June 08, 2009

Finally! Muslims Grow Tired of Taliban/al-Qaeda Murdering Them

Via CNN:

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- Hundreds of residents in northern Pakistan attacked villages suspected of sheltering Taliban militants following a mosque bombing last week, authorities said Sunday.

Some 400 villagers killed at least seven Taliban fighters, burning a number of houses thought to be sheltering the militants, said Ijaz Kahn, Upper Dir police chief. The clashes between villagers and about 200 Taliban fighters started Saturday morning, intensifying in the late afternoon.

Authorities said Taliban fighters were driven out of Shot Ghas and Ghazigay -- two villages where the Taliban have support.

The backlash against the Taliban follows a suspected suicide attack during Friday prayers at a mosque in Hayagay Gharbi -- a village about 35 km (22 miles) from the Afghan border and known for being against the Taliban.

The attack killed at least 40 people and wounded some 80 others.

This is one point from Obama's speech last week that does ring true, where ever al-Qaeda seeks control they bring with them their murderous methods. At first people may support the "security" they claim to bring as they execute a few petty criminals. But soon they realize that al-Qaeda will murder anyone for any reason, Muslim or otherwise. In fact most of the people murdered in al-Qaeda in Iraq snuff films were not western hostages or American soldiers. They were Iraqi civilians or police.

Lets hope this trend continues. That people everywhere tire of al-Qaeda's killing and reject them utterly.