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| TTP flog butchers in Swat |
| 2008-09-26 |
| (PTI) Pakistani Taliban fighters publicly flogged two butchers for allegedly selling the flesh of dead animals in the troubled northwestern Swat valley today. Heavily armed Taliban fighters brought the blindfolded butchers to a crowded market in Kabal sub-district and flogged them before a crowd of about 200 people. The media was also called by the Taliban to cover the event. The butchers were also fined Rs 10,000 each for their "crime" by the Taliban, who have considerable influence in several parts of Swat district despite a major operation launched against the militants by the Pakistan Army. TV channels aired footage of the butchers being held down on the ground by four masked Taliban fighters while a fifth militant flogged them with a whip. All the militants were heavily armed and had their faces covered. The Taliban in the Swat valley of North West Frontier Province are led by radical cleric Maulana Fazlullah, a deputy of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan commander Baitullah Mehsud. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 Was it known that the animals had been interfered with before being slaughtered? After all, while I understand it is permitted to sell the meat of interfered with animals to the next community, it is not permitted in the community where the animal should have been able to assume at least that kind of safety. Besides, even if a permitted sale, I wouldn't want to feed that to my family. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-09-26 19:42 |
| #6 Apologies for using the word "natural" in a Pakistan context. While accurate, that was cold, very, very cold. |
| Posted by: .5MT 2008-09-26 19:10 |
| #5 It maybe wasn't killed in the correct way to be halal. You know, tortured to death. They are real sticklers those taliwackers. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-09-26 17:54 |
| #4 My guess would be road kill, or animals that died of natural causes, or the like. Apologies for using the word "natural" in a Pakistan context. |
| Posted by: Grunter 2008-09-26 10:09 |
| #3 Dead pigs i'm guessing? |
| Posted by: Cherelet and Tenille1095 2008-09-26 04:16 |
| #2 Yup, the Paks have the situation under control. |
| Posted by: tipover 2008-09-26 00:45 |
| #1 Wouldn't selling the flesh of live animals have been worse? |
| Posted by: Eric Jablow 2008-09-26 00:37 |