Posted on 12/27/2008 6:05:43 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
In comments broadcast on an illegal radio station, he threatened to blow up schools which enrolled female students.
This year alone, Taleban militants have destroyed more than 130 schools in the Swat valley. They want to bring in Islamic sharia law in the region.
Militant attacks on schools in the region have deprived more than 17,000 students of education.
'Severe blow'
Although schools for girls have come under attack on numerous occasions in the past, this is the first time Taleban militants have issued a complete ban on girls attending them, the BBC's Ethirajan Anbarasan says.
A Taleban spokesman said the prohibition would remain in place unless and until Islamic sharia law was fully implemented in the region.
State-run schools are seen by the insurgents as key symbols of the government.
Now the militants have threatened to destroy private schools as well.
These schools are not Islamic religious institutions and the students are taught courses based on the government syllabus.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
A related article
Enraged Pakistanis strike back against Taliban...
Blowing up girls schools..
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/dec/16/enraged-pakistanis-strike-back-against-taliban/
And speaking of protecting our own shores and people it's the Taliban who were the last pukes to attack us.
Fundamentally I have no problem with exterminating the enemy.
I wonder how many Taleban we have inadvertently imported into this country over the years and how many CAIR has hired.
These people need to be hunted down and given no quarter. A good first step would be to put the fangs back into our foreign intelligence services (so that we have the information needed to both inflict maximum damage while minimizing collateral damage).
We are the most powerful nation on earth. We have right on our side. They are human beings just like your family. Re-thinking that one?
“It is not our job to remake their culture.”
Very true, but it is our job to enforce the civil law in a nation hosting our armed forces for the purpose of ensuring order. And I seriously doubt that Afghanistan’s civil law encompasses the right to blow up public or private schools because you disagree with their education policies.
They did, just over 7 years ago.
Little p****** afraid of little girls.
All of the Taleban should be killed immediately wherever they are. If someone even joins the Taleban they should be killed as well.
That was my first thought. I would like to hear their explanation.
sound of birds quietly chirping...
I like your approach...especially in these hard economic times..We need to be frugal about our worldwide efforts!
Hey, it’s just their culture. We must learn to appreciate and value other ways of life for the sake of diversity.
Exactly, it’s called multiculturalism !!
Islam is an insane murder cult, from Mad Mo’s bat cave until today.
For every young lady they harm , 20 Taliban should be taken out and shot .For every Girls school destroyed 10 boys madrassas should be targeted with 500 lb JDAMS and to hell with the casualties .
This war will be won when the costs they are forced to bear are unbearable . The sooner we get to that point the better .
Peace will come, when radical islam is utterly crushed into the dungheap of history
It was mentioned down thread eventually.
Here is the start of the article from the BBC website:
BBC reports on news from around the world, this could have been in Europe or even here in the USA.
Taleban 'will kill school girls'
Taleban militants in the Swat valley in north-west Pakistan have threatened to kill girls who attend school.
A local Taleban commander ordered parents to stop sending their daughters to school by 15 January.
In comments broadcast on an illegal radio station, he threatened to blow up schools which enrolled female students.
Leaving the first paragraph out makes no sense.
In other news, water is wet.
> It is not our job to remake their culture.
It’s a “culture” in the same way that bacteria is a “culture”.
It may not be our job to remake their “culture”, but it is in our best interest to ensure that their “culture” doesn’t infect the rest of us. So it is in our best interest to clean up their “culture because it is toxic.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.