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India-Pakistan
Bin Laden's young neighbours vow revenge over death
2011-05-10
It's nice to see the funding and curriculum of that staunch US ally, Soody Arabia, being put to good use.
In a madrassa close to the house where Osama bin Laden lived and died, young Pakistani students are furious over the death of a terror mastermind they considered a religious hero.

Venting their anger over a US raid a week ago in which commandos killed bin Laden, reportedly in front of his family, at the villa that hid him from the world, metres (yards) from their school in Abbottabad they vow revenge.

"This war is not over yet. There are so many mujahedeen (fighters) who will continue Osama's fight and will defeat America," said Muhammad Tofail, a 15-year-old student at the biggest seminary in Bilal Town, the suburb that proved to have been bin Laden's home for up to five years.

"There are many Osamas in the Muslim world
No, there really aren't many Arab trust fund drama queens princelings who hooked up as the pretty face front men of jihadi groups. Sorry, kid. What there is an awful lot of in the Muslim world is cannon fodder like you: narrowly educated lads without skills or prospects, whose only hope for married life lies at the far side of a suicide vest -- they haven't a hope in hell of ever marrying a real, live girl.
and the US can't defeat his ideology," he said.
Kill enough of the carriers and the ideology will disappear, a proven weak horse.
The West fears such madrassas preach a zeal that encourages extremism and builds support for Al-Qaeda-linked militants in Pakistan, particularly in the tribal northwest where training grounds groom future Islamist fighters.
Got it in one, O clever Arab Times journalist.
Islamic seminaries are an alternative to mainstream education for several million children in Pakistan, where only two percent of GDP goes on public schooling and where 31 percent of men and 41 percent of women aged 15 to 24 are illiterate.

"I will myself become Osama and revenge his death one day," said 10-year-old Abbas Khan, sitting in the playground outside the seminary and metres away from the Al-Qaeda chief's hideout.
A little late to go for that particular reincarnation, Master Khan. Timing matters.
The young views reflect part of an ideological battle raging in Pakistan -- a country at war with homegrown militants blamed for bomb attacks that have killed more than 4,200 people nationwide in the past four years.

But the perceived violation of sovereignty with last week's operation has united many in anger against the United States, and worsened the widespread perception that the government in Islamabad is servile to its superpower ally.
The government in Islamabad was first servile to its native army. It's what they do best, other than skimming the cream of the economy to pour into their private bank accounts.
Anti-American sentiment is already rampant over of an ongoing covert US drone campaign that has killed hundreds in the northwest region.

Billions of dollars in military and civilian aid given by the United States to Pakistan fails to assuage mass mistrust of the Western power.
We can stop...
Parents in the garrison city of Abbottabad say they fear bin Laden's death on their soil will only worsen calls for revenge on the West.

"Osama bin Laden has developed a psyche. He has developed a mindset and younger generations are affected," said Farzana Anis, who took her daughter to see bin Laden's hideout, speaking in English.

"If there's no social uplift in Pakistan, if there's no education, there is no healthcare, there's no alleviation of poverty, then this mindset can take place... With the killing of Osama bin Laden, the problem has aggravated."
Posted by:tipper

#7  Education,Education!

When is Obama going to look at the education in Pakistan,Saudi Arabia and Iran?
Posted by: Black Bart Phuling7750   2011-05-10 13:22  

#6  "I will myself become Osama and revenge his death one day,"

Cause killing 3,000 civilians is such a high ideal for the culture. On the other hand, the incident has probably inspired an even greater number of young Americans to aspire to become the type of person to hunt down and kill such dogs.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2011-05-10 08:53  

#5  The West fears realizes such madrassas preach a zeal that encourages extremism and builds support for Al-Qaeda-linked militants in Pakistan, particularly in the tribal northwest where training grounds groom future Islamist fighters

Well, duh. Maybe one day we will recognize these radical imams as our enemy in the WOT and we act accordingly.

"I will myself become Osama and revenge his death one day,"

Careful what you wish for kid. Maybe you'd better become a cab driver somewhere--it is safer.
Posted by: JohnQC   2011-05-10 08:42  

#4  "If there's no social uplift in Pakistan, if there's no education, there is no healthcare, there's no alleviation of poverty, then this mindset can take place...
The abject failure called Pakistan is the US's fault apparently. Pathetic.
Posted by: Spot   2011-05-10 08:01  

#3  When my brother was 9 months old, he wanted to be the family dog.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2011-05-10 07:47  

#2  "I will myself become Osama and revenge his death one day," said 10-year-old Abbas

Yeah, yeah. When my sister was 10, she wated to be a caboose. You know, on the end of a freight train? Well, maybe she was 6.
Posted by: Bobby   2011-05-10 07:07  

#1  ...Noticing, of course, that these Brave Lions Of Islam(TM)didn't bestir themselves when there was actual shooting going on.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2011-05-10 06:59  

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