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Baitullah Mehsud

1974 - 2009

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Baitullah Mehsud (c. 1970 – 5 August 2009) was a Pakistani militant. He was one of the founders and a leader of the Pakistani Taliban (TTP) in Waziristan. He formed the TTP from an alliance of about five militant groups in December 2007. He is thought by U.S. military analysts to have commanded up to 5,000 fighters and to have been behind numerous attacks in Pakistan including the assassination of Benazir Bhutto which he and others have denied. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Baitullah Mehsud is the 267th most popular extremist (down from 254th in 2019), the 163rd most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 125th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Pakistani Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Baitullah Mehsud ranks 267 out of 283. Before him are Noordin Mohammad Top, Moses Sithole, Wail al-Shehri, Atefeh Sahaaleh, James Holmes, and Colin Pitchfork. After him are Seung-Hui Cho, Hamza al-Ghamdi, Satam al-Suqami, Beverley Allitt, Mohammed Bijeh, and Waleed al-Shehri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Baitullah Mehsud ranks 652. Before him are Gábor Babos, Arsi Harju, Géza Imre, Lulzim Basha, Diego Gutiérrez, and Ivri Lider. After him are Kaori Mizuhashi, Roman Berezovsky, Oka Nikolov, Yang Chen, Yaw Preko, and Rocky Gray. Among people deceased in 2009, Baitullah Mehsud ranks 414. Before him are Sulim Yamadayev, Bina Rai, Cahal Daly, Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Jane Bryan, and Gale Storm. After him are John Mortimer, Anastasia Baburova, Mark Leduc, Vic Crowe, Shakti Samanta, and Giovanni Parisi.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Baitullah Mehsud ranks 163 out of 217. Before him are Imran Abbas (1977), Abida Parveen (1954), Nazia Hassan (1965), Yash Pal (1926), Salma Agha (1956), and Shahbaz Bhatti (1968). After him are Iqbal Theba (1963), Hussain Shah (1964), Chetan Anand (1915), Googie Withers (1917), Zia Mohyeddin (1931), and Hina Jilani (1953).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Pakistan

Among extremists born in Pakistan, Baitullah Mehsud ranks 4. Before him are Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (1964), Javed Iqbal (1961), and Fazlullah (1974). After him are Hakimullah Mehsud (1979), and Ajmal Kasab (1987).

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