I wonder what will be Pakistan's reaction. I know if it happened to us we would do nothing (maybe turn the other cheek) because we are Christians, "morally superior" and we hold our country to a "higher standard" but Pakistan is under no such constraints.
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Neither could the British, nor any other army dating back to Alexander the Great.
And the Soviets couldn't do it either...
In that case, Trudeau has a MUCH better understanding on some key counter-terrorism concepts than tough-talking wannabe's give him credit for.Trudeau would want to take to these monsters to determine why they are what they are.
Pure monsters who do not deserve to walk on this earth
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Not but a few days ago, the SACEUR said:
But Mr. Trudeau and Gen. Breedlove aren't alone in encouraging the necessity to understand the motivations/root causes behind events like this & the groups that commit them. I'm sure all you guys are already well aware of the Kanishka Project.Until we have addressed the root causes of these kinds of issues, we can expect to have to deal with these kind of issues
What's that, you say? Well, according to Public Safety Canadas' website, the Kanisha Project is a:
Yup, even the Harper gov't recognizes the importance of studying the problem (but, as usual, since there isn't much of a photo-op, the project is woefully underfunded)5 year $10M initiative which will invest in research on pressing questions for Canada on terrorism and counter-terrorism, such as preventing and countering violent extremism
So, while it might make you feel all badass to spout off "we don't talk to terrorists", reality is that you've got to talk to them, study them, understand them, in order to overcome them. Anybody want to call me an "apologist" or "sympathizer", I trust you'd have the balls to call me out in person (I'm in the GTA for Christmas & wouldn't mind getting out for a beer!)
And yet the 1st thing the Taliban did in Afghanistan when they gained a foot hold,...was to destroy the opposing sides religious symbols,...This was an army academy. This is the Talibans way of preventing the army from carrying out further operations. "your children will die." At this point it has nothing really to do with religion, its more of a resistance against the power of the state. These areas are lawless and under control of tribes. Its like the Tamil tigers essentially. Religion is just a rallying cry used to further that goal.
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One would think that this would be extraordinarily stupid on the part of the Taliban, once the initial shock wears off one would presume that the heart of the Pakistani Army would be hardened to the point of every last *&^$# member of the Taliban will die.This was an army academy. This is the Talibans way of preventing the army from carrying out further operations. "your children will die."
I doubt it.The Pakistani Taliban will soon learn that it is the height of stupidity to murder the children of men with guns and bombers.
It will never change in our life-time.
Most of victims shot in the head execution style.....
The students said that the attackers scaled the boundary wall from the adjacent graveyard and started firing while moving towards the classrooms and auditorium. They said that a large number of students had gathered in the auditorium to get first aid training.
“Most of the students have received bullets in the head,” said provincial information minister Mushtaq Ahmed Ghani while talking to mediapersons at the Lady Reading Hospital (LRH). He said that most of the bodies were received in the Combined Military Hospital and around 30 at the Lady Reading Hospital. Of the injured students, 25 were in critical condition, the minister said.
The parents, who usually wait outside the school to pick their children at the closing time, were seen crying . They were frantically searching for their children in the LRH and CMH as they wanted to know about safety or condition of their kids after the attack.
Besides the parents and relatives, the people visiting both the hospitals were also seen mourning on seeing the bodies and injured students in their blood-stained school uniform.
“I saw 17 bodies at the CMH and all of them had received bullets in the head,” said a journalist who was covering the event. He said that some of the bodies were mutilated.
Mohammad Zeeshan, a student of grade-7, told Dawn that he and many other students were getting first aid training in the school hall when they heard the gunfire. “Our trainer told us to lie down on the floor,” he said, adding that in the meantime the terrorists entered the hall.
Mr Zeeshan said that the terrorists started shooting the students in their heads at a close range. “They killed our class-fellows and then left us in the main hall. I received a bullet in my foot,” he said.
Another injured student said that terrorists were firing on the students in classrooms. “They also killed one of our teachers,” he said.
Chief Minister Pervez Khattak told mediapersons at the LRH that the militants were wearing FC uniform. The attackers scaled the boundary wall from the adjacent graveyard, he said. He also announced three-day mourning in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The chief minister announced Rs500,000 for the killed students and Rs200, 000 for the injured.
Jamaat-i-Islami chief Sirajul Haq said on the occasion that it was the responsibility of the federal and provincial governments to provide security to the people. A government, which can’t provide security to its children has no right to rule, he said.
Awami National Party’s provincial president Ameer Haider Hoti said that children of the nation were killed brutally. He called for united stand by the political parties against militancy.
Published in Dawn, December 17th, 2014
http://www.dawn.com/news/1151393/most-of-victims-shot-in-the-head
The students said that the attackers scaled the boundary wall from the adjacent graveyard and started firing while moving towards the classrooms and auditorium. They said that a large number of students had gathered in the auditorium to get first aid training.
“Most of the students have received bullets in the head,” said provincial information minister Mushtaq Ahmed Ghani while talking to mediapersons at the Lady Reading Hospital (LRH). He said that most of the bodies were received in the Combined Military Hospital and around 30 at the Lady Reading Hospital. Of the injured students, 25 were in critical condition, the minister said.
The parents, who usually wait outside the school to pick their children at the closing time, were seen crying . They were frantically searching for their children in the LRH and CMH as they wanted to know about safety or condition of their kids after the attack.
Besides the parents and relatives, the people visiting both the hospitals were also seen mourning on seeing the bodies and injured students in their blood-stained school uniform.
“I saw 17 bodies at the CMH and all of them had received bullets in the head,” said a journalist who was covering the event. He said that some of the bodies were mutilated.
Mohammad Zeeshan, a student of grade-7, told Dawn that he and many other students were getting first aid training in the school hall when they heard the gunfire. “Our trainer told us to lie down on the floor,” he said, adding that in the meantime the terrorists entered the hall.
Mr Zeeshan said that the terrorists started shooting the students in their heads at a close range. “They killed our class-fellows and then left us in the main hall. I received a bullet in my foot,” he said.
Another injured student said that terrorists were firing on the students in classrooms. “They also killed one of our teachers,” he said.
Chief Minister Pervez Khattak told mediapersons at the LRH that the militants were wearing FC uniform. The attackers scaled the boundary wall from the adjacent graveyard, he said. He also announced three-day mourning in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The chief minister announced Rs500,000 for the killed students and Rs200, 000 for the injured.
Jamaat-i-Islami chief Sirajul Haq said on the occasion that it was the responsibility of the federal and provincial governments to provide security to the people. A government, which can’t provide security to its children has no right to rule, he said.
Awami National Party’s provincial president Ameer Haider Hoti said that children of the nation were killed brutally. He called for united stand by the political parties against militancy.
Published in Dawn, December 17th, 2014
http://www.dawn.com/news/1151393/most-of-victims-shot-in-the-head
