Hallmark doesn't make a card for that. One must consider the source, however. Interior Minister Rehman Malik is the same official who has ordered the blocking of "un-Islamic" web sites and text messages, demanded the pope and Interpol denounce the Florida Qur'an burning, and said he would shoot a person who committed blasphemy against Islam in his presence.
That's the Interior Minister of Pakistan. "Pakistani minister thanks Taliban for not bombing," from the Associated Press, December 6:
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan's interior minister thanked the country's Taliban militant movement Tuesday for not staging attacks during this year's Shiite ritual of Ashoura, a remark likely to draw criticism as the country grapples with how to subdue the extremists.
The Pakistani Taliban and other Sunni extremist groups have frequently bombed Shiite processions during Ashoura.
The government has declared war on the group, but in recent weeks there have been unconfirmed reports of peace talks with at least some factions within the Taliban.
Unlike in neighboring Afghanistan, where a suicide bomber killed more than 50 Shiites earlier Tuesday, the Ashoura observances passed peacefully in Pakistan this year.
Speaking to reporters in the capital, Islamabad, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said he had appealed to the Taliban to "respect" the Shiite observances and "I want to thank them for doing that."
It was unclear whether Malik, who has a history of making controversial, insensitive or wrong statements, was referring to a formal appeal to the Taliban. He has previously denied the reports of peace talks with the group. The government's official line is that it will talk to any militant outfit if it renounces violence and lays down its arms.
The Pakistani Taliban and allied groups have claimed responsibility for hundreds of suicide bombings over the last five years that have killed thousands as part of a campaign to replace the secular government with a hard-line Islamist one. They regard Shiites as infidels, and believe killing them is a religious obligation.
The army has attacked its strongholds in the northwest close to the Afghan border.
Despite the Taliban's violence, there is political and public support for a peace deal with the group.
Many Pakistanis share its hard-line religious views and anti-American stance, and believe the militants could be brought into the fold if only Islamabad severed its alliance with Washington, which they blame for the insurgency.
Pakistan--the land of the pure. More like Patheticstan--the land of the manure.
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Pakistan Taliban has raised group of gay suicide bombers
Islamabad, Pakistan. In a clever move aimed at getting rid of both gays and infidels, considered un-Islamic and impure by Taliban, the Pakistan arm of the militant group has put together a group of gay suicide bombers that would attack Indians, the infidels, in the new year. The group is attracting gay Pakistanis, who hate India, but are unaware of the hatred Taliban has for them.
“These guys have no idea that Taliban would be most happy to kill them as well,” security expert C Raman told Faking News, “They are blinded with the hatred that they possess for India, who they think is responsible for all the troubles Pakistan is facing today like power outages, militancy, match-fixing and atrocities on Palestinians.”
Experts point out that groups like Taliban had earlier persecuted homosexuals for their “sinful” ways, but the gay Pakistanis lining up to join Taliban reject those instances as “Hindu-Zionist” conspiracy to discredit Taliban.
“They have given me so much of love,” Zaid Hommid, one of the gay recruits said, “In fact, they allowed me to be one with Pervez, my love, at the camp here. Me and Pervez would soon leave for India and cast terror into the hearts of our enemies.”
Zaid and Pervez are hopeful of mingling with the Indian population without raising any eyebrows. They have already equipped themselves with many pop-cultural references to India and were seen with DVDs of Coffee with Karan along with other Bollywood movies.
Interestingly, Taliban is training these gay suicide bombers in teams of two each. They have encouraged gay Pakistanis to join the training camps with their partners. Experts point out that this is an “afterlife” incentive for the martyred homosexuals.
“None of them would be interested in 72 virgins that Taliban promises to ‘normal’ suicide bombers. That’s why they are preparing the gay bombers in couples. Both of them die and think they’d have gala time in the heaven with each other,” pointed out a Taliban watcher.
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"Hallmark doesn't make a card for that." ROFL.
Best satirical comment on JW by a long shot. Absolutely hilarious. Thank you very much, Marisol, for sharing this with us.
Pakistan: Interior minister "thanks" Taliban for not attacking Shi'ites' Ashura observances
Hallmark doesn't make a card for that.
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Hahahahahahahahaha!