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| Pakistani Taliban claims responsibility for mosque strike |
| 2009-12-07 |
| The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for Friday's bombing of a mosque in Rawalpindi and vowed to carry out more attacks, according to an e-mail message from the group. The assault targeted a mosque frequented by Pakistani military personnel, and killed 36 and wounded 75, the military said. The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan took responsibility for the action on Friday but reiterated its claim in an e-mail to CNN on Saturday because media outlets quoted analysts and some officials who doubted the group's participation. "We reconfirmed it, that the TTP has done it, and will do more which are already planned," the group said. "We once again mention that we are not against the innocent people and the state of Pakistan but against those officers and ministers who are American by hearts and minds and Pakistani just by faces," the e-mail message said. Four militants armed with guns and grenades stormed the mosque in Rawalpindi, and most of the victims were children. The attack was the latest to shake the garrison city since this year's launch of strong military offensives against Taliban insurgents in the Swat Valley and South Waziristan. Rawalpindi is the headquarters of the Pakistani army. And most of the victims were children. How, Islamic. Expect more, bleating Pakistanis. |
| Posted by:gorb |
| #4 From an economics perspective, babies are easy to make, Glenmore. The only investment is the nine months in the mother's body. Children or, really, youth, have 10-20 years of investment by parents and the community providing food, shelter and training to take over the various tasks necessary to continue communal function. All that is thrown away along with the life of the suicide bomber. One reason Western societies are rich is because we invest heavily in our children for the most part the investment pays off handsomely. Look at how the U.S. has done, even with the weight of debt we've been carrying since FDR took office in the 1930s. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-12-07 23:13 |
| #3 Nothing shows this more than the current Muslim/Muslim infanticide The casual acceptance of abortion in the Western world strikes me as a pretty similar mindset on the value of children to the society. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2009-12-07 19:15 |
| #2 Any group that destroys its future (children) is by definition suicidal. Nothing shows this more than the current Muslim/Muslim infanticide taking place in Pakistan, Iraq, Egypt, Lebanon, and the paleostain territories. Nothing, too, highlights the differences between Islam, Judaism, and Christianity than the reverence and love two of the three show toward children. Expect more, FIFY, gorb. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2009-12-07 15:29 |
| #1 Hopefully, no Korans were desecrated in the explosion, 'cause you know how that upsets Muslims. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2009-12-07 10:11 |