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2009-05-23 India-Pakistan

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Posted by Steve White 2009-05-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 This is one of several reports that the people of Swatland are standing up to the Taliban. It sounds like they have a lot of faith in the Pak army. What is the Pak government telling these people that gives theem the courage to stand up to the Taliban?

Posted by Richard of Oregon 2009-05-23 01:16|| 2009-05-23 01:16|| Front Page Top

#2 I'm guessing the Pak army has done jack. These folks have seen the Taliban up close and personal and are fed up. They've realized the kind of lives they'll have if the Talibs take over so they're fighting. Good for them. Especially the women.

Posted by Steve White 2009-05-23 01:42|| 2009-05-23 01:42|| Front Page Top

#3 Most stories we've run about the arrival of the Talibs have followed a similar trajectory. To their credit, the townsfolk resist at first, the Talibs make some VERY ugly object lessons with beheadings, rapes, theft/slaughter of livestock, etc., and the town capitulates or the residents go on the lam.

Posted by Seafarious 2009-05-23 01:58|| 2009-05-23 01:58|| Front Page Top

#4 karma is a bitch sometimes, especially here where the ppl they suppressed the most(women) come back and bite em in the ass hard. Guess we know who runs that household too don't we

Posted by funky skunk 2009-05-23 14:10|| 2009-05-23 14:10|| Front Page Top

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