Pakistan Troops Shut Down 3 Illegal FM Radio Stations

Good on them. The more propaganda is silenced less will be radicalized. With re-publishing of Mohammed cartoons being an issue right now in Pakistan there inevitably will be some who will embrace radical Islam.

Yahoo

PESHAWAR, Pakistan

Pakistani troops shut down three FM radio stations Friday and arrested eight employees after the stations aired a speech by a pro-Taliban cleric, the military said.

Weapons, ammunition, audio cassettes and "provocative literature" were seized, and troops dismantled the stations' transmission equipment, the military said in a statement.

Pakistan's security forces have been battling Fazlullah's supporters in Swat for months as part of its anti-terrorism campaign against supporters of the Taliban and al-Qaida.

A day earlier pro-Taliban cleric Maulana Fazlullah, nicknamed "Radio Mullah", speech was aired on the stations. Fazlullah is trying to enforce Taliban style Islam in Pakistan.

The Taliban and the followers of Maulana Fazlullah have been responsible for numerous kidnapping's and beheading's. In October of last year they kidnapped and beheaded 13 civilians and security officers in front of local residents. They paraded the bodies and severed heads among the residents to scare them.

Jawa readers will also remember the shocking Taliban video of a 12 yr. old boy's beheading of a hostage. That video is seered in my memory.


Related:

Most Shocking Video Ever: 12 Yr. Old Boy Beheads Man (Uncensored Version)

Pakistani Police Officers Kidnapped, Beheaded

Also Bill Raggio's "Swat joins Talibanistan" for comprehensive background on Fazlullah.

Crossposted at Jawa