Afghan Insurgents Hang 8-Year-Old Boy After Cop Father Refuses to Give In To Demands
- Posted on July 24, 2011 at 9:41pm by
Christopher Santarelli
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Insurgents in southern Afghanistan hanged an 8-year-old boy six days after they abducted him, the Afghan government said Sunday.
The boy’s captors had demanded that his father, a police officer, supply them with a police vehicle and he refused, said a statement from President Hamid Karzai’s office. The militants hanged the boy Friday in Helmand province’s Gereshk district.
“President Karzai both strongly condemns this act and rejects it as a brutal and cowardly crime that is not acceptable in any religion or culture,” the statement said. It referred to the killers as “terrorists,” but did not say if they belonged to the Taliban or another of the insurgent movements fighting foreign forces and their Afghan allies.
Kidnappings have become increasingly common in Afghanistan, both by criminal groups looking for ransoms and insurgents making a political statement. Most abductions are settled out of the public eye, with negotiations and cash payments.
Separately, Afghan officials said NATO forces battling insurgents along an eastern highway accidentally killed three civilians who were caught in the crossfire.
NATO said that local residents presented the bodies of three civilians killed. Spokesman Capt. Justin Brockhoff said it was unclear whose fire had killed them.
The battle broke out after international troops struck a roadside bomb in Wardak province.
The dead included a woman who was a provincial health official. Wardak government spokesman Shahidullah Shahid said Dr. Aqeela Hekmat and two of her family members were killed in their vehicle, and her husband was injured. Aqeela was the head of gynecology and maternal health for neighboring Ghazni province.
Provincial police Chief Gen. Abdul Qayum Baqizai also confirmed three deaths and said it was clear that they were killed by NATO fire.
Karzai’s office said it was investigating the allegations.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
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LibertyGirl USA
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 11:02pmThis reminded me of the New Jersey signer of the Declaration of Independence, Abraham Clark. Both his sons were captured during the Revolutionary War. Because Clark was a signer of the Declaration, his sons were tortured. The British demanded that Clark recant in exchange for his sons’ lives. As David Limbaugh wrote: “The utter despair in this man’s heart, the anguish in his very soul, must reach out to each one of us down through 200 years with his answer: “No.” .
I don’t know this man who gave the ultimate sacrifice. But, may God bless him and his family.
Report Post »LibertyGirl USA
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 11:04pmExcuse me! I meant to quote Rush LImbaugh’s father – Rush H. Limbaugh, Jr.
Report Post »Favored93
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 11:12pmReligion of peace…………
Report Post »wisehiney
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 11:18pmThanks for a great story. I will forward this to Patriots with surname Clark that I know.
Report Post »Refender
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 11:37pmWow, that is interesting. I went to Abraham Clark High School located in the town of Roselle, NJ. His house was located just down the street from the school. It still there, a small wooden structure. In NJ, around that area there are a few houses from that time, they were mostly used as taverns.
Report Post »SonOfaCommunist
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 12:00amLibertyGirl – As a father of 2 my heart breaks for this Father and his entire family! I would go out of my mind! Speechless…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….except for this, I saw a movie not too long ago, “Law Abiding Citizen”, that’s the only thing that comes to mind as a way of justifying something like this. But, even then, it doesn’t fix anything :-(
Just a bunch of brain washed people….all for the glory of Allah… These people are sick! They train their own children to blow themselves up. That is what I call “great parenting”. Maybe our CPS should go to the middle east???????
Peace be with you!
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 12:28amre : “The utter despair in this man’s heart, the anguish in his very soul, must reach out to each one of us down through 200 years with his answer: “No.” .
I don’t know this man who gave the ultimate sacrifice. But, may God bless him and his family.
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And to think that as we’re pulling troops out, the Karzai government with US blessing is negotiating with the Taliban, imagine the dispair of his heart, when American’s are gone, and he and the rest of his family, friends and neighbors face the same treatment of the Viet Namese when we pulled out of their so many years ago. I can still remember the pictures of the last helicopters taking off with a soldier on the ladder of one who’d gone down to grasp a child from the arns of a nun, and the Viet Cong coming rushing into the village and killing all the nuns, and villagers who were friendly to the Americans. May God have mercy at all the blood uselessly spilt when we start to defend the defenseless, and then for shere politics go off and leave them to be destroyed!
