described Mehsud as a clear threat to American interests in the region. In his testimony Petraeus said the cross-border reach of Mehsud's group was questionable, but he added the threat would be taken seriously. "We are doing what is, in intelligence circles, called a 'deep dive' to determine the possibility of that," he told lawmakers, adding that top officials on the White House National Security Council were involved in the effort.

But earlier reports says that the Pakistani Taliban leader, Baituallah Mehsud ,has taken the responsibility of New York shooting in an US immigration center in Binghamton on himself.

35 years old Mehsud is a veteran of earlier Afghanistan's struggle against the Soviets,and claims to have well respected in Afghan Taliban. In additional to all these his head carries a price tag of a whooping 5 million US Dollars.

Mehsud refused to disclose the identity of the attackers as US is searching for them.He also claimed that he had given earlier warning to the US either to stop the drone attacks or face the consequences.

Representative Maurice Hinchey, who represents Binghamton, said that the gunman was an immigrant from Vietnam.

PESHAWAR: Pakistan Taliban militant leader Baituallah Mehsud claimed on Saturday responsibility for an attack on a US immigration centre in New York state in which 13 people were killed.

"I accept responsibility. They were my men. I gave them orders in reaction to US drone attacks," Mehsud said by telephone from an undisclosed location.

A man armed with two handguns killed 13 people at an immigration services centre before apparently turning the gun on himself, authorities in Binghamton, New York, said.

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israeli.agent

at 01:50 on April 4th, 2009

Thanks for the link Cypresso. An informative one.!

.Agent.

djermano

at 04:00 on April 4th, 2009

This story is not what I found...The attacker was a person from Vietnam.

http://www.9wsyr.com/news/local/story/Gunman-blocks-Binghamton-centers-door-kills-13/994JRB7TFk2sfio9Mgsrvg.cspx....

Rev. Jermano

israeli.agent

at 04:05 on April 4th, 2009

Yes. Reverend . That is the information earlier confirmed by US authorities. But now this is what Mehsud claims. This is neither confirmed nor denied by the US.

Nice to see you after a long time :).

.Agent.

Amitjha

at 04:06 on April 4th, 2009

world has got new enemy....Mehsud replaced Laden. Or it is just another creation of dirty world politics.

israeli.agent

at 06:40 on April 4th, 2009

Talking about Mehsud as an enemy of the world, his "profile" speaks volumes about what he is capable of.

http://www.longwarjournal.org/multimedia/Baitullah-profile-Manzar-LWJ-09302008.pdf

One of the significant information is

In his first television interview, conducted by al-Jazeera last year, Mehsud said his ultimate aim is to attack New York City and London. This was more than mere rhetoric. In January, Spanish police said a cell of Pakistanis they arrested in Barcelona were planning suicide operations in Spain and possibly elsewhere in Europe. They had allegedly been dispatched by Mehsud. And so we can add another name to the list of Islamist terrorists with global reach.

How his vision is..

Quotes from Mehsud:

"Soon we will launch an attack in Washington that will amaze everyone in the world."
—Explaining that recent attacks were intended to avenge American missile strikes on Pakistani border areas. (Associated Press, March 31, 2009)

"Only jihad can bring peace to the world."
—Espousing his philosophy during an interview with the BBC.(BBC, October 2007)

"Fantastic job. Very brave boys, the ones who killed her."
—Communication intercepted and produced by the Pakistani government that allegedly fingered Mehsud as being behind Bhutto's assassination. (Newsweek, Jan. 14, 2008)

Be afraid, world..Be very afraid...!

.Agent.

Barry ORegan

at 06:38 on April 4th, 2009

Good story IA, certainly brings to light how vulnerable we are!

Khalid Khan (not verified)

at 07:01 on April 4th, 2009

But the picture pasted with the story is of slain Taliban leader Abdullah Mehsud. Like Mullah Omar Baitullah Mehsud is not facing camera. There is no picts of him from front side.

israeli.agent

at 07:11 on April 4th, 2009

Thanks, Khalid.

But this is from where I got this pic.

http://www.topnews.in/files/Baitullah-Mehsuds.jpg

I did not know that this was his picture as I don't know him personally (god..I don't want to know him...lol )

Could you upload any other pictures of him ?

.Agent.

Amy Judd

at 07:13 on April 4th, 2009

The FBI has made a statement:

The FBI suggests there is little credibility in a Pakistani Taliban militant leader's claim of responsibility for the attack Friday on a U.S. immigration center in New York state in which 14 people, including the gunman, were killed.

Baituallah Mehsud told Reuters by telephone from an undisclosed location on Saturday, "They were my men. I gave them orders in reaction to U.S. drone attacks."

The claim appears to be little more than a publicity stunt.

"Based on the evidence, we can firmly discount that claim," FBI Special Agent Richard Kolko said Saturday.