Peshawar Massacre - TTP kills hundreds of school kids (Avoid graphic pics/vids)
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This is the second 9/11 of Pakistan. First was Mariot attacks.
When the ++++ will we get Umar Mansoor and Fazlullah. We talk more and do nothing. Even Ataullah the mastermind of the Malala attack is roaming freely across the country.
Mastermind of the Peshawar school attack: Umar Mansoor
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: The most hated man in the country is a 36-year-old father of three and volleyball enthusiast nicknamed “Slim”. His real name is Umar Mansoor and the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan say he masterminded this week’s massacre of 132 children and nine staff at a school in Peshawar – the deadliest militant attack in Pakistan’s history.
A video posted on Thursday on a website used by the Taliban shows a man with a luxuriant chest-length beard, holding an admonishing finger aloft as he seeks to justify the December 16 attack.
The caption identified him as Umar Mansoor.
“If our women and children die as martyrs, your children will not escape,” he said. “We will fight against you in such a style that you attack us and we will take revenge on innocents.”
The Taliban say the attack, in which gunmen wearing suicide-bomb vests executed children, was retaliation for a military offensive carried out by the army.
The school attack shocked a nation where traditionally, women and children are protected, even in war.
Six TTP members interviewed by Reuters confirmed the mastermind was Mansoor. Four of them said he is close to Mullah Fazlullah, the embattled leader of the fractious group who ordered assassins to kill Malala Yousafzai.
“He strictly follows the principles of jihad,” one said. “He is strict in principles, but very kind to his juniors. He is popular among the juniors because of his bravery and boldness.”
Mansoor got a high school education in the capital, Islamabad, two Taliban members said, and later studied in a madrassah. “Umar Mansoor had a tough mind from a very young age, he was always in fights with other boys,” said one Taliban member.
Mansoor has two brothers and spent some time working in the city of Karachi as a labourer before joining the Taliban soon after it was formed, in late 2007, said one commander.
His nickname is “nary,” a word in the Pashto language meaning “slim”, and he is the father of two daughters and a son, said another commanders.
“(Mansoor) likes to play volleyball,” said one of the Taliban members. “He is a good volleyball player. Wherever he shifts his office, he puts a volleyball net up.”
The Taliban video describes him as the “amir”, or leader, of Peshawar and nearby Darra Adam Khel.
Mansoor deeply opposes talks with the government, the commanders said.
“He was very strict from the start when he joined,” a commander said. “He left many commanders behind if they had a soft corner (of their heart) for the government.”
When the ++++ will we get Umar Mansoor and Fazlullah. We talk more and do nothing. Even Ataullah the mastermind of the Malala attack is roaming freely across the country.
Mastermind of the Peshawar school attack: Umar Mansoor
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: The most hated man in the country is a 36-year-old father of three and volleyball enthusiast nicknamed “Slim”. His real name is Umar Mansoor and the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan say he masterminded this week’s massacre of 132 children and nine staff at a school in Peshawar – the deadliest militant attack in Pakistan’s history.
A video posted on Thursday on a website used by the Taliban shows a man with a luxuriant chest-length beard, holding an admonishing finger aloft as he seeks to justify the December 16 attack.
The caption identified him as Umar Mansoor.
“If our women and children die as martyrs, your children will not escape,” he said. “We will fight against you in such a style that you attack us and we will take revenge on innocents.”
The Taliban say the attack, in which gunmen wearing suicide-bomb vests executed children, was retaliation for a military offensive carried out by the army.
The school attack shocked a nation where traditionally, women and children are protected, even in war.
Six TTP members interviewed by Reuters confirmed the mastermind was Mansoor. Four of them said he is close to Mullah Fazlullah, the embattled leader of the fractious group who ordered assassins to kill Malala Yousafzai.
“He strictly follows the principles of jihad,” one said. “He is strict in principles, but very kind to his juniors. He is popular among the juniors because of his bravery and boldness.”
