Ditch Mehsud or face action

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan’s security forces will launch a large-scale military operation against all the Taliban commanders in Waziristan along with the ongoing air offensive against Baitullah Mehsud if they failed to accept the government’s demand for their detachment from the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief.
The Taliban leaders in Waziristan, other than Baitullah, including Hafiz Gul Bahadur, Mullah Nazir and Siraj Haqqani, the son of most influential militant commander in the region, Jalaluddin Haqqani, have been asked to refrain from extending support to the TTP chief in the face of the military operation.
Hafiz Gul Bahadur has carried out a couple of deadly assaults against Pakistani security forces in the areas under his control in North Waziristan in the recent past whereas intelligence reports suggest that other militant commanders are also expected to side with Baitullah when the ground offensive is launched against him.
“The Taliban commanders have been clearly told that the security forces will not hesitate from operations against all of them if they decided to side with Baitullah who is responsible for dozens of suicide bombings and other gory acts of subversion on Pakistani soil,” said a well placed source asking for anonymity.
After success against Taliban militants in Swat, Buner and Dir, the Pakistani security forces are face-to-face with the tough task of military operation against Baitullah, who is considered to be the most dangerous local militant commander based in the harsh terrain of South Waziristan.