 Baitullah Mehsud , amīr (leader) of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), is dead, said two Taliban leaders in a phone call to the BBC . Mehsud was reportedly killed on August 5, 2009, during a U.S. drone attack on South Waziristan ;
<clarity>  Baitullah Mehsud , amīr (leader) of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), is dead, said two Taliban leaders in a phone call to the BBC . Mehsud was reportedly killed on August 5, 2009, during a U.S. drone attack on South Waziristan ;
 Baitullah Mehsud , amīr (leader) of the (TTP), is dead, said two Taliban leaders in a phone call to the BBC . Mehsud was reportedly killed on August 5, 2009, during a U.S. drone attack on South Waziristan ;