Boy, 12, Beheads Man In Al Qaeda Video

[JoshiRachelsMom]

Video Shows Gruesome Training Exercise For Young Militants

Video Link
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/05/20/cbsnews_investigates/main4110408.shtml

Amid cries of 'Allah o Akbar' (god is great), a young boy, barely 12 years old, lifts his machete and strikes at his victim who is lying on the ground, all tied up for the kill.

Waving a 'V' for victory sign with his right hand, the boy picks up the severed head and shows it around to the chants of applause from an audience gathered in a remote part of the region straddling the mountainous range which divides Pakistan and Afghanistan.

The performance in this chilling episode which may simply shock most people around the world, is the case of militant justice meted out to supposed traitors. It involves Al Qaeda and the Taliban slapping exemplary punishment to an individual suspected to be a spy for the government.

"This (boy) is a killing machine who has been indoctrinated from age nine and prepared for his act by the time he is 12" says a Pakistani intelligence official who showed the video clip to CBS News as just one piece of evidence of Al Qaeda and the Taliban training young boys to become accomplished killers, even before they become teen-agers.

This video has been captured by Pakistan's military troops during their operations in the country's semi autonomous tribal areas, as they went from village to village, searching for militant sanctuaries.

In the village of Spinkai-Roghzai where a group of journalists including CBS News were taken by Pakistan's military on Sunday in the Waziristan tribal region, officials showed debris of what is described as a suicide training 'nursery'. Under a pile of bricks lay the remains of an oil extracting factory which was a cover for training young boys to become ideologically charged up.

"There is no harm in taking 'jehad' (holy war) for the right cause" read the sign board in a training class, documented in yet another Pakistani intelligence video, secretly captured ahead of the operation, through the use of hidden cameras inserted around the front compound of the school. A teacher, who wrapped himself up to his face with a piece of cloth, pointed towards a list of "recommendations for students" while surrounded by teenagers, urging them to embrace virtues such as "accept the way forward through sacrifice" and "accept that laying down your life for the right cause is not a waste".

[survivorinohio]

War does this.  Many soldiers had stories of children in Vietnam being vicious.

Another devastating truth:(

[tericared]

So sad that adults twist the minds of children.....

I wonder what the Mom's who on another post defending a 17 year about his actions have to say about a 12 year old? 

[survivorinohio]

Quoting tericared:

So sad that adults twist the minds of children.....

I wonder what the Mom's who on another post defending a 17 year about his actions have to say about a 12 year old? 

These children cannot be held responsible for doing what children are made to do, seek attention and learn. 

The teachers of these children on the other hand...

[tericared]

Quoting survivorinohio:

Quoting tericared:

So sad that adults twist the minds of children.....

I wonder what the Mom's who on another post defending a 17 year about his actions have to say about a 12 year old? 

These children cannot be held responsible for doing what children are made to do, seek attention and learn. 

The teachers of these children on the other hand...

A agree with you 100%....Some were saying a 17 year old didnt really understand what he had done....I am sure they will see this boy in a different light....

[muslimah]

 

Quoting JoshiRachelsMom:

Amid cries of 'Allah o Akbar' (god is great), 

"There is no harm in taking 'jehad' (holy war)

Just for the record it is Allahu Akbar

and Jihad does not mean "holy war"

In Arabic holy war in translated to "harbun muqaddasatun" a word you will not find in the Quran, Haddith, or any other Islamic religious text.

 

[JoshiRachelsMom]

Quoting muslimah:

 

Quoting JoshiRachelsMom:

Amid cries of 'Allah o Akbar' (god is great), 

"There is no harm in taking 'jehad' (holy war)

Just for the record it is Allahu Akbar

and Jihad does not mean "holy war"

In Arabic holy war in translated to "harbun muqaddasatun" a word you will not find in the Quran, Haddith, or any other Islamic religious text.

 

I did not write the article. It comes from a major news network.

[muslimah]

 

Quoting JoshiRachelsMom:

 

Quoting muslimah:

 

Quoting JoshiRachelsMom:

Amid cries of 'Allah o Akbar' (god is great), 

"There is no harm in taking 'jehad' (holy war)

Just for the record it is Allahu Akbar

and Jihad does not mean "holy war"

In Arabic holy war in translated to "harbun muqaddasatun" a word you will not find in the Quran, Haddith, or any other Islamic religious text.

 

I did not write the article. It comes from a major news network.

Yes I know you didn't write the article. I was not directly correcting you but the article and the author.

 Perhaps they should learn Arabic before attempting to write an article in which they are trying to use Arabic

[JoshiRachelsMom]

Quoting muslimah:

 

Quoting JoshiRachelsMom:

 

Quoting muslimah:

 

Quoting JoshiRachelsMom:

Amid cries of 'Allah o Akbar' (god is great), 

"There is no harm in taking 'jehad' (holy war)

Just for the record it is Allahu Akbar

and Jihad does not mean "holy war"

In Arabic holy war in translated to "harbun muqaddasatun" a word you will not find in the Quran, Haddith, or any other Islamic religious text.

 

I did not write the article. It comes from a major news network.

Yes I know you didn't write the article. I was not directly correcting you but the article and the author.

 Perhaps they should learn Arabic before attempting to write an article in which they are trying to use Arabic

Perhaps they should. But a misspelled word or term still does not take away from this horrific story. What do you THINK about the article?

[Mandipants]

Quoting survivorinohio:

Quoting tericared:

So sad that adults twist the minds of children.....

I wonder what the Mom's who on another post defending a 17 year about his actions have to say about a 12 year old? 

These children cannot be held responsible for doing what children are made to do, seek attention and learn. 

The teachers of these children on the other hand...

I agree...

[MontclairMama]

Perhaps they should. But a misspelled word or term still does not take away from this horrific story. What do you THINK about the article?

Agreed. Changing a word doesn't change the action. It is horrible that this child was abused and brainwashed. Much like young gang members in this country. Shame on the parents.