Two women beheaded by militants in Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) - Suspected Islamic militants beheaded two women accused of prostitution in northwestern Pakistan, police said Friday, in the latest case of Taliban-style justice in the region.
I’m telling you, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia ARE Al-Qaeda. The former is a nuclear state, while the latter drowns in oil.
The “war on terror”, “axis of evil”, or whatever you wanna call it belongs there.
I wish my ex wife was under Pakistani law here.
[quote]lixy wrote:
I’m telling you, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia ARE Al-Qaeda. The former is a nuclear state, while the latter drowns in oil.
The “war on terror”, “axis of evil”, or whatever you wanna call it belongs there.[/quote]
Although I couldn’t agree more, that’s precisely why we don’t mess with them. Strategic interests trump human interests every time.
[quote]btm62 wrote:
I wish my ex wife was under Pakistani law here.[/quote]
Why? That forgiveness shit is not working out for you?
[quote]btm62 wrote:
I wish my ex wife was under Pakistani law here.[/quote]
In case you didn’t read the article correctly, it wasn’t Pakistani law that sealed the fate of the unfortunate women - they were beheaded by Islamic militants in the tribal areas. Pakistan, like most British colonies, has a British penal and criminal law which over time was injected with bits and pieces of Islamic/Shariah law.
These Islamic militants make me sick!
Forgiveness has little to do with it.
That bein a pompous blowhard shit does seem to be working out for you I see. Nicely done.
btm62 wrote:
I wish my ex wife was under Pakistani law here.
In case you didn’t read the article correctly, it wasn’t Pakistani law that sealed the fate of the unfortunate women - they were beheaded by Islamic militants in the tribal areas. Pakistan, like most British colonies, has a British penal and criminal law which over time was injected with bits and pieces of Islamic/Shariah law.
These Islamic militants make me sick!
Memo to self: No more bad attempts at humor without a team of experts to make sure every possible angle is covered to ensure worldwide joke integrity and accuracy. Yes. My bad.
[quote]btm62 wrote:
btm62 wrote:
I wish my ex wife was under Pakistani law here.
In case you didn’t read the article correctly, it wasn’t Pakistani law that sealed the fate of the unfortunate women - they were beheaded by Islamic militants in the tribal areas. Pakistan, like most British colonies, has a British penal and criminal law which over time was injected with bits and pieces of Islamic/Shariah law.
These Islamic militants make me sick!
Memo to self: No more bad attempts at humor without a team of experts to make sure every possible angle is covered to ensure worldwide joke integrity and accuracy. Yes. My bad.
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Sorry, man. Just that I’ve lived in Pakistan for most of my life and I hate people getting the wrong impression of the society just because a few twisted b@stards!
Sorry, man. Just that I’ve lived in Pakistan for most of my life and I hate people getting the wrong impression of the society just because a few twisted b@stards!
Me too. I understand what your saying. I’m sure for the most part the people just want to be left alone to live their lives in peace. I got pissy at Pookie too.
Anyway, thanks for the words man. Its appreciated.
[quote]lixy wrote:
Two women beheaded by militants in Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) - Suspected Islamic militants beheaded two women accused of prostitution in northwestern Pakistan, police said Friday, in the latest case of Taliban-style justice in the region.
I’m telling you, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia ARE Al-Qaeda. The former is a nuclear state, while the latter drowns in oil.
The “war on terror”, “axis of evil”, or whatever you wanna call it belongs there.[/quote]
Yeah Saudi is funding alot of the radical Islamist’s and I really do feel the we (the US) should be crackin down on them BUT there are to many people in power/with money who have interest in Saudi Arabia. If I could afford an electric car I would buy one …
[quote]jawara wrote:
Yeah Saudi is funding alot of the radical Islamist’s and I really do feel the we (the US) should be crackin down on them BUT there are to many people in power/with money who have interest in Saudi Arabia. If I could afford an electric car I would buy one [/quote]
Meanwhile, how about voting for someone who dares to tell thoes “people in power/with money who have interest in Saudi Arabia” to get lost. You can afford that.
[quote]51747 wrote:
btm62 wrote:
I wish my ex wife was under Pakistani law here.
In case you didn’t read the article correctly, it wasn’t Pakistani law that sealed the fate of the unfortunate women - they were beheaded by Islamic militants in the tribal areas. Pakistan, like most British colonies, has a British penal and criminal law which over time was injected with bits and pieces of Islamic/Shariah law.
These Islamic militants make me sick![/quote]
When the British withdrew, it was truly a tragedy for those people. Objective justice and economic development got replaced by the idiots who actually though Allah would care for them and create paradise on earth. Haaaa…
[quote]lixy wrote:
jawara wrote:
Yeah Saudi is funding alot of the radical Islamist’s and I really do feel the we (the US) should be crackin down on them BUT there are to many people in power/with money who have interest in Saudi Arabia. If I could afford an electric car I would buy one
Meanwhile, how about voting for someone who dares to tell thoes “people in power/with money who have interest in Saudi Arabia” to get lost. You can afford that.[/quote]
Not really. They’ve got the oil, they’ve got a shitload of T-Bonds and T-Bills, and huge deposits in our banks. They could crash our banking system in a few hours if they wanted or could dump all their dollars and crash our economy. They’ve had about 35 years to get to where they are now.
