Rival to Taliban commander Mehsud killed

Very nice ! Baitullah Mehsud must be getting a little fed up with things right now , when the Members of the Taliban are being murdered by "Unidentified Gunmen " you know there is some problems in paradise ! This would not be the first case of someone speaking out About Mehsud , Other Taliban "Tribesman" have spoken out about Baitullah recently

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - An unidentified gunman killed a rival of Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud on Tuesday, police said, dealing a potential blow to a government plan to defeat al Qaeda ally Mehsud.

The murder came as the military prepares an offensive against Mehsud, who has been accused of a string of bomb attacks including the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto in 2007.

Separately, a U.S. drone aircraft fired a missile into a Mehsud stronghold in South Waziristan, near the Afghan border, killing six fighters, intelligence officials and a resident said.

The murdered militant commander, known as Qari Zainuddin, had recently spoken out strongly against Mehsud and may have been about to mount a challenge against him. He was killed in the northwestern town of Dera Ismail Khan, police said.

"I confirm that Qari Zainuddin has been shot dead," Salahuddin, superintendent of police in the town, told Reuters.

The gunman, who also wounded another man, escaped, security officials said.

Militants are split into several factions in northwest Pakistan, some of which are rivals

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