U.S. Christian aid group attacked in Pakistan
The U.S.-based Christian humanitarian group World Vision has suspended operations in Pakistan after six employees were killed Wednesday in a grenade attack in Northwestern Pakistan, according to media reports.
"It was a brutal and senseless attack," Dean Owen, spokesman for the Seattle-based organization, told reporters. "It was completely unexpected, unannounced and unprovoked."
The victims were all Pakistani nationals. The Associated Press reports that suspected armed militants attacked World Vision offices in the small town of Ogi with grenades. World Vision had been helping survivors of the 2005 Kashmir earthquake.
The AP reports that extremists have killed other people working for foreign aid groups in Pakistan and issued statements saying such organizations were working against Islam, greatly hampering efforts to raise living standards in the desperately poor region. As a result, many groups have scaled back their efforts in the northwest or pulled out altogether.
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Christians have been targeted for violation of Blasphemy laws punishable by death or life imprisonment under the Sharia laws.
Taliban and Al-Qaeda declare Christians as non-moslems and impose a tax on Christian organizations on the same lines as the Mafia.
Paksitan government must reeducate its Mullahs and repeal its Sharia laws. Taliban have destroyed many Girl and boy schools in NWFP built by charities and the Pakistan government.
Pakistan Army must understand that Taliban and Lashker-e-Taibah are bad news and must be eliminated.
The final price is paid by the poor children generally a product of poor family planning who pay the the ultimate price of no education and no furture. Such children are used as suicide bombers and fighters brainwashed with promises of a place in paradise along with all others who are killed by their bomb.
Strangely Pakistan's mainstream opposition parties are fully supportive of the Mullahs and Taliban by simply remaining silent and blaming everything on the United states of America
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Posted by: concerned citizen | March 10, 2010 12:37 PM
Well excuuuussseeee us for trying to feed your starving millions you Muslim savages. May God's curse fall on your heads.
Posted by: Uncle Marsh | March 10, 2010 3:57 PM
Dear Sir.sorry.killed on pakistan christian aid group. pakistn country is impulse , Levent all christian aid groupFROM PAKISTAN
Posted by: REV- S.P.MAHATO | March 11, 2010 2:15 AM