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Posted on 04/25/2010 2:54:34 PM PDT by XHogPilot
KABUL - More than 80 schoolgirls have fallen ill in three cases of mass sickness over the past week in northern Afghanistan, raising fears that militants who oppose education for girls are using poison to scare them away from school.
The latest case occurred Sunday when 13 girls became sick at school, Kunduz provincial spokesman Mahbobullah Sayedi said. Another 47 complained of dizziness and nausea on Saturday, and 23 got sick last Wednesday. All complained of a strange smell in class before they fell ill.
(snip) The Health Ministry in Kunduz said blood samples were inconclusive and were being sent to Kabul for further testing.
Sayedi blamed the sickness on "enemies" who oppose education for girls. Presidential spokesman Waheed Omar said any attempt to keep girls out of school is a "terrorist act."
The Taliban and other conservative extremist groups in Afghanistan who oppose female education have been known to target schoolgirls. Girls were not allowed to attend school when the Taliban controlled most of Afghanistan until they were ousted in the 2001 U.S.-led invasion.
Last year, dozens of schoolgirls were hospitalized in Kapisa province, just northeast of Kabul, after collapsing with headaches and nausea. An unusual smell filled the schoolyard before the students fell ill. The Taliban was blamed, snip
Anesa, a 9-year-old girl who was among those hospitalized Sunday, said she noticed a strange odor and then saw two of her teachers fall unconscious.
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Azizullah Safar, head of the Kunduz hospital, said many of the girls were still suffering from pain, dizziness and vomiting.
"I was in class when a smell like a flower reached my nose," said Sumaila, 12, one of the girls hospitalized. "I saw my classmates and my teacher collapse and when I opened my eyes I was in hospital."
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I expect in a few days MSNBC will report the Taliban is joining forces with the Tea Parties.
Next they'll be calling them the "Chai Party" movement.
the left continues its delusional march
But islam is a peaceful religion. /sarc
(Actually that description fits the MSNBC people too).
A bunch of evil wimps....so afraid of women and girls that they resort to nasty tactics like this.
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Those women ought to be fixin’ some special vittles for their men. Yah, just for daddy.
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“conservative extremist groups”
Odd way to describe Michael Moore’s “freedom fighers”.
Honestly, grown men picking on little girls!!!Yeah, and Christian men are the misogynists....
It’s the worst of all the gubmint mouthpieces.
It’s because MSNBC is owned by the corporate elite, who vomit out their diatribe that would make Goebbels smile from the pits of hellfire.
But no one watches them as a result, so the fact that they only reach 12 people should be an encouragement to us. :)
Test runs and prototypes for American soil attacks.We have to learn how the barbarians operate.My heart weeps for the defenseless that are the victims of such cruelty in the name of fundamentalist Islam.
You’re so right. Cowards is what they are. They teach fear of little women. They cower in fear at the thought of an intelligent woman, and they teach fear of anyone outside of their cult who could possibly breach those teachings.
The Taliban, and all of those sorts have been taught to protect their Culture of Cowardess wity their lives if necessary.
Now that’s pathetic.
Such respect for women that islam shows.
Yeah, right......
I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again:
Nuke them from orbit; its the only way to be sure.
Thanks for the link. For years in the military, we practiced defense against chemical attacks. I recall descriptions of some smells as not unpleasant, such as fresh cut hay and flowers. Your link was spot on to that.
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