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TTP chief’s rival Qari Zainuddin killed

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The News International, Pakistan, Wednesday, June 24, 2009
PESHAWAR: A tribal leader and top rival to Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud was shot dead in Dera Ismail Khan on Tuesday, police said.

Qari Zainuddin, a young rising militant leader who was increasingly critical of his clansman Mehsud’s use of suicide bombings targeting civilians, was killed at a house in DI Khan.The assassination comes a week after the Army said it was extending a northwest offensive against the militants to the lawless tribal belt along the Afghan border — a campaign Zainuddin told the local media he would support.
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