Wali-ur-Rehman

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Birth Date:
00.00.1970
Death date:
29.05.2013
Length of life:
43
Days since birth:
19813
Years since birth:
54
Days since death:
3958
Years since death:
10
Person's maiden name:
Wali Ur-Rehman Mehsud)
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Wali-ur-Rehman (Wali Ur-Rehman Mehsud) (c. 1970), (Bannu)  - reported deceased, 2013) was a senior Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) commander based in South Waziristan.

Wali-ur-Rehman was formerly a spokesman for Baitullah Mehsud, the late leader of the TTP.

Following Baitullah Mehsud's death in a missile attack launched from a Predator drone, a shura convened to choose his successor to lead the Pakistani Taliban. Wali-ur-Rehman was considered a contender for leadership. On August 9, 2009, it was rumored that a heated exchange at the shura escalated to open gunfire, and Wali-ur-Rehman allegedly shot Hakimullah Mehsud, another leadership contender. Rehman called a Reuters reporter to deny that there was fighting or a shura. He and Hakimullah later telephoned the BBC to confirm the death of Baitullah Mehsud.

On November 2, 2009, Pakistani authorities offered a Rs 50 million ($600,000) reward for information that leads to the capture or killing of Wali-ur-Rehman. They offered the same reward for similar information regarding Hakimullah Mehsud and Qari Hussain and smaller rewards for 16 other TTP militants.

On September 1, 2010, the United States added him and Hakimullah Mehsud to its list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists and the TTP to its list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations.

On August 26, 2011, an interview with him was aired on Al-Arabiya TV, in which he threatened to "wreak vengeance" on the U.S. and NATO (especially France and Britain) with "an attack greater than 9/11."

On May 29, 2013, he was reportedly killed by a US drone strike in the village of Cashma near Miranshah, the main town of the North Waziristan district in northwest Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan. He was reportedly killed along with three other suspected Pakistani Taliban members; four other suspected members were injured in the attack. 

Background 

Wali-ur-Rehman's family hails from the Mal Khel branch of the Mehsud tribe in South Waziristan. In 1996, he finished studies at the Jamia Islamia Imdadia madrassa in Faisalabad and returned to South Waziristan to teach in a madrassa in Kani Guram. He was affiliated with the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) party prior to joining the Taliban in 2004.

 

Source: wikipedia.org

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