Major General Athar Abbas, ISPR spokesman, and Robert Gibbs of the White House had said that his death could not be confirmed although U.S. National Security Adviser James L. Jones had claimed that there was "pretty conclusive" evidence that proved Baitullah Mehsud had been killed and that he was 90% sure of it.
軍報道官のアザル・アッバス少将とホワイトハウスのロバート・ギブス氏はメスード師の死は確認できないとしながらも、ジェームズ・ジョーンズアメリカ国家安全保障担当補佐官はベトゥラ・メスード師が死亡したという「かなり決定的な」証拠があり、ジョーンズ補佐官自身も90％確信していると主張した。