http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/600_suicide_bombers_put_Pak_in_a_tizzy/articleshow/2242897.cms
600 suicide bombers within the limits of Pakistan's national capital? That too from just two Madrassas located in the heart of Islamabad that could easily have been monitored by the State security agencies and intelligence networks. Has anyone ever taken a stock of just how many Madrassas outside the sphere of influence of the Pakistani state apparatus are engaged in preparing these merchants of death, and in what numbers? It is not possible to believe that such destructive a mechanism was under manufacture without knowledge of the Pakistani Govt. The alarm in Pakistan is probably because the disease is likely to afflict the local population. Perhaps, it was okay to ignore the Madrassas involved in this kind of ‘education’, if their product was solely meant for export!
If this is the state of affairs under the very nose of the govt of Pakistan in their capital, Islamabad, what could be happening in Waziristan tribal region in the NWFP, where the govt has no control at all? Pakistani govt must be having all the data on sources of funding to Madrassas, number of students, the background checks of the learned staff, the sponsors and much more as is the norm everywhere. Now that there is a possibility of these suicide squads running amuck and turning on the home population, is Pakistan willing to initiate decisive measures to stamp them out permanently?
Though the report spells an ominous future for the world, it offers another opportunity to Pakistan to realize that it cannot play with fire without getting scalded.
600 suicide bombers within the limits of Pakistan's national capital? That too from just two Madrassas located in the heart of Islamabad that could easily have been monitored by the State security agencies and intelligence networks. Has anyone ever taken a stock of just how many Madrassas outside the sphere of influence of the Pakistani state apparatus are engaged in preparing these merchants of death, and in what numbers? It is not possible to believe that such destructive a mechanism was under manufacture without knowledge of the Pakistani Govt. The alarm in Pakistan is probably because the disease is likely to afflict the local population. Perhaps, it was okay to ignore the Madrassas involved in this kind of ‘education’, if their product was solely meant for export!
If this is the state of affairs under the very nose of the govt of Pakistan in their capital, Islamabad, what could be happening in Waziristan tribal region in the NWFP, where the govt has no control at all? Pakistani govt must be having all the data on sources of funding to Madrassas, number of students, the background checks of the learned staff, the sponsors and much more as is the norm everywhere. Now that there is a possibility of these suicide squads running amuck and turning on the home population, is Pakistan willing to initiate decisive measures to stamp them out permanently?
Though the report spells an ominous future for the world, it offers another opportunity to Pakistan to realize that it cannot play with fire without getting scalded.
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I am really really skeptical about this times of India news item. First, they have not quoted any sources just a loose "government has said" second, they have categorized 600 students as suicide bombers, without substantiating their news. I would read it very skeptically.
No doubt many of these students must be sympathizers of the militants, but let us not forget that these very students were taken hostage by JEM(Jaish-e-mohammad).
The BBC has in interesting article on the repercussions of the Red Mosque Seige : http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6897683.stm It appears to be more realistic
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