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Taliban shoot little girl in the head.

squod

The 14-year-old schoolgirl shot in the head by
Pakistani Taliban, Malala Yousafzai, arrives by
helicopter at a military hospital in Peshawar.
Doctors treating Malala have removed a bullet
from her head. The 14-year-old had received
threats since she spoke out against the Pakistani
Taliban in her hometown of Swat

This kid promotes education and peace. Some taliban members decide to take her life for having these beliefs.

So this is the first time I've noticed a genuine backlash from average people from the region, Pakistan. Protests are happening and people are openly denouncing the taliban movement.

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Firewalkwithme

Welcome to yesterdays news....

squod

News to me. Reading magazines years ago about the Taliban. They fought the Russian army with some home made junk and a couple of Chinese guns.

To my mind they were butch mountain men. Now they're child murderers.

Firewalkwithme

I could be wrong but I thing they were backed by the US in the days they fought the Russians.

Either way you are quite right in that they are murderers but thankfully that girl did not die.

DonLimon

Yeah its a few days old but I didn't hear anything about anti taliban protests yet, link to article op?

Capt'n Midnight

squod wrote: »

News to me. Reading magazines years ago about the Taliban. They fought the Russian army with some home made junk and a couple of Chinese guns.

To my mind they were butch mountain men. Now they're child murderers.

home made junk ?

The US pumped money into them CIA training and Stinger missiles
and they reaped the whirlwind

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Cyclone

im invisible

Cartoon_Head wrote: »

Welcome to yesterdays news....

so how can you tell me you're lonely, and say, for you, that the sun don't shine?

B.A._Baracus

Savages :mad:

Cartoon_Head wrote: »

Welcome to yesterdays news....

A little girl got her brains blown out and all you can say is "Welcome to yesterdays news...." - I guess as long as its not anyone in your family, who gives a fuck right?

Canis Lupus

Lovely bunch of people when the opinions of a 14 year old girl are so threatening you have to shoot her. Allahu akbar etc.

Cookie_Monster

The Taliban are evil, who knew??

suicide_circus

Murderous savages who belong in the dark ages.

Einhard

Canis Lupus wrote: »

Lovely bunch of people when the opinions of a 14 year old girl are so threatening you have to shoot her. Allahu akbar etc.

She's Muslim too.

Ironically, the meaning of "Taliban" is "students", and here they are trying to murder young girls for seeking an education.

The Scientician

suicide_circus wrote: »

Murderous savages who belong in the dark ages.

That's why cutting edge military technology is used to murder their country people. They may have an effed up society but the woes visited upon them by foreign interlopers is unreal.

Also, the Taliban are scum.

marcsignal

The Taliban are full on Loopers. Here's an extract from a book called 'No Admission to Heaven' listing some of their crazy 'Rules'*

*Try not to Piss yourself laughing

No Admission to Heaven - 16 Decrees of the Taliban.

1. Prohibition against Female exposure -

It is prohibited for drivers to pick up women not wearing the Burka, on pain of arrest. If such women are observed out on the street, their homes will be visited and their husbands punished. If the women wear exciting or attractive clothes, and have no close male relative with them, the driver must not let them into the car.

2. Prohibition against music -

Casettes and music are forbidden in shops, hotels, vehicles and rickshaws. If a music casette is found in a shop, the owner will be imprisoned and the shop closed. If a casette is found in a vehicle, the vehicle will be impounded and the driver imprisoned.

3. Prohibition against shaving -

Anyone who has shaved off or cut his beard will be imprisoned until the beard has grown back to the length of a clenched fist.

4. Mandatory Prayer -

Prayer will be observed at fixed times in all districts. The exact times will be announced by the Minister for the Promotion of Virtue and the extermination of sin. All transport must cease 15 minutes before the commencement of prayer. It is obligatory to go to the mosque at the time of prayer. Any young men found in shops at this time will be automatically imprisoned.

5. Prohibition against the rearing of pigeons and bird fighting -

This hobby will cease, birds used for the purposes of games or fights will be killed.

6. Eradication of narcotics and use thereof -

Abusers of narcotics will be imprisoned and investigations will be instigated to flush out the dealer and shop. The shop will be closed and both criminals, user and dealer will be imprisoned and punished.