Like it or not, the Saudis are our partners. They will be so for the forseeable future.
We could depose the current leadership in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia and let Bin Laden’s crew take over.
Pakistan ‘deports’ ex-PM Sharif
[i]Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been arrested and deported within hours of returning to Pakistan from exile, officials say.
After landing in Islamabad he was charged and put on board a plane, reportedly bound for Saudi Arabia.
Mr Sharif says he wants to challenge President Pervez Musharraf, who ousted him in a 1999 coup, ahead of elections.
Mr Sharif arrived home weeks after Pakistan’s Supreme Court affirmed his right to return.
On board the plane which flew him home from London, Mr Sharif told the BBC he wanted to help restore the rule of law.
“It’s democracy versus dictatorship,” he said.
Once the plane arrived in Islamabad, paramilitary troops surrounded it and there was a stand-off on board as Mr Sharif refused to hand over his passport to immigration officials for nearly two hours.
Eventually he agreed to leave the plane and was escorted to the airport’s VIP lounge.
But shortly afterwards, he was separated from his entourage, returned to the tarmac and put on board a helicopter. Later, he was apparently transferred to a plane bound for Jeddah in Saudi Arabia.
Large numbers of police had set up barricades on roads to prevent Mr Sharif’s supporters from reaching the airport, while all domestic flights from Islamabad on Monday were listed as cancelled.
There were reports of clashes between police and crowds of Mr Sharif’s supporters in Islamabad, Rawalpindi, and Attok, where shots were fired and several people were said to have been injured.
One worker from Mr Sharif’s Muslim League party (PML-N) told the BBC he and about 20 others had been badly beaten by police outside the airport.
On Sunday, the party said more than 2,000 supporters had been arrested by the Pakistan authorities, while almost its entire leadership had been detained.
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[quote]lixy wrote:
Pakistan ‘deports’ ex-PM Sharif
[i]Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been arrested and deported within hours of returning to Pakistan from exile, officials say.
After landing in Islamabad he was charged and put on board a plane, reportedly bound for Saudi Arabia.
Mr Sharif says he wants to challenge President Pervez Musharraf, who ousted him in a 1999 coup, ahead of elections.
Mr Sharif arrived home weeks after Pakistan’s Supreme Court affirmed his right to return.
On board the plane which flew him home from London, Mr Sharif told the BBC he wanted to help restore the rule of law.
“It’s democracy versus dictatorship,” he said.
Once the plane arrived in Islamabad, paramilitary troops surrounded it and there was a stand-off on board as Mr Sharif refused to hand over his passport to immigration officials for nearly two hours.
Eventually he agreed to leave the plane and was escorted to the airport’s VIP lounge.
But shortly afterwards, he was separated from his entourage, returned to the tarmac and put on board a helicopter. Later, he was apparently transferred to a plane bound for Jeddah in Saudi Arabia.
Large numbers of police had set up barricades on roads to prevent Mr Sharif’s supporters from reaching the airport, while all domestic flights from Islamabad on Monday were listed as cancelled.
There were reports of clashes between police and crowds of Mr Sharif’s supporters in Islamabad, Rawalpindi, and Attok, where shots were fired and several people were said to have been injured.
One worker from Mr Sharif’s Muslim League party (PML-N) told the BBC he and about 20 others had been badly beaten by police outside the airport.
On Sunday, the party said more than 2,000 supporters had been arrested by the Pakistan authorities, while almost its entire leadership had been detained.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6986584.stm[/quote]
Keeping all democratic debates aside, Sharif was rumored to cut a deal with the religious parties in Pakistan to pave his way to re-election. I’m all for democracy, but state and religion should strictly be kept separate. For those who don’t know much about Sharif please visit Nawaz Sharif - Wikipedia
He’s quite popular in his home province of Punjab and has been gaining popularity as opposed to Musharraf’s declining ratings.
His brother, Shahbaz Sharif, was the Chief Minister of the province before his government was dissolved in October 1999 and is revered in the province for bringing large scale improvements to its infrastructure and economy - benefits from which are being reaped until today. Shehbaz Sharif - Wikipedia
Something that Wikipedia does not mention is that in 1998 (or was it 99) Nawaz Sharif presented a bill to impose full and complete Shariah in Pakistan. It was, however, dismissed by the Parliament. Also, in 1991 (during his first term as PM) his government introduced the Shariah bill in Pakistan which made the Quran and Shariah the supreme law of the land. Enforcement of Shar'iah Act, 1991