From Atlantic Monthly:
Osama's compound on Google Maps.
Bin Laden's compound is just north, as you can see below, of a hospital for women and children and a cinema. About 800 feet to the west is the Cantt Police Station. There's little information available about the station online, but a Flickr photo taken in February 2007 shows it in rough condition. The station, at that time, was "included in the demolition list of the provincial government works department," the caption claims.
It's unclear who added the hideout to Google Maps or when, but it's already there -- and labeled as an "amusement park."
His compound was surrounded by hospitals, clinics, schools. At the end, he hid behind women as human shields, one of whom was apparently killed, with others wounded.
Dear readers, if at any point you encounter someone who wishes to serve as an apologist for this man and his brand of politics and religions, OS grants you leave to scream curses at the top of your lungs, and direct the idiot to view this map.
Showing posts with label Pakistan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pakistan. Show all posts
Monday, May 2, 2011
Friday, March 4, 2011
In Memoriam: Shahbaz Bhatti, Pakistani Christian
If anyone, anywhere in the West thinks it's not a problem for Sharia law to take hold in a culture, OS suggest they view the BBC's account of this gentleman's funeral.
Thousands of Pakistani mourners have attended the funeral of murdered minorities minister Shahbaz Bhatti.
Mr Bhatti, a Christian, was shot dead on Wednesday by the Taliban after he urged reform to blasphemy laws.
There were emotional scenes as several thousand Christians buried their leader in his home village near Faisalabad.
Earlier, hundreds turned out for a church service in the capital. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani told them his colleague had been "very rare".
Wednesday's assassination in Islamabad was the second this year of a Pakistani politician who wanted to reform the controversial blasphemy laws.
The article includes a brief video, prepared by Mr. Bhatti four months ago. He knew the likelihood of death by assassination was very high, and he was effectively resigned to it. It is a moving two minutes.
A correspondent at the funeral reports:
Bishop of Faisalabad Joseph Coutts told those present that the blasphemy laws - which Mr Bhatti wanted to reform - were being misused to persecute minorities.
Referring to those who would glorify the minister's murderers, he said: "We don't want to worship a God who rewards killers."
OS, as a child, would privately chuckle when missionary hymns such as 'We've A Story To Tell To The Nations' were belted out in church. He was wrong to do that. Those old hymn writers said things that arrogant boy, in his comfortable surroundings, did not wish to hear.
Where the Christian gospel is allowed to take root, freedom flourishes, and there is hope for the culture. Islam breeds violence, poverty and despair. Socialism breeds violence, poverty and despair. To refuse to speak the simple truth, in the interests of a pretense of civility, is to stand by while millions fall victim to the violence, poverty, and despair.
Shahbaz Bhatti was a Christian, a faithful devoted follower of Christ, who advocated for freedom and against violence. He is now a martyr, and an example to us all.
Thousands of Pakistani mourners have attended the funeral of murdered minorities minister Shahbaz Bhatti.
Mr Bhatti, a Christian, was shot dead on Wednesday by the Taliban after he urged reform to blasphemy laws.
There were emotional scenes as several thousand Christians buried their leader in his home village near Faisalabad.
Earlier, hundreds turned out for a church service in the capital. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani told them his colleague had been "very rare".
Wednesday's assassination in Islamabad was the second this year of a Pakistani politician who wanted to reform the controversial blasphemy laws.
The article includes a brief video, prepared by Mr. Bhatti four months ago. He knew the likelihood of death by assassination was very high, and he was effectively resigned to it. It is a moving two minutes.
A correspondent at the funeral reports:
Bishop of Faisalabad Joseph Coutts told those present that the blasphemy laws - which Mr Bhatti wanted to reform - were being misused to persecute minorities.
Referring to those who would glorify the minister's murderers, he said: "We don't want to worship a God who rewards killers."
OS, as a child, would privately chuckle when missionary hymns such as 'We've A Story To Tell To The Nations' were belted out in church. He was wrong to do that. Those old hymn writers said things that arrogant boy, in his comfortable surroundings, did not wish to hear.
Where the Christian gospel is allowed to take root, freedom flourishes, and there is hope for the culture. Islam breeds violence, poverty and despair. Socialism breeds violence, poverty and despair. To refuse to speak the simple truth, in the interests of a pretense of civility, is to stand by while millions fall victim to the violence, poverty, and despair.
Shahbaz Bhatti was a Christian, a faithful devoted follower of Christ, who advocated for freedom and against violence. He is now a martyr, and an example to us all.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
A Good Beginning To The Week: Al-Qaeda #3 Meets His 72 Virgins (or not...)
In any case, he's not amongst us to kill any more innocent people.
The Pakis will whine. When they demonstrate the will to dispatch these monsters themselves, then the US, UK and the rest of the willing West can pack up and go home.
Until then...a big H/T to the military the Democrats hate, the quiet men and women who keep those fools and the rest of us safer in a dangerous world.
The Pakis will whine. When they demonstrate the will to dispatch these monsters themselves, then the US, UK and the rest of the willing West can pack up and go home.
Until then...a big H/T to the military the Democrats hate, the quiet men and women who keep those fools and the rest of us safer in a dangerous world.
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