Wanted: Accurate Intel On 'Dead' Terrorists -- Washington Times
Taliban leader Qari Hussain? Killed in January 2008 ... until he appeared at a news conference a few months later in Waziristan.
Al Qaeda official Mohammad Ilyas Kashmiri? Annihilated in a drone attack in September ... but still able to give an exclusive interview in October.
Taliban honcho Hakimullah Mehsud? Wiped out in a missile attack in January ... or was he?
Reports on Thursday that Mehsud was only wounded in that U.S. drone attack have prompted questions about the quality of intelligence emerging from Pakistan, a key U.S. ally in the war against al Qaeda and the Taliban.
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My Comment: The CIA (and the Pakistan military) do not have the boots on the ground to quickly verify on who was killed and/or wounded in a drone missile strike. This lack of information will always produce false reports and analysis .... including (maybe) this one.