Sound The Trumpet In Zion
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 1:57am@Favored93
“Religion of peace…………”
Religion of peace………. cowards of religion………
Report Post »It is easy to show bravery at hanging an 8 yr old child.
chazman
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 7:27amAnd still our politicians allow our enemies, those being muslims, to immigrate into our country by the hundreds of thousands. Why? Whether they are good people or not doesn’t matter. They cannot be trusted! Our country, like others of western culture, are being occupied and no one is doing anything about it, except that murdering creep in Norway. He had the right idea, but lousy execution of his plan, excuse the pun.
Report Post »I Love Howie Carr
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 8:34amlmao favored… religion of peace indeed
Report Post »one years food ration like glenn says
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 8:50amNice father.. Glad he isn’t mine..
Report Post »American Soldier (Separated)
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 10:35amCan we stop the whole “religion of peace my ass” crap? There are plenty of Christian’s who are criminals and murders too.
Report Post »knockered
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 11:44amWhat a peaceful bunch of people. I think we should send them more money and help their cause..NOT..Call them what they are, plain ole savages, and we should deal with them in the only way they know how.
Report Post »ajentoranje
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 1:37pmAmerican Soldier (Separated)
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 10:35am
Can we stop the whole “religion of peace my ass” crap? There are plenty of Christian’s who are criminals and murders too.
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Plenty? Any link to this claim?? Of course not…because you made it up in your apologetic diatribe.
No other religion is as backwards or criminally insane as that of Mooslims. There are MILLIONS like these Taliban….they are cruel animals.
Report Post »tom
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 10:58pmWhen you have what most Americans believe, and evidence shows, a Muslim President of the U.S. or at least he has very uncomfortable ties with them and their countries, not just anti Israel, also his actions and family background, etc. don’t expect much in the area of human concern out of Washington. A new president, a natural born citizen of the U.S., a president who respects life, and who doesn’t try to become a dictator, by bankrupting our nation. A new president that has the nation and the world on his mind, not just “gay” issues, will not permit these type of human rights violations go on. God be with the family of this child. His eternity will be true happiness with God, while the animals that do these things will spend eternity in hell suffering, without relief, and without God. Vote him out in 2012
Report Post »one years food ration like glenn says
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 8:59am@ sonofacommunist.. What the hell are you talking about ? Your heart aches for the father.. WTF ? Give the morons the police vehicle..What the hell is wrong with your thinking ?? If it was my son, I would’ve gave them EVERYTHING they wanted ,and dealt with it after I got my son back… I bet the vehicle wasn’t even his in the first place. You act like he has stock in afghan police vehicles.. Even if he did it would make no difference, I would’ve gave them 10 to get my son back..
Report Post »rose-ellen
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 11:00amIt was an evil act but we have kidnapped and tortured children in our prisons in iraq afghanistan and else where.And we drop bombs on them as we did in viet nam and throughout the 20th century.And it it was done bm criminal gangs,not necessarily taliban and here in america people kill their children every day[and often get away with it and any one who publicaly villifies them is labeled unamerican]. This has nothing to do with islam, more to do with war, criminality, thuggeryand perhaps collaborating with invaders and occupyers!.You in your genocidal anti -muslim propaganda twist it to dehumanize a billion people[that norwegian terrorist believed every lie,half truth you genociidists come up with and acted on it in the name of Christ and fighting evil.Evil propaganda begets evil[and unintenteded and unforseen consequences-like hunting down children one by one].You anti muslim genocidists have their blood on your hands too.And if you believe islam is so evil where are your politicians calling for the banning of islam and better yet a war against islam?
Report Post »Montanalady
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 7:49pmThis so called leader let us know his background when he said he would stand with the Muslims.
