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Taliban Militants Blow Up 5 Schools in Pakistan
Voice of America ^ | Jan. 19, 2009 | VOA News

Posted on 01/20/2009 1:00:44 AM PST by FocusNexus

Suspected Taliban militants have blown up five schools in Pakistan's northwestern Swat Valley, continuing a campaign to prevent girls from attending classes.

Officials say Monday's targets included both boys' and girls' schools.

The attacks came hours after a government minister, Information Minister Sherry Rehman, vowed that girls' schools would re-open after winter break on March 1, despite the Taliban's ban against girls' education in the region.

A local Taliban leader, Shah Durran, announced the ban in December, telling families they must stop sending their daughters to school by January 15 or the girls will be killed.

The ban is part of the Taliban's bid to enforce its version of Islamic law in northwestern Pakistan. In recent months, militants have blown up an estimated 175 schools.


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; globaljihad; jihad; pakistan; school; schools; swat; taleban; taliban; wot

1 posted on 01/20/2009 1:00:44 AM PST by FocusNexus
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To: FocusNexus

Where is the outrage?

Liberals are outraged about “torturing” the terrorists, but don’t seem to be care, when said terrorists are blowing up innocent children.


2 posted on 01/20/2009 1:02:26 AM PST by FocusNexus ("Good and evil are present in this world, and between the two there can be no compromise." GW Bush)
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To: FocusNexus

Taliban threatens to kill school girls in Pakistan’s Swat region

http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/connectasia/stories/200901/s2470074.htm

“Local Taliban have threatened to bomb schools and kill any girls attending classes after January the 15th.

SAWLANI: For many schoolchildren, especially girls, attending school in Pakistan’s northwestern region has become a life threatening routine.

Since 2007, 168 schools have been blown up by local Taliban militia, who are determined to suppress the empowerment of women under extremist interpretations of Sharial law.

Last month, a local Taliban commander issued a grave warning threatening to kill every girl attending classes after January 15 and to destroy the schools they are enrolled in. “


3 posted on 01/20/2009 1:05:26 AM PST by FocusNexus ("Good and evil are present in this world, and between the two there can be no compromise." GW Bush)
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SNIPPET from Post No. 1:

"A local Taliban leader, Shah Durran, announced the ban in December, telling families they must stop sending their daughters to school by January 15 or the girls will be killed."

4 posted on 01/20/2009 1:12:10 AM PST by Cindy
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To: FocusNexus

OPINION: When Muslims kill, torture, threaten other Muslims; the pc world turns a blind eye.

Just another day of political correctness and jihad...


5 posted on 01/20/2009 1:13:48 AM PST by Cindy
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To: FocusNexus

Liberals and terrorists bow to the same god...

SATAN!


6 posted on 01/20/2009 2:14:59 AM PST by Levante
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To: FocusNexus

Mass Extermination throughout Afghanistan and the lawless Northern Territory of Pakistan is probably the only sane method of preserving western civilization.


7 posted on 01/20/2009 4:54:37 AM PST by mohresearcher
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To: FocusNexus

Indeed, where are the feminists? Oh, that’s right, the fact that Augusta Country Club doesn’t admin female members is more important.

Oppression of women doesn’t count unless it can be blamed upon the United States.

Feminists are Leftists first and multi-culturalism is the Holy Grail that trumps even the interests of group they purport to defend.


It is said that as a group we are judged by how the innocent are treated. I look at little girls as the proverbial canaries in the coal mine. If they are anything but happy, healthy, loved and protected, something is terribly wrong. That is because there is no good reason why they shouldn’t be.

Any culture that would harm little girls is by definition a pathogen that must be eradicated, plain and simple.


8 posted on 01/20/2009 6:39:20 AM PST by walford (http://the-big-pic.org)
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To: FocusNexus
Saw a special last night about how madrassas in the tribal regions are creating wave after wave of new Taliban. Question: Why don't we blow them up? They're not schools, they're training grounds for enemy soldiers. Tell the f*ckers that, when they say: "Death to America", we're going to take them seriously. At that point they're no longer "dissidents" but enemies of the US and our allies. What do you do with enemies during war? You kill them.
9 posted on 01/20/2009 7:09:06 AM PST by Dilbert56 (Harry Reid, D-Nev.: "We're going to pick up Senate seats as a result of this war.")
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To: Dilbert56

Neh, Abu Hussein aka Zero will be a guest speaker and everyone will sing “Blow the Big Buddha,” again and “Kumbaya.”


10 posted on 01/20/2009 8:57:35 AM PST by Karliner (Things are more like they are now than they have ever been before. DDE)
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