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by SitasMom on 24 May 2009 - 20:05
What is a religious school doint with suicide jackets, explosives and assault rifels?
The Taliban left so many mutilated bodies at the crossing — some hanging from trees with threatening notes — that Pakistanis in the Swat Valley's main town took to calling it "bloody intersection."
On Sunday, the army said that spot and seven other major crossings in Mingora were secured, part of street-by-street urban fighting whose success is considered critical to flushing out the militants from the valley as a whole.
The retaking of Green Chowk could have serious symbolic value.
Residents nicknamed it "khooni chowk" or "bloody intersection" because the militants would leave their victims' bodies there — some decapitated, some killed in other brutal fashions. The dead often were left hanging from trees. Some had notes attached that accused the victims of spying and told local residents not to move the bodies until specified times.
It was just one fear tactic used by Taliban fighters to exert control over the population of Mingora, which when not under army siege normally has at least 375,000 residents.
Some 10,000 to 20,000 residents are still stranded in the town, according to the army.
Also Sunday, police in nearby Charsadda district said they caught seven Taliban militants during a raid on a religious school. They included Qari Ihsanullah, a Taliban commander suspected in attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan, Charsadda police Chief Riaz Khan said.
"We recovered three suicide jackets, explosives and assault rifles," he said of the Saturday night raid.
The military says about 1,100 suspected insurgents have died so far in the monthlong offensive in Swat and neighboring districts. It has not given any tally of civilian deaths, and it's unclear how it is separating noncombatants killed from militants. Residents fleeing the region have reported dozens of ordinary Pakistanis killed in the fight.
The Taliban left so many mutilated bodies at the crossing — some hanging from trees with threatening notes — that Pakistanis in the Swat Valley's main town took to calling it "bloody intersection."
On Sunday, the army said that spot and seven other major crossings in Mingora were secured, part of street-by-street urban fighting whose success is considered critical to flushing out the militants from the valley as a whole.
The retaking of Green Chowk could have serious symbolic value.
Residents nicknamed it "khooni chowk" or "bloody intersection" because the militants would leave their victims' bodies there — some decapitated, some killed in other brutal fashions. The dead often were left hanging from trees. Some had notes attached that accused the victims of spying and told local residents not to move the bodies until specified times.
It was just one fear tactic used by Taliban fighters to exert control over the population of Mingora, which when not under army siege normally has at least 375,000 residents.
Some 10,000 to 20,000 residents are still stranded in the town, according to the army.
Also Sunday, police in nearby Charsadda district said they caught seven Taliban militants during a raid on a religious school. They included Qari Ihsanullah, a Taliban commander suspected in attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan, Charsadda police Chief Riaz Khan said.
"We recovered three suicide jackets, explosives and assault rifles," he said of the Saturday night raid.
The military says about 1,100 suspected insurgents have died so far in the monthlong offensive in Swat and neighboring districts. It has not given any tally of civilian deaths, and it's unclear how it is separating noncombatants killed from militants. Residents fleeing the region have reported dozens of ordinary Pakistanis killed in the fight.
by RatPackKing on 25 May 2009 - 00:05
In an effort to fight a more sensitive war, Obama wants to start Allaholics Anonymous in Pakistan........ Enlight of the closing of Gitmo he wil now put all captured inssurgents in Korandemoniums. The location to be determined..............................just kidding..........................or am I
RPK
RPK
by SitasMom on 25 May 2009 - 02:05
good one RP
the taliban shread people, hang them from trees with threats attached to them and we cannot put a little water up their noses and play loud music 24 / 7.........i'm just so confused......
the taliban shread people, hang them from trees with threats attached to them and we cannot put a little water up their noses and play loud music 24 / 7.........i'm just so confused......
by Two Moons on 25 May 2009 - 02:05
Its a very complex world we live in...
HEY !!!!
I HAVE PUPPIES !!!!!!
The thread is on the other forum.
Moons.......:)
HEY !!!!
I HAVE PUPPIES !!!!!!
The thread is on the other forum.
Moons.......:)
by SitasMom on 25 May 2009 - 02:05
happiness is a warm puppy...........
I'll go check
I'll go check
by Red Sable on 25 May 2009 - 15:05
Moons! You had puppies?! 
Did it hurt? 
I'm off to check also!
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