Abdullah Mehsud
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Abdullah Mehsud (Pashto: عبدالله مهسود; Urdu: عبدالله محسود; 1977 – 24 July 2007) was a Pashtun militant commander who killed himself with a hand grenade after security forces raided his dwelling in Zhob, Balochistan, Pakistan.[2] He belonged to the Mahsud tribe.
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Abdullah Mehsud | |
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Born | 1977[1] Nano Village, South Waziristan |
Died | (2007-07-24)24 July 2007 Balochistan, Pakistan |
Detained at | Guantanamo |
Other name(s) | Said Mohammed Alim Shah, Noor Alam (birth name) |
ISN | 92 |
Alleged to be a member of | Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan |
Charge(s) | no charge, held in extrajudicial detention |
Status | released, "returned to the battlefield", KIA |
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American authorities later claimed that he had originally been a prisoner in the Guantanamo bay detainment camps, who was judicially released and subsequently "returned to terrorism".