Mansoor got a high school education in the capital, Islamabad, two Taliban members said, and later studied in a madrassah. “Umar Mansoor had a tough mind from a very young age, he was always in fights with other boys,” said one Taliban member.
Mansoor has two brothers and spent some time working in the city of Karachi as a labourer before joining the Taliban soon after it was formed, in late 2007, said one commander.
His nickname is “nary,” a word in the Pashto language meaning “slim”, and he is the father of two daughters and a son, said another commanders.
“(Mansoor) likes to play volleyball,” said one of the Taliban members. “He is a good volleyball player. Wherever he shifts his office, he puts a volleyball net up.”
The Taliban video describes him as the “amir”, or leader, of Peshawar and nearby Darra Adam Khel.
Mansoor deeply opposes talks with the government, the commanders said.
“He was very strict from the start when he joined,” a commander said. “He left many commanders behind if they had a soft corner (of their heart) for the government.”
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Pashtun forums are in full swing insulting Pakistan with a complete lack of awareness that a mass murder of children has taken place.
Pakistan needs to action now, be it an operation in Kunar/Nuristan or something significant, do it now.
Pakistan needs to action now, be it an operation in Kunar/Nuristan or something significant, do it now.
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Analysts: Changes Needed in Wake of Pakistan School Attack
By Usman Ansari 1:45 p.m. EST December 19, 2014
Activists of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) party shout anti-Taliban slogans in a protest rally in Karachi on Dec. 19 against an attack by Taliban militants on an army-run school in Peshawar. (Photo: Asif Hassan/AFP)
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan's top civil and military leadership has held an emergency meeting to formulate a response to Tuesday's attack on a school in Peshawar by the Pakistani Taliban (TTP).
A number of proposals has reportedly being discussed, and the moratorium on the death penalty for terrorism cases lifted.
A statement by the military's media branch, Inter Services Public Relations, outlined Army chief Gen. Raheel Sharif's visit to Afghanistan where he secured pledges of help from Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Gen. John Campbell, head of NATO forces there.
"Matters related to security situation along Pak-Afghan border region came under discussion," the statement said. "Vital elements of intelligence were shared with concerned authorities, with regard to Peshawar incident."
Analysts are uncertain as to what will actually be done, though they highlight required changes.
Claude Rakisits, nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council's South Asia Center, believes there is little the military can actually do "except to try to prevent more of these terrorist acts — an almost impossible task."
This is because "while the TTP may be divided and the operation against it has weakened it, the Pakistani Taliban are not a spent force. This was a daring operation. The school is located in a secure area of the city and several check points need to be passed to get to it."
Rakisits has heard from colleagues in Peshawar that the attackers were speaking a language other than the native Pashto, which he believes indicates they may have been Uzbek allies of the TTP who have executed many high-profile terrorist attacks.
He also thinks the attack removes any hint of negotiations with the TTP, and "given the depravity of this attack, it must mean that the military's six-month old operation must be starting to bite."
Furthermore, "the TTP finally realizes that the military has indeed decided to target all militants, and that the days of differentiating the 'good' and 'bad' Taliban are over with."
Brian Cloughley, former Australian defense attache to Islamabad, said the TTP have "gone too far, this time, and the Army will be absolutely merciless."
Regarding whether the military may pursue the TTP into Afghanistan, he saidthe scope is limited.
"They've been doing 'hot pursuit' already, but just over the border by a few hundred meters" he said. "It is probable that the government in Islamabad will try to enlist the help of Afghanistan and ask that the Afghan Army [to] block entry by Taliban leaving Pakistan, but the Afghan Army is incapable of taking such action.
Adding, "It would be unacceptable to attempt deep penetration in hot pursuit and I doubt they will try that."
Demands that Kabul hand over the TTP leadership may not get far either.
"They may ask for the handover of Fazlullah, but it is more likely he will be taken out in a drone strike."
Analyst Haris Khan of the Pakistan Military Consortium think tank said the attack was "yet another intel failure on the part of both military and civilian security apparatus," yet he blames the provincial government, not the military.
