Taliban Attacking More Children
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26 July 2011
Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan
Over the past several days there have been news stories here in Afghanistan about the Taliban strangling an 8-year-old boy. The reports say that his father refused to turn over a police vehicle to the enemy, and so they murdered his son. Late last night, a courageous Afghan journalist named Mustafa Kazemi emailed an image of the boy that Mustafa said had been murdered. Afghans are enraged. They hate this behavior as much as we do. The boy appears to have had his eyes gouged out before being strangled to death. This image is graphic. (please scroll down)
And so last night I walked to the Headquarters of 4-4CAV here in Zhari District, the most active district in Afghanistan at this time. I asked what was going on tonight. A noncommissioned officer filled me in on the day’s events. We had been in a minor ambush resulting in a slight injury and a damaged MRAP, so I knew about that one. But then he explained about a boy whom he said the Taliban forced to step on an IED just down the road from here. Apparently, according to Afghans, the Taliban may have been testing a new bomb made from a soda bottle. The boy’s name is Jalil, and our people estimate that Jalil is 6 to 8-years-old. Jalil was picking grapes with his brother when the Taliban, according to reporting, told the boy to step on the bomb. It blew off his right leg below the knee, leaving hamburger on the stump, and fractured his femur. Afghans brought Jalil to the nearby American base called COP Kolk, where 4-4CAV Soldiers treated him. A helicopter took Jalil and his father to Kandahar Airfield for advanced treatment.
I asked the Taliban spokesman for his take on this, and he emailed back that “It is enemy propaganda.” The evidence is against him.
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Thanks Michael and my hope is these 'individuals' get their just reward....
Last year the story that stuck in my head was the 7 yr old hung from a goal post because he MIGHT be helping us. My son was 7 then.
I might be on my way back to Kabul soon (2-3 wks). Stay safe Michael.
Commonly, pregnant women had their live children carved out of their bodies because they wouldn't give information on the Americans, or simply didn't know.
Go further back in history, way back, it was popular to skin a conquered leader alive, sew the skin back together, fill it with air and put it on a stick. Skinbags.
The Taliban are simply doing what's been done throughout history. It's horrific, it's meant to terrorize, and strike fear in the enemy. The only solution is to kill them for their actions.
Action = reaction. Don't forget history.
STICK A GRENADE IN THERE PANTS, THEN PULL THE PIN.......KABOOMKABOOMB
OBL HEAD UP BODY BLOWN UP
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One of the fresh, young 2nd Lieutenants didn't think the chaplain ought to talk that way. I just told him to wait until he had seen what they do for himself.
It may offend some sensibilities to call this evil, but if this isn't, what is?
No, this is pure classic Taliban. They've always been deranged and brutal.
Great thoughts, but far too kinetic here now. You'd spend 10x more on security than the school. Other parts of Afghanistan are ready for this. Or, places like Nepal where your safety is not in question, or Laos, Cambodia, some parts of Thailand, Philippines. But not right here, not right now. This is a no-kidding war zone.
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Richard
All that's happened is that you are now aware of what we, who have spent our time in Iraq and Afghanistan, know. They are animals. They are not human. You do the rest of society a favor when you put down a mad dog. The same with jihadis.
Maybe we can convince the Afghanis to change their own culture, somehow, but all signs point to "no."
No joke about South / southWest being war zone.
Changes do need to happen. The thing to remember about the people causing such things is that while we may not want to look at them as human they are. It isn't one particular religion that has caused devastation, but the corruption of a religion. Many wars have been fought in the name of Religion. We don't need to change the religious practices of the masses, but the corruption of their religion. To wish curses on a whole nation for the actions of their evil citizen would be like wishing the same on any other country for the evils some of their citizens perpetrate.
I pray every night for our soldiers and well my soldier now. I just sent my son off. I have many friends deployed. I also pray for their families because of the things like this that they do experience. It changes them in ways you never expect. Thank you for your service. Stay safe.
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