Talk:Baitullah Mehsud

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[edit] Unreferenced assertion Baitullah Mehsud and Abdullah Mehsud are brothers...

Someone recently asserted that Abdullah Mehsud was Baitullah Mehsud's brother.

No references were provided for this assertion. It needs them.

Cheers! Geo Swan 07:20, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

I removed this unsubstantiated assertion. Geo Swan (talk) 13:04, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
This assertion has been re-inserted, again, without any references. The Mehsud tribe is large. That any two individuals named Mehsud are brothers is unlikely. I am going to remove this assertion again.
Note: If you are a local, in Waziristan, and you think you know they are related, because it is common knowledge in Waziristan, this does not satisfy the wikipedia's policy of verifiable sources.
Cheers! Geo Swan (talk) 19:29, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Not from the Taliban

baisullah is a local warlord who is not from the Taliban or Al Queda. He is independant like Hekmatyar. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.76.225.62 (talk) 14:30, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] {{cn}} -- see talk

This edit introduces some controversial material that has no references. Please remember the wikipedia aims for "verifiability, not truth".

I think this section, if it remains unreferenced, has to be moved here to the talk page.

Cheers! Geo Swan (talk) 18:28, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] "Warlord"? Or "militia leader"?

Is "Warlord" a POV term?

I think if the article is going to call him a "warlord" then it should reference an authoritative source that calls him a warlord. We don't get to call him a warlord on our own authority.

Until then shouldn't we call him a "Militia leader" or Tribal leader"?

Cheers! Geo Swan (talk) 03:24, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] not sufficiently documented

I am removing the unreferenced assertion that Abdullah Mehsud was a CIA agent. Later in the paragraph there is a properly cited reference to AM being a double agent. Islamonline is the only citation for this bold claim. So it has to be explicitly mentioned. This only needs to be said once -- not twice. Geo Swan (talk) 02:48, 14 March 2008 (UTC)