7. Prohibition against kite flying -

Kite flying has wicked consequences such as gambling, death amongst children and truancy. shops selling kites will be removed.

8. Prohibition against Reproduction of pictures -

In vehicles, shops, houses, hotels, and other places, pictures and portraits must be removed. Proprieters must destroy all pictures in all of the abovementioned places. Vehicles with pictures of living creatures will be stopped and the driver imprisoned.

9. Prohibition against Gambling -

Centres of gambling will be flushed out and the gamblers will be imprisoned for one month.

10. Prohibition against British and American hairstyles -

Men with long hair will be arrested and taken to the Minister for the Promotion of Virtue and the extermination of sin to have their hair cut. The criminal will pay the barber.

11. Prohibition against interest on loans, exchange charges and charges on transactions -

The above three types of money charging are forbidden by Islam. If the rules are broken the criminal will be imprisoned for a lenghty period.

12. Prohibition against the washing of clothes along river embankments -

Women who break this law will be respectfully picked up by Islam, taken to their homes where their husbands will be severly punished.

13. Prohibition against Music and Dancing at Weddings -

If this prohibition is broken, the head of the family will be severly punished.

14. Prohibition against playing Drums -

The relegious authority will decide the punishment for anyone caught playing drums.

15. Prohibition against tailors sewing womens clothes of taking measurements of women -

If fashion magazines are found in the shop the owner will be imprisoned and the shop closed.

16) Prohibition against Witchcraft -

All books dealing with the subject will be burnt and the magicians will be imprisoned and severly punished until they repent.

No. 7 is my fave

trodsky

squod wrote: »

The 14-year-old schoolgirl shot in the head by
Pakistani Taliban, Malala Yousafzai, arrives by
helicopter at a military hospital in Peshawar.
Doctors treating Malala have removed a bullet
from her head. The 14-year-old had received
threats since she spoke out against the Pakistani
Taliban in her hometown of Swat

This kid promotes education and peace. Some taliban members decide to take her life for having these beliefs.

So this is the first time I've noticed a genuine backlash from average people from the region, Pakistan. Protests are happening and people are openly denouncing the taliban movement.

Is there a point here?

im invisible

'Minister for the promotion of virtue and the extermination of sin'
George Orwell would be proud

seven_eleven

They have been doing stuff like this for years. Nothing new.

kneemos

Our own lot used to blow up children ..don't forget.

suicide_circus

The Scientician wrote: »

That's why cutting edge military technology is used to murder their country people. They may have an effed up society but the woes visited upon them by foreign interlopers is unreal.

Also, the Taliban are scum.

One does not excuse the other. Maybe they should stop visiting such woes on their own people.

up for anything

the Minister for the Promotion of Virtue and the extermination of sin.

Phil Hogan pops up everywhere.

squod

trodsky wrote: »

Is there a point here?

Breakdown of taliban society? I dunno. Who shoots little girls in the head?

Madam_X

I didn't know there had to be a "point" to every thread posted about an incident in the world.

kneemos wrote: »

Our own lot used to blow up children ..don't forget.

"Our own" lot? They're not "my" own for one. It doesn't change the fact that the Taliban are sick fuks and Ireland is a far, far better place for people to live in than Pakistan.

Anyway, this is horrible stuff - so what if it's not surprising and it's yesterday's news? No need for people to get involved in the thread if they're that unmoved and blasé.

JohnMarston

I agree with the bird fighting law.

But kite flying and playing drums, seriously!?

Show Time

suicide_circus wrote: »

Murderous savages who belong in the dark ages.

Religion again holding up the human race.

But than again no matter how far and fast modern man advances we are still stuck with all the sand rats.

stevenmu

JohnMarston wrote: »

But kite flying and playing drums, seriously!?

In that region, kite flying is very competitive. They attach sharp blades, glass and acid to the strings, the aim is to cut the string of your opponents kite.

Needless to say it's all very lethal. For e.g. 11 people were killed during a festival in 2007 when the ban was temporarily lifted.

Link

wes

marcsignal wrote: »

No. 7 is my fave

Oddly enough there not completely wrong about the kite flying.........
Pakistan: 11 dead, 100 injured in kite flying festival

They use sharp kite strings that can kill and injure people.

**EDIT**
Beaten to it above!
**END EDIT**

As for the attempted murder of the young girl, the taliban have one again showed what a bunch of cowards they are.

