Equal-opportunity enforced ignorance. “Pakistan: Militants blow up boy’s school in northwest,” from AdnKronos International, January 18: Landi Kotal, 18 Jan. (AKI) – Militants on Monday blew up a government primary school for boys in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber tribal region, Pakistani media reported. The militants planted two powerful bombs which exploded…
Surely if we build more roads, schools, and hospitals in Afghanistan, this sort of thing won’t happen — right? That is the bedrock assumption that the learned analysts make, and it is draining American resources. No one, of course, is considering the possibility that no matter how helpful we are…
Threatened by girls with books. “Taliban blow up Pakistan girls school: official,” from Agence France-Presse, December 23: PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) – The Taliban blew up a girls’ school in Pakistan’s Khyber district, where troops are fighting against militants in the tribal region bordering Afghanistan, an official said Wednesday. Militants detonated…
Whoops. No virgins for you, pal. “One Palestinian killed, three wounded in Gaza explosion,” from Deutsche Presse Agentur, November 30 (thanks to Weasel Zippers): Gaza – One Palestinian militant was killed and three were wounded Monday night in a mysterious explosion in a car that drove west of Gaza city,…
