Photo: Images of Baitullah Mehsud were released after his alleged death. AFP photo.From The New York Times:
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Pakistani officials said they had received information on Saturday that a ranking militant commander had been killed in a power struggle over who would succeed Baitullah Mehsud, the leader of the Pakistani Taliban.
A Pakistani government official and an intelligence official said that Hakimullah Mehsud, a young and aggressive aide to the former leader, had been shot dead in a fight with another commander who was seeking leadership, Waliur Rehman, during a meeting in a remote mountain region near the Afghan border.
Reports of Hakimullah Mehsud’s death could not be independently verified Saturday. If true, it would be the second serious loss for the Pakistani Taliban in just a week, after reports that Baitullah Mehsud had been killed in an American airstrike on Wednesday.
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Update #1: Conflicting reports of Taliban shootout -- AP
Update#2: The fog of the Predator war: Baitullah is alive, says Pakistani Taliban -- Long War Journal
My Comment: There has been a considerable number of news reports on what has happened since Baitullah Mehsud supposed killing by a U.S. missile strike. Unfortunately, much of this news is coming to us via through Pakistani sources .... sources that have proven in the past to be totally unreliable and inaccurate.