Inhumanely Demented
She's a nine-year-old schoolgirl. A child, wearing a school uniform, on her way to school. However precocious young girls can be, at nine they are vulnerable and fearful that they may come to harm. And this young girl very nearly did. Her name is Sohana Javaid. She was abducted by Pakistani militants for a most express purpose. To be convinced that her life was worthless, yet worth something to Allah, as a martyr.She did not, however, seem very convinced by their argument. And in all likelihood did not appreciate being fitted out with a suicide vest under her blue and white school uniform. It appears that her family may not have been aware that their daughter was missing. Pakistani police, while explaining to the media what had occurred, mentioned they had been unable at that point to contact her family.
Yet she appeared on television, in her school uniform. "They kept me in a house and they told me to push the button when I reach near policemen", she informed reporters at a press conference. Imagine, nine years old and the subject of a press conference.
Sohana Javaid at a news conference ..." id="photoMain">Of course, jihadists have done this type of thing before; recruited, either forcefully or by tender solicitation, young people in their teen years, as well as those with intellectual impairment, and of course women who have been convinced that it becomes their duty as faithful Muslims to avenge the assaults against Islamic values against the infidels and perhaps as well other Muslims of the wrong sect who were little better than infidels.
"She was wearing eight kilograms of explosives, which was quite heavy for her age. Her body language was suspicious", said the regional police chief, speaking with Agence France-Presse.
Sohana Javaid describes the situation with some clarity: "They put one suicide vest on me, but it did not fit. Then they put on a second one. I threw away the vest and started shouting (for help) as I came close to the checkpost and they (security forces) took me into custody."
Custody: that's a neat word for a 9-year-old to have in her vocabulary.
Labels: Conflict, Human Rights, Pakistan
posted by Pieface @ Tuesday, June 21, 2011
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