"The military has been involved in operations in [Federally Administered Tribal Areas] for some time now and they can't be held responsible for safety and security of the areas which are governed by the elected-political parties. Even though this school belonged to the Pakistan Army Foundation, the onus of security is on the shoulders of the PTI [Pakistan Movement for Justice] government of KP [Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]."
If similar attacks are to be prevented, analysts believe there must now be changes, and Khan said a lack of civil-public coordination has caused a "complete vacuum regarding homeland security."
"The forefront of this problem is the there is no effort or plan to coordinate between public [government], and private [citizenry and local business] to activate some type of a plan which institutionalizes some type of tangible action for homeland security," he said.
Adding, "Localizing the police is the first step along with all facets of the local governments. The crux of the problem is that none of the provincial governments have any intentions to institutionalize this very basic pillar of governance."
Salma Malik, assistant professor at Quaid-i-Azam University's Department of Defence & Strategic Studies in Islamabad, said there needs to be immediate steps before a range of changes are made.
"The first and foremost is that the political government and actors, military and law enforcers be on the same page in responding to this act of terrorism instead of playing favorites and still harboring fanciful notions that these elements can be negotiated with,"she said.
"Depending on who takes the responsibility, (though initially attributed to Khorasani's group), this act proves that they have stepped beyond the expected limits of action and may not hesitate to strike such vulnerable and soft targets again."
She outlined a series of steps that must be taken.
The foremost would involve holding a joint civil meeting to formulate a comprehensive action plan aimed at "eliminating terrorism from the entire country and shunning any policy even if at the minutest levels of treating the terrorists as assets or angry Muslim brethren."
Counterterrorism bodies must "be fully utilized to coordinate, implement and work out the desired strategy to effectively deal with the problem," and law enforcement agencies "be made stronger and more professional to provide the effective line of defense to the military, which is for the moment the lead player in counter-terrorism operations."
Furthermore, intelligence networks should be improved and increased "for effective preemption and timely response."
However, Malik said reforms "need to strike the right balance" despite the difficulties, to prevent abuses.
She also highlighted that help is required from regional states "mainly Afghanistan and Iran and (even central Asian states) in effective border management, pursuit of terrorists, and on question of sanctuaries."
Help is also required "from other involved international players such as US in helping improve security apparatus, intel and law enforcement capacity and provide material as well as moral support in countering this issue," and they should also be "empathetic to our concerns regarding terrorism sponsored by enemy states."
Email: uansari@defensenews.com.
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Pak-Afghan security forces to carry out coordinated operations: Sartaj Aziz
Pak-Afghan security forces to carry out coordinated operations: Sartaj Aziz - Pakistan - DAWN.COM
Here we go another big mouth been used to let the dogs run?
Why he needs to tell media about what pak army is planing for these dogs called TTp ?
Pak-Afghan security forces to carry out coordinated operations: Sartaj Aziz - Pakistan - DAWN.COM
Here we go another big mouth been used to let the dogs run?
Why he needs to tell media about what pak army is planing for these dogs called TTp ?
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Your cooperation can save the nation from an other tragedy
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WOH SUB SAY BARI BEMARI HAIN
WOH JIN KAY SIWA SAB KAFIR HAIN
WOH DEEN KAY HARF E AKHIR HAIN
IN CHORON AUR MAKARON SAY
ISLAM KAY THEKAY DARON SAY
MAIN BAGHI HOON MAIN BAGHI HOON
Thats a way of saying **** you Taliban
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Oh captain, my captain, our captains
By Mureeb Mohmand
Published: December 20, 2014
Umar Hayat & Uzair Khan. PHOTO FILE
CHARSADDA:
Their plans ranged from a simple vacation in Swat to joining the army and becoming the nation’s pride. But alas, all these hopes and dreams were dashed when terrorists stormed Army Public School and killed over 130 of its students.
