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Taliban recruiting teeny boomers
 Videos made by the Taliban in Swat show teenage boys being groomed as suicide bombers. According to Sunday Telegraph, fighters went from house to house in May demanding a man or boy from each family. The recruits were encouraged to volunteer for suicide missions. A Taliban spokesman has said the recent suicide attacks in Lahore and Peshawar were revenge for the army's assault in the NWFP. Films obtained by The Sunday Telegraph show boys of 14 or 15 recording farewell messages before climbing into vehicles filled with explosives. Suicide bombings have increased dramatically in Pakistan since the Taliban took control of Swat in 2007. In one film, Arshad Ali, 15, from Swat, who attacked a polling station last year, says: "Some hypocrites say that we are doing this for money -- or because of brainwashing -- but we are told by Allah to target these pagans." Other films show "trials" and beheadings of alleged spies and captured policemen, whippings of criminals, the aftermath of attacks by guerrillas, and scenes of young jihadis training in camps. Posted by: Fred 2009-06-01 |
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