Da Shins Kelly

How brave of them.

Riddle101

marcsignal wrote: »

The Taliban are full on Loopers. Here's an extract from a book called 'No Admission to Heaven' listing some of their crazy 'Rules'*

No Admission to Heaven - 16 Decrees of the Taliban.

1. Prohibition against Female exposure -

It is prohibited for drivers to pick up women not wearing the Burka, on pain of arrest. If such women are observed out on the street, their homes will be visited and their husbands punished. If the women wear exciting or attractive clothes, and have no close male relative with them, the driver must not let them into the car.

2. Prohibition against music -

Casettes and music are forbidden in shops, hotels, vehicles and rickshaws. If a music casette is found in a shop, the owner will be imprisoned and the shop closed. If a casette is found in a vehicle, the vehicle will be impounded and the driver imprisoned.

3. Prohibition against shaving -

Anyone who has shaved off or cut his beard will be imprisoned until the beard has grown back to the length of a clenched fist.

4. Mandatory Prayer -

Prayer will be observed at fixed times in all districts. The exact times will be announced by the Minister for the Promotion of Virtue and the extermination of sin. All transport must cease 15 minutes before the commencement of prayer. It is obligatory to go to the mosque at the time of prayer. Any young men found in shops at this time will be automatically imprisoned.

5. Prohibition against the rearing of pigeons and bird fighting -

This hobby will cease, birds used for the purposes of games or fights will be killed.

6. Eradication of narcotics and use thereof -

Abusers of narcotics will be imprisoned and investigations will be instigated to flush out the dealer and shop. The shop will be closed and both criminals, user and dealer will be imprisoned and punished.

7. Prohibition against kite flying -

Kite flying has wicked consequences such as gambling, death amongst children and truancy. shops selling kites will be removed.

8. Prohibition against Reproduction of pictures -

In vehicles, shops, houses, hotels, and other places, pictures and portraits must be removed. Proprieters must destroy all pictures in all of the abovementioned places. Vehicles with pictures of living creatures will be stopped and the driver imprisoned.

9. Prohibition against Gambling -

Centres of gambling will be flushed out and the gamblers will be imprisoned for one month.

10. Prohibition against British and American hairstyles -

Men with long hair will be arrested and taken to the Minister for the Promotion of Virtue and the extermination of sin to have their hair cut. The criminal will pay the barber.

11. Prohibition against interest on loans, exchange charges and charges on transactions -

The above three types of money charging are forbidden by Islam. If the rules are broken the criminal will be imprisoned for a lenghty period.

12. Prohibition against the washing of clothes along river embankments -

Women who break this law will be respectfully picked up by Islam, taken to their homes where their husbands will be severly punished.

13. Prohibition against Music and Dancing at Weddings -

If this prohibition is broken, the head of the family will be severly punished.

14. Prohibition against playing Drums -

The relegious authority will decide the punishment for anyone caught playing drums.

15. Prohibition against tailors sewing womens clothes of taking measurements of women -

If fashion magazines are found in the shop the owner will be imprisoned and the shop closed.

16) Prohibition against Witchcraft -

All books dealing with the subject will be burnt and the magicians will be imprisoned and severly punished until they repent.

No. 7 is my fave

The Taliban pretty much just make it up as they go along don't they. I feel sad for anyone that has the live under their regime.

admiralofthefleet

marcsignal wrote: »

The Taliban are full on Loopers. Here's an extract from a book called 'No Admission to Heaven' listing some of their crazy 'Rules'*

*Try not to Piss yourself laughing

No. 7 is my fave

thought i was reading catholic cult stuff there

Plazaman

11. Prohibition against interest on loans, exchange charges and charges on transactions -

The above three types of money charging are forbidden by Islam. If the rules are broken the criminal will be imprisoned for a lenghty period.

The Taliban. A great bunch of lads. They should be allowed run AIB (ONLY if they tidy themselves up a bit, wear exciting clothes, play a bit of classic rock and of course stop shooting kids).

BillyMitchel

The Kite Runner film touches on the kite flying subject (obviously) but in that region.. I think!

This girl is a true hero in my eyes and only 14. Having the courage to do what she's trying to do at such a young age is special, lets hope she pulls through.

Pakistani government have the resources and man power they should remove the Taliban from existence.