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| Kasi ''a martyr''... |
| 2002-11-15 |
| In Quetta, Mir Aimal Kasi's brother hailed him as a martyr, hours after his execution, as paramilitary troops patrolled his home city amid fears of reprisals. "He is a martyr. His smiling face is still in front of me," Naseebullah Kasi, told AFP, as he expressed shock that the execution went ahead. "It was coming and I had little hope that the Supreme Court would stay his execution, but still the news was shocking." He's a "martyr" for shooting unarmed people sitting in traffic... Kasi, 38, comes from a powerful tribe in Pakistan ' south-west desert province of Baluchistan. His family lives in the provincial capital Quetta. Kasi tribesmen and Quetta community leaders poured into the family home Friday morning to console his relatives. "You can be proud! Proud that your brother was a vicious killer, in the best Baluchi tradition! Them Pashtuns got nuttin' on us!" Police and paramilitary troops were patrolling Quetta , which has been rocked by almost daily protests this week in the lead-up to the execution. Baluchistan police Chief Shoaib Suddle said so far the city was calm. "We are on high alert, but so far the city is peaceful," Suddle told AFP, adding that there may be protests after the Friday prayers. Yeah, that's when the mullah usually get the rubes fired up... Local newspapers meanwhile called for a strike in protest at Kasi's execution. Go ahead. No skin off my fore... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |