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From: TimF	7/30/2007 3:09:44 PM
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Taliban Leader Once Held by U.S. Dies in Pakistan Raid By Griff Witte Washington Post Foreign Service Wednesday, July 25, 2007; Page A01 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 24 -- A top Taliban commander who became one of Pakistan's most wanted men after his release from U.S. detention at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, died Tuesday as security forces raided his hideout, officials here said. Abdullah Mehsud had earned a fearsome reputation by orchestrating repeated attacks and kidnappings. Intelligence agencies regarded him as a key figure in an insurgency that has recently been gathering intensity on both sides of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. Pakistani officials said Mehsud blew himself up with a grenade early Tuesday rather than surrender as security forces closed in on his hideout in Zhob, a town in Baluchistan province about 30 miles from the Afghan border. The town is also near Waziristan, a tribal area where the Pakistani military has been clashing with extremist fighters. Mehsud is one of seven former Guantanamo detainees publicly identified by U.S. Defense Department officials as having returned to the fight following their release. Defense officials have said that as many as 23 other freed men, whom they have not identified, have taken up arms again. Mehsud was among a small group the officials suspect took an influential role after leaving the facility... washingtonpost.com

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