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Islamic leaders call for protest after Pakistan attack
"ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Islamic leaders have blamed the United States for a military attack on a religious school Monday that killed 80 people in one of the deadliest attacks yet against suspected militants in Pakistan.
The leaders have called for nationwide demonstrations to condemn the attack that flattened the school -- known as a madrassa -- and ripped apart those inside.
Pakistani troops backed by missile-firing helicopters struck the religious school, which was purportedly being used as an al Qaeda training center."
"Mohammed -- the al Qaeda deputy who escaped the raid -- addressed a crowd of 10,000 mourners at a mass funeral for the victims, criticizing Musharraf's government and promising widescale protests.
"We were peaceful, but the government attacked and killed our innocent people on orders from America," Mohammed told the rally as dozens of militants surrounded him, brandishing semiautomatic weapons."
Impressive they would have the guts to openly attack a madrassa....
I like the "we were peaceful" part...Mo just happened to have an automatic weapon under his wadi rum abaya just in case.
Should they be taking out madrassas?
I think thats long overdue but they should replace them with math and science schools.
"ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Islamic leaders have blamed the United States for a military attack on a religious school Monday that killed 80 people in one of the deadliest attacks yet against suspected militants in Pakistan.
The leaders have called for nationwide demonstrations to condemn the attack that flattened the school -- known as a madrassa -- and ripped apart those inside.
Pakistani troops backed by missile-firing helicopters struck the religious school, which was purportedly being used as an al Qaeda training center."
"Mohammed -- the al Qaeda deputy who escaped the raid -- addressed a crowd of 10,000 mourners at a mass funeral for the victims, criticizing Musharraf's government and promising widescale protests.
"We were peaceful, but the government attacked and killed our innocent people on orders from America," Mohammed told the rally as dozens of militants surrounded him, brandishing semiautomatic weapons."
Impressive they would have the guts to openly attack a madrassa....
I like the "we were peaceful" part...Mo just happened to have an automatic weapon under his wadi rum abaya just in case.
Should they be taking out madrassas?
I think thats long overdue but they should replace them with math and science schools.
