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Taliban Training Kids for Suicide Bombings
A Taliban leader is buying children, training them for suicide bombing missions, and selling the children for $6,000 to $12,000 to other Taliban leaders, U.S. and Pakistan officials say. "[Baitullah Mehsud] has been been admitting he holds a training center for young boys, for preparing them for suicide bombing. So he is on record saying all this, accepting these crimes," the spokesman for the Pakistani army told CNN. A video of children at a training camp shows them killing and practicing exercises. Pakistan has stepped up its effort to remove the Taliban from its North West Frontier Province and, in response, the Taliban has increased the use of suicide bombing in the region.
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God is great.
All is good in Allah's eyes.
Then that just throws everything out the window, doesn't it?
Sure, go bake a cake... or bomb a school. ALL is good in Allah's eyes.
And I thought Michael Jackson behaved badly with little boys!
And I thought they were building a garden on the White House grounds..mybad
If you want to stop this, you must destroy the conditions where their child is worth the money that the Taliban is willing to pay.
You must create a situation where life is worth more. This is our war and we are responsible for ending the situation that our apathy helped create.
do you mean sad apathy like 911 or just plain blame America?
I mean
The apathy that was satisfied with sending Stinger missiles to the Mujahadine to fight the Russians but couldn't send the Peace Cord or USAID after the Russians left.
The apathy of those who want to kill the guy with the gun instead of making a job available that will make him put down his gun oor turn it on our enemies.
The apathy of those who care only about the money to be made from exploiting suffering and poverty
The apathy of those who burn the poppy fields but don't give that farmer something else to grow
The apathy of people like you who apparently want to cut and run before our mission is really accomplished.
The apathy of smug critics who refuse to offer constructive suggestions but, instead, hide behind sarcasm because they are to afraid to voice a real opinion.
The apathy of those who change the channel.
That kind of apathy, MaliciousDisorder, you pseudo-con
These people are in the 14 th century. Cut and Run ? are you kidding? I want to win but the wackos won't let us. perhaps you should go there and help them. maybe you can talk to them as there slicing off your head. Good luck
Correction Mal, they are in the 7th century, that is when their great prophet Muhammad saw a vision, dictated the Quran and jihad was born! It's OK though, dark ages is close enough! LOL
Poor Mal-so misunderstood.
Hey, I saw your photo, you look young and fairly in-shape, already have the tats-why aren't YOU over there fighting? Or are you holding out for that record contract?
Maybe you should quit being apathetic and go over on an aid mission.
MAL
"MaliciousDisorder
last week 25 American families were devastated by the deaths of there son's and daughters in Iraq (8 KIA's) and Afghanistan (17 KIA's)
Obama lied People died, Bring home our troops like you promised.
9:38 am, Jul 7, 2009"
CUT AND WHAT?
you sound like the liberal plant that I know you are. You let your disguise slip.
I'm not qualified to go, but I will happily pay taxes and make contributions for the work to be done.
No plant here, my brothers the wacko. I'm just here to help out
Baloney,
No real conservative could be as ignorant and uninformed as to espouse the opinions you claim to support. You are a Liberal making the conservatives look bad and I do not appreciate it in the spirit of honest discourse.
Just one more reason Religion sux, all religion! Hasn't the belief of a God killed enough people? Please, read a biology book!
More death has come from religion than any other man-made creation.
Spark/JDK....death will come no matter what the circumstances....are you ready?
Pol Pot used to do that before he secured victory in Cambodia. They wrap four year olds in explosive vests and tell them the pull cord will send them straight to their mommies and daddies.
The Taliban are the Middle Eastern equivalent of the Khmer Rouge. And I'm glad Obama and the Democrats have shown the good sense and decency to do everything in their power to wipe them out. I just wish George Bush had done the same, instead of running around Iraq to secure a fuel supply that really needs to be replaced before Global Warming destroys us all.
Are you kidding? I don't think Obama and the Democrats really care about winning the war. but I hope I'm wrong.
for sure tank. Sorry to say it may take another attack to wake people up again.
Really?
Obama is leaving 10s of thousands of soldiers in Iraq and is substantially increasing troop levels in Afghanistan (which actually pisses off a large portion of the Dem party). But maybe what you meant to say was "Obama really doesn't care about PRETENDING to keep our country safe with an ill-equipped force and a half-assed plan".
Oh and screw you Mal for wishing the death of innocent Americans so you can perpetuate your gunslinger fantasies.
Nonsense. I believe Obama has every intention of winning the war against the Taliban. And I have no idea why anyone would doubt that. It's quite apparent.
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The Koran is a tool which they use to justify their evil and brainwash the uneducated into commitig 'jihad' in the name of Allah.
The money behind all of this activity comes from the poppy fields. The sale of the opium after distilling the sticky black gold into white powder (heroin) is paying for this.
When we occupy the opium poppy fields and make deals with the farmers that we are purchasing their whole crop - then Taliban will be out of business. Not before.
I think that is where they are now and what they are doing.
No they are trying to replace the opium crop with something that can be grown after we leave. If we just pay for their drugs now they will return to them later.
The sad silver lining to this is that perhaps this means that there are no more adults left willing to kill themselves - they're running out of fanatics. The sooner we win the better.
Anybody who is ignorant enough to find a silver lining in the selling of children to use as suicide bombers does not deserve to live. I wish I could strap some explosives to your nuts and remove your idiocracy from the gene pool.
Sounds like a personal threat. I am now in fear for my safety. Let me click that "flag it" button and see what happens...
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THIS IS WHY WHEN WE BOMB SCHOOLS AND NUSERIES "BY MISTAKE" WE SHOULD BE CELEBRATING!!!!!!! 50 DEAD MUSLIM KIDS... KILL EM NOW AND SAVE SOME AMERICAN BLOOD LATER!!!
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