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Baitullah Mehsud is buying children for suicide bombings: Report
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The so called Taliban Leader, Baitullah Mehsud, is buying children as young as 7 years of age to serve as suicide bombers in the growing spate of attacks against Pakistani, U.S and Afghan targets, citing Pakistani officials and U.S. Defense Department, Washington Times reported. The price for the ongoing child bombers purchase was $7000 to $14000 stated by A Pakistani official, who spoke on the condition that he not be named because of the sensitive nature of the topic. "[Mehsud] has converted suicide bombing into a production output, not unlike [the way] Toyota outputs cars," a U.S. Defense Department official told reporters recently. He spoke on the condition that he not be named because of ongoing intelligence efforts to catch Mehsud, a prime target for a U.S. and Pakistani anti-Taliban campaign. An apparent effort to kill Mehsuc by the U.S. last week was failed. The Pakistani government offered a reward of nearly $615,000 for an information leading to the capture of Mehsud, Dead or Alive On Sunday. The U.S. State Department has offered a bounty of $5 million for Mehsud, who is thought to be hiding in the tribal areas near the Afghan border. The U.S. official said the price depends on how quickly the bomber is needed and how close the child is expected to get to the target. "[Mehsud] produces these suicide bombers, which are sold or bartered, which can be used by [Afghan Taliban leader Mullah] Omar's Taliban or ... other groups," the U.S. official said. In some cases, he said, the children are kidnapped and then sold to Mehsud. The reporter said that efforts to reach spokesman of Mehsud were not successful.
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