it is always a long battle to defeat crazy religious conservative view points that hate education
rip to the brave that lost their lives to hope to better their lives
it is always a long battle to defeat crazy religious conservative view points that hate education
rip to the brave that lost their lives to hope to better their lives
"For there is always light, if only we are brave enough to see it. If only we are brave enough to be it." Amanda Gorman
"When Fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross"
Pakistan Taliban kill scores in Peshawar school massacre
At least 126 people, mostly children, have been killed in a Taliban assault on an army-run school in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, officials say.
Five or six militants wearing security uniforms entered the school, officials said. Gunfire and explosions were heard as security forces surrounded the area.
The army says most of the school's 500 students have been evacuated. It is not clear how many are being held hostage.
The attack is being seen as one of the worst yet in Pakistan.
The BBC's Aamer Ahmed Khan in Islamabad says the killing of schoolchildren has caused unprecedented shock.
Thousands of Pakistanis have been killed in militant violence in recent years.
A spokesman for the militants says the school was targeted in response to army operations.
Hundreds of Taliban fighters are thought to have died in a recent military offensive in North Waziristan and the nearby Khyber area.
Many of the casualties were reportedly caused by a suicide blast. At least 80 of the dead are said to be children.
The attack started at 10:00 local time (05:00 GMT). Mudassir Awan, a worker at the school, said he saw six people scaling the walls of the school.
"We thought it must be the children playing some game," he told Reuters news agency. "But then we saw a lot of firearms with them.
"As soon as the firing started, we ran to our classrooms," he said. "They were entering every class and they were killing the children."
A school worker and a student interviewed by the local Geo TV station said the attackers had entered the Army Public School's auditorium, where a military team was conducting first-aid training for students.
Locals said they also heard the screams of students and teachers. The dead are said to include teachers, as well as a paramilitary soldier.
Ambulances have been carrying the injured to nearby hospitals. A helicopter is also in the area. Major roads in Peshawar in the city have been sealed off.
The school is at the edge of a military cantonment in Peshawar, which has seen some of the worst of the violence during a Taliban insurgency in recent years.
Many of the students were the children of military personnel. Most of them would have been aged 16 or under.
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who has just arrived in Peshawar, described the attack as a "national tragedy".
The Pakistani opposition politician and former cricket captain Imran Khan condemned the attack as "utter barbarism".
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30491435
Last edited by goldfly; 12-16-2014 at 06:40 AM.
"For there is always light, if only we are brave enough to see it. If only we are brave enough to be it." Amanda Gorman
"When Fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross"
I don't even know what to say. What a terrible day for the world.
Natural Immunity Croc
Maybe this will begin a full scale war within Islam, which seems inevitable at some point
Hawk (12-16-2014)
Its sad that innocents die in the worlds struggle against radical Islam. Whats even sadder is that this is what has to be done. Radical Islam must be defeated for the worlds sake.
Natural Immunity Croc
They hate the kids because they bombed them.
"Yes, I did think Aldrich was good UNTIL I SAW HIM PLAY. "- thethe
thethe (12-16-2014)
Umm, I can reject Catholicism (which I did), Baptist (which I did), Church of God (which I did), Lutheran (which I did), I did not get stone to death, shot, or beheaded. I do not choose any religion, they all have rules.
But you have no choice in Islam, convert or die a horrible death and if you are Christian (shudders).
Talking to you folks is like talking to children.
To be clear, thethe just condemned the killing of innocents from Muslims (which I agree, of course). Then he justified the killing of innocents from the US... all in the same post.
"For there is always light, if only we are brave enough to see it. If only we are brave enough to be it." Amanda Gorman
"When Fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross"
Its horrible that it happens. There is no question about it. But if you think the intention is even close to the same between the US and Radicals then we have no reason to further discuss this issue.
I would expect the families to be enraged. I would be as well. I would also hope that they are realizing the reason the bombs are dropping is because the Radicals are destabilizing the world.
Natural Immunity Croc