Post by Paddy by Grace on Mar 12, 2010 6:06:29 GMT -7
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I call on all non-Muslims and apostates to unite and defend ourselves against the global jihad. Our leaders won't do it. They are afraid.
Gunmen attack World Vision's office in Pakistan Gulf News hat tip Cheryl
Islamabad: Suspected militants armed with grenades attacked the offices of an international aid group in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, killing five people working for the organization, police said.
The attack targeted World Vision, a large Christian humanitarian group helping survivors of the 2005 Kashmir earthquake in Mansehra district.
The dead were all Pakistanis and included two women, said police official Mohammad Sabir.
Al Qaida, the Taliban and allied groups are strong in northwestern Pakistan, but Mansehra lies outside the tribal belt next to Afghanistan where the militants have their main bases.
Extremists have killed other people working for foreign aid groups in Pakistan, greatly hampering efforts to raise living standards in the desperately poor region.
The aid groups are seen by the militants as a challenge to their authority in regions under their influence.
They often employ women and support female rights initiatives, further angering the extremists.
[...]
In 2008, militants in Mansehra killed four Pakistanis working for Plan International, a British-based charity that focuses on helping children.
I call on all non-Muslims and apostates to unite and defend ourselves against the global jihad. Our leaders won't do it. They are afraid.
Gunmen attack World Vision's office in Pakistan Gulf News hat tip Cheryl
Islamabad: Suspected militants armed with grenades attacked the offices of an international aid group in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, killing five people working for the organization, police said.
The attack targeted World Vision, a large Christian humanitarian group helping survivors of the 2005 Kashmir earthquake in Mansehra district.
The dead were all Pakistanis and included two women, said police official Mohammad Sabir.
Al Qaida, the Taliban and allied groups are strong in northwestern Pakistan, but Mansehra lies outside the tribal belt next to Afghanistan where the militants have their main bases.
Extremists have killed other people working for foreign aid groups in Pakistan, greatly hampering efforts to raise living standards in the desperately poor region.
The aid groups are seen by the militants as a challenge to their authority in regions under their influence.
They often employ women and support female rights initiatives, further angering the extremists.
[...]
In 2008, militants in Mansehra killed four Pakistanis working for Plan International, a British-based charity that focuses on helping children.