Tightly clutching her brother Uzair Khan’s clothes, seventh-grader Malaika cries herself to sleep at night. “She cannot sleep without holding his clothes in her hands,” says Ahmad Ali, whose son was among those brutally slain.
The boy wanted to serve his nation as a captain in the army. His brother Jalal, on the other hand, is coming to terms with the tragedy in his own way. “He believes Uzair has gone to see Allah and will come back soon. They shot my son so brutally that we could not recognise him,” the grieving father says.
The genius
Among those whose lives were cut tragically short was Muhammad Umar Hayat. His father Hayat Gul tells The Express Tribune that Umar always topped his class from sixth grade onwards. Constantly striving to reach greater heights, the student told his father the night before his death that he wanted to ace his Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education examinations.
His future plans included joining Kohat Cadet College with the ultimate goal of becoming part of the Pakistan Army Medical Corps and treating the sick. With a love for nature, the boy decided to treat himself to a holiday in Swat after his examinations, which he would surely have passed with flying colours.
Sadly, neither his dreams of becoming a doctor, nor his vacation to Swat, became a reality.
“I thank the almighty that I am the father of a martyr,” an emotional Hayat Gul says. Umar’s demise is a devastating loss for the family, including his elder brother Muhammad Faisal Hayat and two sisters, both of whom are studying.
Faisal says his brother never harmed a fly. He recalls that Umar was the school’s pride and always came first in class. “He was a true leader,” he adds. “We are proud of his character.”
While all around him took pride in his achievements, the boy himself was a model of humility. “We went to school on the same bus. He would wait for all the students to get off the vehicle before climbing down himself,” Faisal says.
On the day of the attack, Umar was in the auditorium receiving first aid training from his instructors. The auditorium was the first place the terrorists struck. “I waited for two hours outside the school in the hope that he would come out,” the elder brother says.
He later went to Combined Military Hospital to see if Umar was among the injured, but the boy was not to be found. That is when he feared the worst.
“It was the most wretched moment of my life when I heard about his death. From then on, I was with Umar till we lowered him into the grave,” says a weeping Faisal, now unable to continue speaking.
Salute the captain
Another army officer in the making was young Hamza Kausar Ali. That would be Captain Hamza to you as that is what the boy insisted people call him. Having topped the all Pakistan ISPR physical training (PT) show and being the drill team leader, the captain definitely had the credentials to realise his dream.
Just last week, Hamza told his uncle that he wanted to embrace martyrdom as an army officer for his nation. Though his death came before he could join the army, the boy’s family believes he is a martyr in his own right.
Brothers in arms
For bank manager Tariq Khan, nothing can compensate for the loss of his sons Nangyal (10th grade) and Shamyal Khan (eighth grade). However, he finds solace in the fact that his two boys embraced martyrdom.
The elder son Nangyal was like his father’s right hand, says the boy’s other brother Sohail, who narrowly escaped with his life from the Army Public School. “He was the eldest and baba relied on him for domestic matters.”
As devastating as the loss of his two brothers may be, Sohail says terrorists can never stop him from going to school.
A true martyr
Colonel Sareer Khan is a devastated, but proud father. “My son Rizwan Sareer is the nation’s martyr,” the father says. The victim’s brother, Nouman, serving as a captain in the army, says his father had been a soldier for 27 years. “I also followed my father’s footsteps, but none of us ever had the chance to embrace martyrdom for the country. Now, we can proudly say we are the relatives of a martyr.”
Published in The Express Tribune, December 20th, 2014.
By Mureeb Mohmand
Published: December 20, 2014
Umar Hayat & Uzair Khan. PHOTO FILE
CHARSADDA:
Their plans ranged from a simple vacation in Swat to joining the army and becoming the nation’s pride. But alas, all these hopes and dreams were dashed when terrorists stormed Army Public School and killed over 130 of its students.
Tightly clutching her brother Uzair Khan’s clothes, seventh-grader Malaika cries herself to sleep at night. “She cannot sleep without holding his clothes in her hands,” says Ahmad Ali, whose son was among those brutally slain.
