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8 die as bullets settle militants' argument over widow ( ROP : near Afghanistan )
AKI ^ | 2010-08-30

Posted on 08/30/2010 1:00:54 PM PDT by george76

The argument over an Arab militant's widow last weekend became so heated that gunfire broke out among insurgent factions, leaving eight people dead...

The dead include Usman Punjabi, the abductor of British journalist Asad Qureshi.

Tension mounted between the Punjabi (non-Pushtun Pakistanis) and Mehsud (local tribe) militants after an Arab militant was killed in a drone strike, leaving behind his widow.

'The widow was rich and after the incident of husband's death she was alone. The local Mehsud tribesmen took her into their custody and were aiming to arrange her marriage to one of their own men...

After the Muslim Ramadan breakfast Saturday morning, all militants belonging to Mehsud tribes and the Punjabi camp gathered in a local school in Dande Darpa Khail in North Waziristan near Afghanistan to discuss the widow.

The argument between the two parties intensified until both parties pulled out their guns and opened fire. A total eight people were killed, including Usman Punjabi.

(Excerpt) Read more at sify.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; asadqureshi; islam; muslim; muslims; now; punjabi; qureshi; ramadan; usmanpunjabi; women
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1 posted on 08/30/2010 1:00:56 PM PDT by george76
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Custody? Riiiight.


2 posted on 08/30/2010 1:05:46 PM PDT by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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If only US divorce lawyers would adopt this method of conflict resolution...
3 posted on 08/30/2010 1:06:45 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("The only stable state is one in which all men are equal before the law." -- Aristotle)
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Arab gold-diggers.


4 posted on 08/30/2010 1:06:47 PM PDT by ronnyquest (There's a communist living in the White House! Now, what are you going to do about it?)
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SO it’s a Win-Win. Are these guys considered ‘collateral damage’?


5 posted on 08/30/2010 1:06:48 PM PDT by theDentist (fybo; qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
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To: george76

More air for us..


6 posted on 08/30/2010 1:08:04 PM PDT by aeonspromise
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...an Arab militant was killed in a drone strike...'The widow was rich...

But...but...I thought they "turned to violence" out of "despair" over their "poverty."

7 posted on 08/30/2010 1:11:28 PM PDT by denydenydeny (You're not only wrong. You're wrong at the top of your voice. --Spencer Tracy, Bad Day at Black Rock)
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We need a photo of the widow in question before we can assess if the “arguement” was justified.


8 posted on 08/30/2010 1:15:54 PM PDT by rod1
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Well, it’s not as if they’re going to let the widow decide for herself. The only thing less likely is the mainstream media reporting — or Western feminists paying attention to — a story like this.


9 posted on 08/30/2010 1:19:28 PM PDT by walford (http://natural-law-natural-religion.blogspot.com/)
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'The widow was rich...

She had THREE cows!

10 posted on 08/30/2010 1:24:23 PM PDT by TexasRedeye (Eschew obfuscation)
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To: george76

what a quirky people


11 posted on 08/30/2010 1:34:07 PM PDT by Ktulu
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To: denydenydeny

If Islamofacists could only be isolated from the rest of the planet, they would eventually wipe each other out.


12 posted on 08/30/2010 1:34:53 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: ronnyquest

“Arab gold-diggers.”

No, Pakistani gold diggers.


13 posted on 08/30/2010 1:37:27 PM PDT by truth_seeker
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Predator Drone Strikes.....
The gift that keeps on giving.


14 posted on 08/30/2010 1:45:52 PM PDT by WyvernAK
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What’s worse than being an Arab bride? Being an Arab widow in Pakistan.


15 posted on 08/30/2010 1:48:25 PM PDT by Pan_Yan
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To: george76

The widow was RICH?? Was John Kerry in on the fight?


16 posted on 08/30/2010 1:50:34 PM PDT by Oldpuppymax
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To: Pan_Yan

No comment from NOW?


17 posted on 08/30/2010 1:57:15 PM PDT by excopconservative
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To: george76

Sounds like West Side Story with turbans and AK-47s.

And the US is officer Krupke.


18 posted on 08/30/2010 1:57:55 PM PDT by cicero2k
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A scene like this could be lifted right out of a stone-age novel by Jean M. Auel (”Clan of the Cave Bear”).


19 posted on 08/30/2010 2:14:03 PM PDT by Ax (Crusades V.9 anyone?)
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To: rod1
We need a photo of the widow in question before we can assess if the “arguement” was justified.

She is the sexier one, not that tramp on the left.
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20 posted on 08/30/2010 2:24:43 PM PDT by ansel12
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