Report Post »Christian Kalgaard
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 10:56pmblaze, don’t you know its like, totally, racist to criticize and point this out?
Report Post »Eric_The_Red_State
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 10:54pmIt’s coming….. and soon
Report Post »104RFast
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 7:17amI’m ready!
Report Post »rose-ellen
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 11:32amThe only thing that’s coming is more anti-muslim rants and muslim bullying politicians and right wing media.you genocidists lack the nerve to publically call for banning of islam in america or even a war on islam.your politicians and media people allude to it like mad but never actually go there!And the minute you would,you’d be either thrown off the media outlets or outside the political system.As you genocidal anti muslim and anti nanny state bigots are now forced to vilify the norweigian anti muslim and anti nanny state terrorist!You’re between a rock and a hard place as those muslims do their thing silently and freely and unapologetically.You’re the ones now distancing yourselves like mad from your ideological compadre the norweigian [and before it was determined that the terrorist wasn't muslim you were all praising norway for being unlike other european 'appeasers' in not cow towing to muslim demands].You’re on the wrong side of reality and the future [progressive socialist.capitalist hybrid tolerant of muslims and acknowledging the unjust oppression of palestinians].I’m a catholic but i stand with muslims and norway and all european progressive nanny states!
Report Post »Fight for America
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 10:50pmIf these are peaceful people with integrity – how does that equate with hanging children?
It seems wherever these people are, it’s not just one or two or 20 with a loose screw and bent ideas of a society worth saving – it’s the vast majority of them.
I suppose letting them wipe each other out is out of the question? They like to fight and they want to spread it to others.
Report Post »NHABE64
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 10:50pmWow, here we go again seeing the kindness of Islam and the Afghan Insurgents. The stories of their humane treatment of women and children is known world wide now. Shame, shame, shame…
Report Post »DaveOregon
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 10:44pmScrew Afghanistan and the people who live there. Harsh – you bet. These people have been waring with each other since Moses – it’s all tribal warfare. Nothing to do with Islam actually – as they use the religion to justify their actions for anything. Muslim killing muslim has been going on since Muhommed died. Interfamily rivalry to match that of a lot of the nobles of Rome, Greece, France, England, etc. They just never left the 1600′s. Same for most of Africa. Get our men out – don‘t allow Afghani’s or Pakistani’s into the US – period!
Report Post »JEANNIEMAC
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 11:34pmIt has just been reported that US taxpayer money is being funneled to the Taliban. Let us get our military out of this Godforsaken place and leave these sub human people to kill each other.
Deda1
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 10:43pmWelcome to the world of Mohammed.
Report Post »Carol Ingian
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 10:34pmI am so disgusted with the evil in the world. That poor boy!
Report Post »These terrorists are cowards, and I hope that our country and its allies will take control of this horrible situation.
Edct
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 10:43pmPig sucking muslims are murdering terrorists and mudhamid is posessed by satan…..it is an evil cult.
Report Post »drattastic
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 11:00pmThe best way to handle those cavemen is to pull out totally ,develop our on energy resources with an all the above strategy ,clean coal,wind,nuke,tidal,hydro,natural gas,oil,solar rubbing 2 sticks together or anything else we can come up with. We can do this but both Political Parties are standing in our way ,this is where the TEA PARTY can change things.
They try and build anything even remotely atomic bomb it into glass.
Leave these barbarians to killing each other over what brand of islam is the best (or worst) ,it’s like picking which pile of $&!T is less repugnant .
Get out of Israel’s way and Let them do their thing , problem solved .
Report Post »kinnick1
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 10:29pmThe world is at war with Islam. It’s a religion of hatred that demands the murder of all non-believers. They must be eliminated.
Report Post »MrButcher
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 10:26pmAfghanistan is, sadly, swiftly becoming a lost cause and a war of attrition but this was expected.
America can not leave it.
It gives us great position against Iran and Pakistan in the future. As does our position in Iraq.
I say hold steady….
Report Post »AmericanStrega
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 10:39pmGee, like the Russians did? It’s an un-win-able war. BRING THE BOYS BACK HOME!
