Word: madrassas
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...January 19th when he asked: “Why didn’t anybody ever mention that that man right there [Barack Obama] was raised—spent the first decade of his life, raised by his Muslim father—as a Muslim and was educated in a madrassa...
...Helicopters attacked a madrassa near the town of Khar just before dawn, drowning out the muezzin's call to prayer with a barrage of bullets and missiles. Within two hours the main building of the seminary had collapsed, killing some 80 men inside, according to local witnesses. The madrassa was reputed to be a refuge for local and Afghan Taliban, and its firebrand leader, Maulvi Liaqatullah - believed to have been killed in attack, according to army spokesman Major General Shaukat Sultan - was a vocal Taliban supporter...
...January, a botched U.S. air strike in Damadola, two miles from Khar, was meant to take out al-Zawahiri; instead it got only his son-in-law, and some 16 civilians. Resentment over that attack is still running high, and many question why the Pakistani military would strike a madrassa, the sole educational opportunity available in the impoverished district - particularly on a day when they were due to open peace talks with the area's tribal elders and militants. ABC News reported Monday that al-Zawahiri was the actual target of the operation, and that it was launched...
...according to Sultan, the Pakistani army had been monitoring suspected militant activity at the madrassa for some time. "Yes, the compound was originally a seminary," he says. "But no religious activities were taking place, just militant activities. We gave a warning to the cleric to shut these activities down, but he continued. We can have no tolerance for these kind of activities...
...madrassa attack will likely harden local resistance to any kind of deal with the Pakistani government, says Masood. "Even if they did kill 100 militants instead of madrassa students, all they have achieved is creating another 10,000 militants. This war will not be won by military means...