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Taliban Leader: Dead or Alive?

Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud was reportedly killed by a U.S. missile strike, but some Taliban members are insisting that he is still alive. Nicholas Schmidle of New America Foundation and Christine Fair of the RAND Corporation join The Takeaway.

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Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud was reportedly killed by a U.S. missile strike on Wednesday, but some members of the Pakistani Taliban are insisting that their leader is still alive. Nicholas Schmidle, of New America Foundation, and Christine Fair with the RAND Corporation sift through the conflicting information.