Hakimullah Mehsud, the new leader of the Pakistani Taliban, gave his inaugural press conference yesterday -- The Associated Press’ Ishtiaq Mehsud reports in an
“„Flanked by heavily armed fighters, the new leader of the Pakistani sat on a blue blanket, amiable and relaxed as he cracked jokes and mixed in threats of vengeance for deadly U.S. airstrikes. [snip]
“„At one point, he pulled out a laptop to show his guests an Afghan comedian’s jihadi — or holy war — groups. On the serious side, he also showed pre-attack video testimony made by a .