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2011-07-25 Afghanistan

Taliban hang 8-year-old boy in Afghanistan

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Posted by trailing wife 2011-07-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Sub-Orcs.

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2011-07-25 06:39|| 2011-07-25 06:39|| Front Page Top

#2 Next dinning at the White House with Obammy and crew!

Posted by Pheregum Panda9295 2011-07-25 06:58|| 2011-07-25 06:58|| Front Page Top

#3 I'd suggest the Talibunnies not find themselves in this cop's jail

Posted by Frank G 2011-07-25 08:52|| 2011-07-25 08:52|| Front Page Top

#4 Dad knew many more people than his son would die if he complied with the Taliban.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-07-25 09:53|| 2011-07-25 09:53|| Front Page Top

#5 I agree with Ang on this one. The policeman should be considered a hero. He made a decision that shows the integrity needed to win this struggle. No one on the Taliban side has this moral fiber. I also look forward to reports of "shot while resisting arrest" that result from this story or "a dismembered corpse with signs of torture" story.

Posted by Bill Clinton 2011-07-25 12:48|| 2011-07-25 12:48|| Front Page Top

#6 He also has to explain to his wife.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2011-07-25 12:56|| 2011-07-25 12:56|| Front Page Top

#7 And yet they insist that we negotiate with these creatures.

Posted by CrazyFool 2011-07-25 13:00|| 2011-07-25 13:00|| Front Page Top

#8 #7: And yet they insist that we negotiate with these creatures. Posted by: CrazyFool|

I'd like to be in charge of the "negotiations". The first thing I'd do is napalm a few dozen villages - half in Afghanistan, half in Pakistan. Then I'd run a 6-ship ARCLIGHT strike down through the middle of Rawalpindi/Islamabad. Then I'd tell the Taliban/ISI/Pakistan they either surrender or I do the same thing to the rest of Pashtunistan/Pakistan. If they didn't surrender, unconditionally, I'd follow through. That's the ONLY way to negotiate with this kind of ingrained, inbred insanity.

Posted by Old Patriot 2011-07-25 14:20|| 2011-07-25 14:20|| Front Page Top

#9 May his family be comforted ...

Posted by Adriane 2011-07-25 14:39|| 2011-07-25 14:39|| Front Page Top

#10 Picture via Michael Yon

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2011-07-25 15:28|| 2011-07-25 15:28|| Front Page Top

#11 Remember the hideous technique al-Qaeda pulled in Iraq of kidnapping a young boy and roasting him alive, then offering him to his parents with the threat that unless they *supported* al-Qaeda, they would do much worse.

For some reason, this recruiting method didn't work too good.

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-07-25 15:39|| 2011-07-25 15:39|| Front Page Top

#12 I also look forward to reports of "shot while resisting arrest" that result from this story or "a dismembered corpse with signs of torture" story.

I'm thinking along the lines of "mass grave discovered in field". 50 years later.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2011-07-25 20:19|| 2011-07-25 20:19|| Front Page Top

#13 OP, we need a Bruce Willis to do some 'negotiating', as he did in The Fifth Element. After shooting first then asking, okay now who else wants to negotiate.

Posted by Jan at work 2011-07-25 20:54|| 2011-07-25 20:54|| Front Page Top

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