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India-Pakistan
Another Lal Masjid surfaces
2007-07-30
GHALANAI: Masked Taliban gunmen occupied the tomb of freedom fighter Haji Sahib Turangzai and a nearby mosque – and named it Lal Masjid – at Ghazi Abad in Lakrou Tehsil, some 40 kilometres north of Mohmand Agency headquarters Ghalani. Taliban leader Umar Khalid told reporters that they had named the mosque Lal Masjid and that the place was the centre of the jihad launched by Haji Sahib Turangzai against the British rulers. “We want to take forward the missions of Haji Turangzai and Lal Masjid’s slain khateeb Ghazi Abdul Rashid,” he added.

Khalid also said they were setting up two madrassas, one each for boys and girls, and added that the boysÂ’ madrasa would be named after Haji Sahib and the girls school would be named Jamia Hafsa Umm-e-Hassan. The Taliban leader said any govt effort against them would be resisted. He claimed around 3,000 men in Mohmand Agency were ready to sacrifice their lives for Shariah.
Posted by:Fred

#3  I keep saying the best approach to this kind of stupidity is a combination of napalm and cluster bombs, but nobody listens. Hit this "red mosk" with about a dozen napalm canisters and eight or ten cluster weapons (cluster weapons first, napalm to flush the gunnies into them), and most of the trouble would end VERY soon. If not, continue until it does, or there's no one left on the ground.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2007-07-30 13:44  

#2  It's a boring job, but someone's got to do it.
Posted by: wxjames   2007-07-30 07:22  

#1  He claimed around 3,000 men in Mohmand Agency were ready to sacrifice their lives for Shariah.

Kewl. I can just imagine it.

"Are you ready to sacrifice your life for shari'a?"
"Yes!"
[BANG!]
"Next!"
"Are you ready to sacrifice your life for shari'a?"
"Yes!"
[BANG!]
"Next!"
"Are you ready to sacrifice your life for shari'a?"
"Yes!"
[BANG!]
"Next!"
"Are you ready to sacrifice your life for shari'a?"
"Yes!"
[BANG!]
"Next!" x 3,000
Posted by: Zenster   2007-07-30 01:27  

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