Baitullah Mehsud : ` ` It 's clear '' Mehsud leader Baitullah Mehsud is dead . Mehsud would be on TV and radio if he were alive , U.S. envoy says . Pakistani Taliban has given conflicting reports about whether Pakistani Taliban killed in missile strike . Baitullah Mehsud , right , and a bodyguard arrive at a meeting in South Waziristan , Pakistan , in 2004 . One Taliban spokesman says Mehsud is ill and will reappear when he feels better .
Baitullah Mehsud : `` It 's clear '' Mehsud leader Baitullah Mehsud is dead . Mehsud would be on TV and radio if he were alive , U.S. envoy says . Pakistani Taliban has given conflicting reports about whether Pakistani Taliban killed in missile strike . One Taliban spokesman says Mehsud is ill and will reappear when he feels better .