Sample the Craven
Thanks to Jim Hoft, I came across this report from IRINNews.org, which is a propaganda arm of the United Nations. (The standard disclaimer at the tops of their reports is not to be missed, either: “This report does not necessarily reflect the view of the United Nations.”)
But I’m not so sure about that. This report is about how “pro-Taliban militants” have taken up bombing girls’ schools in western Pakistan because the schools’ administrators do not require these little girls to wear the veil.
What makes this report so interesting is that it never once, despite its length and purported subject, directly names the perpetrators of these acts of terrorism. One of the photo captions references ”pro-Taliban militants” and, in the text of the report itself, there is a daringly judgemental “militant extremists” thrown in, but this dispatch from the UN Ministry of Some Information does not name names, except to scapegoat. It takes nine or so paragraphs to even come to this passive-voice account:
Over the past two months, at least two schools in the area have been bombed. They include the Government Girls’ High School at Akharwal in Darra Adam Khel, which suffered damage after a bomb attack at the end of November and the under-construction Girls’ Degree College Sheraki, whose boundary wall was damaged in another bomb attack.
What the hell do “militant extremists” care about women wearing burqas? Oh, maybe it’s because they’re Muslims? Well, then, one might expect that this piece of information would be relevant to an understanding of the rationale of these brave childkillers. But does that word even appear in this report? No references to Islam or Muslims or the Koran? Nope. None of the above.
So where does the fault lie? With the repressive and psychotic ummah of Peshawar? No way.
My guess? The answer lies somewhere in the world of Faye Resnick George W. Bush.
