Sunday, December 21, 2014

Pakistan Hangs More Taliban Militants

People hold candles and signs to condemn the Taliban attack on the Army Public School in Peshawar. Reuters/File

Four Militants Hanged In Pakistan As Execution Campaign Widens -- Reuters

(Reuters) - Pakistan hanged four Islamist militants on Sunday in the second set of executions since the government lifted a moratorium after the Taliban massacred 132 children and nine others at a school last week.

None of those hanged has anything to do with Tuesday's school rampage in Peshawar, and some Pakistani commentators have said the executions are intended to divert attention from the failure to satisfy public demands to find the killers.

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More News On the Aftermath Of This Week's School Attack In Pakistan

Pakistan hangs four more militants after school attack -- Daily Mail/AFP
Pakistan starts hanging militants in revenge for school massacre -- RT
Pakistan massacre: Thousands flock to Peshawar school to mourn dead, demand action against Taliban -- ABC News (Australia)
“Death to terrorists” chants outside Army Public School -- DAWN
People chant “death to terrorists” outside Army Public School -- Daily Times
Pakistan executes militants and bombards tribal areas -- AP
Mastermind of Pakistan school attack ID'd as militant known by 'Slim' -- FOX News
Pakistan school massacre ‘mastermind’ revealed -- The Scotsman
Pakistan Taliban Identifies Mastermind of Peshawar Massacre as Umar Mansoor -- Sputnik
Pakistan army kills scores of insurgents in latest raid on Taliban -- Al Jazeera
Pakistan steps up campaign against Taliban -- Al Jazeera
Pakistan’s military kills at least 119 suspected militants -- Washington Post
Airstrikes targeting Pakistan Taliban continue in response to school massacre -- Washington Post
Six Militants Killed in U.S. Drone Attacks in Pakistan -- New York Times
Pakistanis pray, resolve to fight terror at stricken school -- AFP
Pakistan Moves to End Policy on ‘Good Taliban’ -- WSJ
Pakistan dares to ask: will school attack finally end myth of the ‘good Taliban’? -- Jon Boone, The Guardian

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