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Bin Laden's young neighbours vow revenge over death | ||||||
2011-05-10 | ||||||
It's nice to see the funding and curriculum of that staunch US ally, Soody Arabia, being put to good use. In a madrassa close to the house where Osama bin Laden lived and died, young Pakistani students are furious over the death of a terror mastermind they considered a religious hero. Venting their anger over a US raid a week ago in which commandos killed bin Laden, reportedly in front of his family, at the villa that hid him from the world, metres (yards) from their school in Abbottabad they vow revenge. "This war is not over yet. There are so many mujahedeen (fighters) who will continue Osama's fight and will defeat America," said Muhammad Tofail, a 15-year-old student at the biggest seminary in Bilal Town, the suburb that proved to have been bin Laden's home for up to five years. "There are many Osamas in the Muslim world
"I will myself become Osama and revenge his death one day," said 10-year-old Abbas Khan, sitting in the playground outside the seminary and metres away from the Al-Qaeda chief's hideout.
But the perceived violation of sovereignty with last week's operation has united many in anger against the United States, and worsened the widespread perception that the government in Islamabad is servile to its superpower ally.
Billions of dollars in military and civilian aid given by the United States to Pakistan fails to assuage mass mistrust of the Western power.
"Osama bin Laden has developed a psyche. He has developed a mindset and younger generations are affected," said Farzana Anis, who took her daughter to see bin Laden's hideout, speaking in English. "If there's no social uplift in Pakistan, if there's no education, there is no healthcare, there's no alleviation of poverty, then this mindset can take place... With the killing of Osama bin Laden, the problem has aggravated." | ||||||
Posted by:tipper |
#7 Education,Education! When is Obama going to look at the education in Pakistan,Saudi Arabia and Iran? |
Posted by: Black Bart Phuling7750 2011-05-10 13:22 |
#6 "I will myself become Osama and revenge his death one day," Cause killing 3,000 civilians is such a high ideal for the culture. On the other hand, the incident has probably inspired an even greater number of young Americans to aspire to become the type of person to hunt down and kill such dogs. |
Posted by: Procopius2k 2011-05-10 08:53 |
#5 The West Well, duh. Maybe one day we will recognize these radical imams as our enemy in the WOT and we act accordingly. "I will myself become Osama and revenge his death one day," Careful what you wish for kid. Maybe you'd better become a cab driver somewhere--it is safer. |
Posted by: JohnQC 2011-05-10 08:42 |
#4 "If there's no social uplift in Pakistan, if there's no education, there is no healthcare, there's no alleviation of poverty, then this mindset can take place... The abject failure called Pakistan is the US's fault apparently. Pathetic. |
Posted by: Spot 2011-05-10 08:01 |
#3 When my brother was 9 months old, he wanted to be the family dog. |
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-05-10 07:47 |
#2 "I will myself become Osama and revenge his death one day," said 10-year-old Abbas Yeah, yeah. When my sister was 10, she wated to be a caboose. You know, on the end of a freight train? Well, maybe she was 6. |
Posted by: Bobby 2011-05-10 07:07 |
#1 ...Noticing, of course, that these Brave Lions Of Islam(TM)didn't bestir themselves when there was actual shooting going on. Mike |
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2011-05-10 06:59 |