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Afghanistan
Taliban hang 8-year-old boy in Afghanistan
2011-07-25
O brave, brave Lions of Islam -- wanted Dad to fo something, so they kidnapped and hanged a small child.
Kabul - Suspected Talibs hanged an 8-year-old boy in southern Afghanistan after ordering his father, a local police commander, to surrender, a government front man said Saturday.

The child was kidnapped by forces of Evil in Greshk district of the southern province of Helmand
...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
four days ago and was hanged on Friday, Daud Ahmadi, provincial governor front man said. 'The forces of Evil had warned his father, who is a local police commander, to surrender with his police vehicle and weapons, otherwise they would kill his son,' Ahmad said.

The Taliban have not commented.
They only comment when they think it makes them look heroic.
Elsewhere, an operation by Afghan and coalition forces in Helmand
...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
left 16 bully boyz dead overnight, officials said They also confiscated a drug cache of 2,000 kilograms of poppy, six kilograms of heroin, 50 kilograms of hashish and 150 kilograms of morphine, as well as 20 kilograms of ammonium nitrate, which is used as an explosive component..
Posted by:trailing wife

#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  

#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  

#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  

#10  Picture via Michael Yon
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2011-07-25 15:28  

#9  May his family be comforted ...
Posted by: Adriane   2011-07-25 14:39  

#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  

#7  And yet they insist that we negotiate with these creatures.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2011-07-25 13:00  

#6  He also has to explain to his wife.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2011-07-25 12:56  

#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  

#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  

#3  I'd suggest the Talibunnies not find themselves in this cop's jail
Posted by: Frank G   2011-07-25 08:52  

#2  Next dinning at the White House with Obammy and crew!
Posted by: Pheregum Panda9295   2011-07-25 06:58  

#1  Sub-Orcs.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike   2011-07-25 06:39  

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