Report Post »Dale
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 11:03pmAnother option is to remove Iranian leaders
Report Post »drattastic
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 11:34pmBUTCHER
Report Post »I’m curious is this the same position you would take under the previous administration? BTW I left you one final response on the NUTJOB VIDEO thread.
Patriot Z
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 11:36pmno its NOT unwinable. the problem is we are not fighting a war.we are waging a PR campaign Islam is at war with us, we are not at war with them. Think i am wrong? we have superior weapons and resources in every concievable way, yet we have been there 10 yrs and longer. Why? its because like fools we think we can win their ‘hearts and minds’ and be nice and they will like us. this could be over tomorrow if we used the firepower we had and leveled the area. That is how we defeated japan in WW2. they were the same animal as islam is. they were willing to fly planes into ships and buildings. kamakizi rting a bell? Thats how we defeated the NAZI’s we blew them up we killed them. sure we tried diplomacy, but again you see how far that got us then too. This is NO different except now you have combined the 2 into 1 enemy, ISLAM. lets not forget if anything who the middle east supported during WWII……and it was not us or the jews.
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 1:08am@AmericanStrega
Report Post »Posted on July 24, 2011 at 10:39pm
Gee, like the Russians did? It’s an un-win-able war. BRING THE BOYS BACK HOME
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Ask any military who were over there as the surge started, until POTUS handcuffed them with his new ROE’s. we had it won.
IF YOU WERE AT WAR, ON FOREIGN SOIL WITH ENEMY ALL AROUND, WOULDN’T IT MAKE SENSE THAT ALL MILITARY PERSONELL BE ARMED WHEN IN OUR CAMPS AND ON OUR BASES. DOESN’T IT MAKE SENSE TO ALLOW OUR SOLDIERS, WHEN THEY SEE SOMEONE PLANTING ROADSIDE BOMBS, THEN LAYING DOWN THEIR SHOVELS AND WALKING AWAY, TO STILL FIRE ON THEM OR CALL IN AN AIR ATTACK ON THEM!!!!
Any war is unwinnable when the combatants on one side refuse to fight to win! We need different battle plans, not to bring our soldiers home because it’s “unwinnable”! WHEN OUR COMMANDER IN CHIEF MAKES THE STATEMENT, “REALLY I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE WORD ‘WINNING”, THEN IT’S TIME TO EITHER 1) Get a different Commander in Chief 2) Bring our soldiers home and wait on the next big attack on our soil….OR…3) Get a new Commander in Chief, AND… Clean house of all the sludge stationed in the Pentagon, Dept of Defense, Natnl Sec Advisors, and EVERY WHERE ELSE THE PROGS HAVE STASHED THEM TO PREVENT US FROM EVER WINNING A WAR AGAIN!!!!
ajentoranje
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 1:44pmAmericanStrega
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 10:39pm
Gee, like the Russians did? It’s an un-win-able war. BRING THE BOYS BACK HOME!
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Thats a pretty ignorant post. #1…The Russians were looking to occupy Afghanistan….we are not…we are simply eliminating the thugs…..the same thugs who most of the population is against. #2…the Russians didnt succeed ONLY because the US supplied them with stinger missiles. If its simply an issue of wiping Afghanis off the map….Russia or the US could easily do this. If the US is fighting Russia or the Russians fighting the US…then it cant happen.
Educate yourself.
Report Post »psadie
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 10:24pmThis is all these Arabs know and understand is death and violence. It is time to get out of the Middle East and let them kill themselves: they will be doing us a favor. Sad that they have to target children who are innocent victims.
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 10:21pmAn oven of judgment awaits these fecal particles. Just a sick horror and we should get out now.
Report Post »jungle J
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 10:14pmmilions of Muslims will protest this tomorrow all over the world..millions of them!
