By now any regular reader knows my feeling on the barbaric Taliban and all they stand for, how they do what they do and claim it’s for religion is beyond me, I’m sure most decent minded people would agree with that.
But yet they are able to reach new lows, today its reported that up to 1500 children varying in age from 7 to 13 had been kidnapped in the Swat valley for use as suicide bombers, five were rescued this weekend, and they tell a harrowing tale.
They speak of up to 16 hours a day in classrooms being brainwashed to the twisted version of Islam these fanatics follow, even being encouraged to kill their own parents if they are perceived to support the Government or US troops in any way. These children were taken when the Taliban were grabbing huge areas of land in Swat with no opposition, its only when they looked to threaten Islamabad and with pressure from the US did the Pakistani’s act.
Their offensive has been reasonably successful, Swat is being purged of Taliban, yet the children remain missing, its believed they have been sold on to other groups. Anybody out there that had any sympathy with the Taliban cause, please think again.
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