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| India-Pakistan |
| Inside the Taliban's heart of darkness |
| 2007-05-22 |
| IT'S not just clouds that shroud Waziristan's treacherous high country. Up here on the Afghan border, a veil of state secrecy also cloaks a new Taliban wave breaking eastward across Pakistan. Against the totemic thump of the drums of war, dust churns as the bodies of suspected anti-Taliban spies are dragged behind Toyota utes - as many as four at a time. The severed heads of those who cross the fanatical jihadis are held aloft in cheering, jeering crowds. And in the bazaar, just a few rupees buys one of the hottest selling new DVDs - that's the one in which a 12-year-old boy wields the decapitation knife. |
| Posted by:John Frum |
| #4 Perv needs to wise up and let the US napalm all those madrassahs and other "holy sites". I'm sure the talibunnies will be in less of a mood to fight after getting fricasseed. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2007-05-22 19:54 |
| #3 The countdown on Pakistan is further along than I had immagined. Will Paki last the year out ? |
| Posted by: wxjames 2007-05-22 09:28 |
| #2 Hit-lists of difficult mullahs are circulated, containing dozens of names. There are times when you just have to knuckle down and take a page from the opposition's playbook. an American fuel convoy erupted like a Chinese bunger And if you've ever seen a Chinese bung explode, you'd know what I mean. The last There, fixed that for you Ali Shah No sooner had the maliks arrived beneath the canopy than they insisted they must leave - for prayers. That rigorous Islamic social calendar, always getting in the way of fun. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-05-22 02:19 |
| #1 Against the totemic thump of the drums of war, dust churns as the bodies of suspected anti-Taliban spies are dragged behind Toyota utes - as many as four at a time. Now gawddammit, enough is enough. That's our idea, and you shitbags have no right to rip us off. |
| Posted by: Woozle Elmeter2970 2007-05-22 01:08 |