The boy wanted to serve his nation as a captain in the army. His brother Jalal, on the other hand, is coming to terms with the tragedy in his own way. “He believes Uzair has gone to see Allah and will come back soon. They shot my son so brutally that we could not recognise him,” the grieving father says.
The genius
Among those whose lives were cut tragically short was Muhammad Umar Hayat. His father Hayat Gul tells The Express Tribune that Umar always topped his class from sixth grade onwards. Constantly striving to reach greater heights, the student told his father the night before his death that he wanted to ace his Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education examinations.
His future plans included joining Kohat Cadet College with the ultimate goal of becoming part of the Pakistan Army Medical Corps and treating the sick. With a love for nature, the boy decided to treat himself to a holiday in Swat after his examinations, which he would surely have passed with flying colours.
Sadly, neither his dreams of becoming a doctor, nor his vacation to Swat, became a reality.
“I thank the almighty that I am the father of a martyr,” an emotional Hayat Gul says. Umar’s demise is a devastating loss for the family, including his elder brother Muhammad Faisal Hayat and two sisters, both of whom are studying.
Faisal says his brother never harmed a fly. He recalls that Umar was the school’s pride and always came first in class. “He was a true leader,” he adds. “We are proud of his character.”
While all around him took pride in his achievements, the boy himself was a model of humility. “We went to school on the same bus. He would wait for all the students to get off the vehicle before climbing down himself,” Faisal says.
On the day of the attack, Umar was in the auditorium receiving first aid training from his instructors. The auditorium was the first place the terrorists struck. “I waited for two hours outside the school in the hope that he would come out,” the elder brother says.
He later went to Combined Military Hospital to see if Umar was among the injured, but the boy was not to be found. That is when he feared the worst.
“It was the most wretched moment of my life when I heard about his death. From then on, I was with Umar till we lowered him into the grave,” says a weeping Faisal, now unable to continue speaking.
Salute the captain
Another army officer in the making was young Hamza Kausar Ali. That would be Captain Hamza to you as that is what the boy insisted people call him. Having topped the all Pakistan ISPR physical training (PT) show and being the drill team leader, the captain definitely had the credentials to realise his dream.
Just last week, Hamza told his uncle that he wanted to embrace martyrdom as an army officer for his nation. Though his death came before he could join the army, the boy’s family believes he is a martyr in his own right.
Brothers in arms
For bank manager Tariq Khan, nothing can compensate for the loss of his sons Nangyal (10th grade) and Shamyal Khan (eighth grade). However, he finds solace in the fact that his two boys embraced martyrdom.
The elder son Nangyal was like his father’s right hand, says the boy’s other brother Sohail, who narrowly escaped with his life from the Army Public School. “He was the eldest and baba relied on him for domestic matters.”
As devastating as the loss of his two brothers may be, Sohail says terrorists can never stop him from going to school.
A true martyr
Colonel Sareer Khan is a devastated, but proud father. “My son Rizwan Sareer is the nation’s martyr,” the father says. The victim’s brother, Nouman, serving as a captain in the army, says his father had been a soldier for 27 years. “I also followed my father’s footsteps, but none of us ever had the chance to embrace martyrdom for the country. Now, we can proudly say we are the relatives of a martyr.”
Published in The Express Tribune, December 20th, 2014.
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Exactly all sects needs to be cleaned from the terrorist within them (Shia Sunni Wahabi Brailvi etc) all of them. They are all equally responsible for the acts of each other. only become a Muslim. There was no sects in the times of Prophet Muhammad S.A.W. The above Aayah is being ignored by all these sects.
Yun To Syed Bhi Ho, Mirza Bhi Ho, Afghan Bhi Ho
Tum Sabhi Kuch Ho, Batao To Musalman Bhi Ho!
Pakistan needs to become an ideal Islamic state.
Pakistan Zindabad.
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