Taliban head Mehsud 'may be dead' 塔利班领导Mehsud“可能已死

时间：2009-08-07 00:36:55

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US and Pakistani officials have said they are checking reports that the leader of the Taliban in Pakistan, Baitullah Mehsud, has been killed.

美国和巴基斯坦官员称，他们正在检查巴基斯坦塔利班领导Baitullah Mehsud已经被杀的消息。

Baitullah Mehsud has a $5m US reward on his head
Baitullah Mehsud has a $5m US reward on his head

He is said to have died in a missile attack on the home of a relative.

A US official said there was "reason to believe reports of his death may be true, but it cannot be confirmed".

Family members have already confirmed that one of Mehsud's wives was killed when a US drone attacked her father's home in South Waziristan on Wednesday.

The area is a stronghold of Mehsud, who has been blamed by Pakistan for a series of suicide bomb attacks in the country.

About 2,000 people have died in such attacks across the country since July 2007, when government forces besieged1（围绕，包围） and captured a radical2（根本的，激进的） mosque3（清真寺） in Islamabad from Mehsud's loyalists.

Since then the Taliban in Pakistan have claimed responsibility for some of the worst attacks, but have always denied any role in the murder of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in Rawalpindi in December 2007.


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1 besieged 8e843b35d28f4ceaf67a4da1f3a21399     
包围，围困，围攻( besiege的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • Paris was besieged for four months and forced to surrender. 巴黎被围困了四个月后被迫投降。
  • The community besieged the newspaper with letters about its recent editorial. 公众纷纷来信对报社新近发表的社论提出诘问，弄得报社应接不暇。
2 radical hA8zu     
n.激进份子，原子团，根号；adj.根本的，激进的，彻底的
参考例句：
  • The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
  • She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。
3 mosque U15y3     
n.清真寺
参考例句：
  • The mosque is a activity site and culture center of Muslim religion.清真寺为穆斯林宗教活动场所和文化中心。
  • Some years ago the clock in the tower of the mosque got out of order.几年前，清真寺钟楼里的大钟失灵了。

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