Sunday, November 03, 2013

Just Like His Mentor

Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud killed in drone attack
"With marble floors, lush green lawns and a towering minaret, the $120,000 (Dh440,640) farm where feared Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud died in a US drone strike was no grubby mountain cave.

Mehsud spent his days skipping around Pakistan’s rugged tribal areas to avoid the attentions of US drones. But his family, including two wives, had the use of an eight-roomed farmhouse set amid lawns and orchards growing apples, oranges, grapes and pomegranates.

As well as the single-storey house, the compound in Dandey Darpakhel village, five kilometres north of Miranshah, was adorned with a tall minaret — purely for decorative purposes."

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