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Afghanistan/South Asia
Pakistan denies shelling madresa
2004-09-16
Pakistan denies shelling religious school
The Pakistani army has denied reports that it shelled a religious school in South Waziristan on Tuesday. Spokesman Major General Shaukat Sultan said reports of the attack in Makin, 100km (60 miles) north of the main town of Wana, were "baseless".
"These 'reports', they mean nothing."
Local witnesses said walls of the school crumbled and the house of the religious head was also hit by shells. Earlier on Tuesday, officials in the Afghan border region had said they believed foreign militants and local supporters were taking shelter in the mud-built compound of the religious school in Makin. The school is run by his Excellency the Maulana Mohammad Shafiq Mehsud.
Posted by:Fawad

#3  The Madrassas will cease to be future jihadi hate factories when the funding of these places is cut off. And that money trail leads to Saudi Arabia and the princes that finance them. A little wetwork on key princes with funding ties to Madrassas will dry up that well. These funders are not brave souls, they are like the Mullahs that preach suicide attacks---they are cowards.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2004-09-16 1:05:50 AM  

#2  The students got to sample the virgins a little early.
Posted by: BigEd   2004-09-16 12:49:49 AM  

#1  Of course that is not right! A maDRESSa is an innocent institution that promotes the wearing of the finest burkas from the finest galleries and boardwalks of Paris and Los Angeles. Let these bombers of the madressa's eat cake!
Posted by: Atropanthe   2004-09-16 12:18:30 AM  

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