Report Post »Caniac Steve
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 10:30pmi would love to see millions of “moderate” muslims protest and go after those respondsible..andc hang them…but what would i know ? I’m an american whose nation is the big satan next to Isreal…the lottle satan and all radical muslims will want to use a calephate government to run us all into the sea and kills us…
Report Post »crazyrightwingmom
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 10:37pmFunny. That will be a silent, invisible protest. I truthfully think a lot of Muslims would do so, but they are afraid of the other crazy Muslims. Great religion!
Report Post »mossbrain
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 10:13pmI agree with everyone but who will be the candidate who will exterminate these human garbages? I don’t see a single candidate from any party talking of the annihilation of all Muslim countries.
Report Post »wisehiney
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 10:13pmThese weasels are brave with 8 year old boys. I wish these cowards could meet Mr Kobobel. When he is in a fast car. With a full tank.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 10:01pmI’ve got a great idea. Let’s negotiate. Hey Hillary!!! You busy?
Report Post »last frontier
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 10:17pmThat’s a foolish idea, let’s send them a check, or some military secrets or some nuke codes so they can sell them to China or Russia to show them we mean business.
Report Post »sbeejustsaying
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 10:01pmThe article didn’t give any information on the background of these insurgents but take a wild guess. Religion of Peace or Mexican drug cartel.
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 1:16am@sbeejustsaying
Report Post »Posted on July 24, 2011 at 10:01pm
The article didn’t give any information on the background of these insurgents but take a wild guess. Religion of Peace or Mexican drug cartel.
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Read the news of South America, the work together to bring Afghan drugs up through Mexico into the US to finance the war against us.
welovetheUSA
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 10:00pmWe give billions of dollars to this country, thousands of our soldiers lives and this thief and traitor Karzai has done Nothing to protect his own people, look Iran is going to take over this country anyway……lets get the heck out of there and let these disgusting idoits kill each each other.
Report Post »drattastic
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 9:58pmHow will you progressives SPIN this ,This is the “religion of peace ”you defend . I wonder how you will somehow draw a parallel to Christianity .Oh never mind I know you can now put away T. McVey from ancient history and whip out Anders Behring Breivik for the next 20 YEARS till another guy who ISN’T a muslim does a mass murder ,as opposed to a muslim atrocity every single day.
Report Post »crazyrightwingmom
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 9:55pmRemember this: The religion of peace hates “gays,” women in bikinis, our hollywood movies. So when all you libs support these swine countries, remember, you will be the first to go!
Report Post »Hanging a child!! Castro also threw children in jail and they cried themselves to death. Get out ofour country.
drattastic
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 10:00pmYup.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 9:54pmAnd we are missing (can’t account for) about $10M per day that we give these people.
The problem was that the police officer wasn’t a part of any Union. The AFL-CIO would have prevented this.
Where was the ever-so-helpful Muslim BrotherHOOD?
Report Post »AmericanStrega
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 9:54pmWe need to get the “bleep” out of that country and STOP sending them money! BRING THE BOYS BACK HOME. NOW, before we lose anymore. It’s sad that this child was murdered, but if the people of that country won’t make a stand for themselves, too bad. We need to get the heck out of there and let them kill each other. If doing this breeds more terrorists, fine. Place a ring of our military on our borders right here in AMERICA and defend OUR borders from these f***Sticks!
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 9:48pmWith these rabid monsters hanging in turn would be just too quick for them.
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 10:00pmThese are, as the David Horowitz Freedom Center (www.horowitzfreedomcenter.org) might call them, tongue in cheek-like, just “misunderstanders of Islam”.
It’s not enough to say that this father is a hero many times over for not allowing these tyrants to disguise themselves as police.
Report Post »SlimnRanger
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 10:01pmSnow,in my thinking only a person with many demons could do this to a child,i pray they meet their maker soon
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 9:45pmEveryone sing……Religion of Peace!!!!
Report Post »Rayblue
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 9:55pmAllah Akbar, may they choke on the blood of their victims for eternity
Report Post »in the presence of their snake god.
Allah Akbar, may they burn in the endless fire of the stars
on the altar of their worm god.
Uncurable wound
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 10:30pmDeath to the wicked…
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