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A War on Schoolgirls
Unable to win on the battlefield, the Taliban are fighting to prevent half the country's children from getting an education.
Newsweek
June 26, 2006 issue - Late one February night, more than a dozen masked gunmen burst into the 10-room girls' school in Nooria's village, Mandrawar, about 100 miles east of Kabul. They tied up and beat the night watchman, soaked the principal's office and the library with gasoline, set it on fire and escaped into the darkness. The townspeople, who doused the blaze before it could spread, later found written messages from the gunmen promising to cut off the nose and ears of any teacher or student who dared to return.
The threats didn't work. Within days, most of the school's 650 pupils were back to their studies. Classes were held under a grove of trees in the courtyard for several weeks, despite the winter chill, until repairs inside the one-story structure were complete.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13393232/site/newsweek/
Giant wussies!!
Unable to win on the battlefield, the Taliban are fighting to prevent half the country's children from getting an education.
Newsweek
June 26, 2006 issue - Late one February night, more than a dozen masked gunmen burst into the 10-room girls' school in Nooria's village, Mandrawar, about 100 miles east of Kabul. They tied up and beat the night watchman, soaked the principal's office and the library with gasoline, set it on fire and escaped into the darkness. The townspeople, who doused the blaze before it could spread, later found written messages from the gunmen promising to cut off the nose and ears of any teacher or student who dared to return.
The threats didn't work. Within days, most of the school's 650 pupils were back to their studies. Classes were held under a grove of trees in the courtyard for several weeks, despite the winter chill, until repairs inside the one-story structure were complete.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13393232/site/newsweek/
Giant wussies!!
Most clevah post I've seen all day.
