Editorial : The act of a beast
The report regarding how Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan chief Baitullah Mehsud has been buying children, including seven-year-olds, to turn them into suicide bombers is enough to make one sick to the stomach.
The report quotes a Pakistani official as saying that the going price for child bombers was Rs 500,000 to Rs 1 million.
It also quotes a US defence official as saying that Mehsud has turned suicide bombing into a production output, not unlike Toyota outputs cars. The US official said that the price depends on how quickly the bomber was needed and how close the child was expected to get to the target. These innocent suicide bombers are sold or bartered.
One can simply imagine the beast that Baitullah Mehsud is. If evil was found in its purest form on the planet, it can be seen in this man, or perhaps in those people who this atrocious animal is working for.
The security forces should eradicate this sorry excuse for a human being as soon as possible, not just for the sake of the country, but the whole of humanity. This man certainly does not deserve to live and it is better that he is brought to justice so that many lives that he intends to take are spared.
After the tribal region is cleansed from this unholy existence, the government should start planning about how to ensure that no other Baitullah Mehsud surfaces in the area and starts manipulating the impoverished and downtrodden locals into selling their kids.
People such as Mehsud thrive due to the poverty that is prevalent in the tribal areas. As the government has failed to provide basic necessities of life and a chance of a better livelihood to the people living in destitute conditions in the tribal belt, it is no wonder then that the locals fall into the trap of predators like Mehsud. Such perpetrators of terror find a perfect breeding ground to prepare their army of brainwashed human beings, who are simply puppets acting on the orders of their masters.
The tribal areas need development, education, job opportunities, and all things necessary for a healthy society to develop. If these areas are left ignored, another Baitullah Mehsud will pick up from where the current one would leave, and the reign of terror would never end.
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