From Slashdot.org:
Another Afghan School Poisoned — 160 Girls Hospitalized427
Posted by Soulskillon Tuesday May 29, @02:32PM
from the setting-a-bad-precedent dept.
from the setting-a-bad-precedent dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Back in April, we discussed news of an anti-education attack on an Afghani school, which poisoned 150 Afghan schoolgirls. Now, a hospital in the same province has admitted 160 more girls who seem to have suffered a similar attack. 'Their classrooms might have been sprayed with a toxic material before the girls entered, police spokesman Khalilullah Aseer said. He blamed the Taliban. The incident, the second in a week's time, was reported at the Aahan Dara Girls School in Taluqan, the provincial capital. The girls, ages 10 to 20, complained of headaches, dizziness and vomiting before being taken to the hospital, said Hafizullah Safi, director of the provincial health department. More than half of them were discharged within a few hours of receiving treatment, Safi said. The health department collected blood samples and sent them to Kabul for testing.'"
It hurts my heart to know that there are men in the world who would rather poison their daughters than allow them to learn to read.
Posted by: buffy | May 30, 2012 at 06:24 PM
As I said in a comment to
Where does it stop?, posted by Rain:
'Ah, Rain, such a thoughtful posting you wrote. I have worked with and supervised Muslims who were wonderful, delightful people - dedicated to the American way of life. When I read a piece such as yours, however, I always hear Allison Janney's protestation, as CJ Craig, on The West Wing, concerning a fictional country [Qumar]: "They beat their women!" It makes me shudder and cringe.'
Posted by: Cop Car | June 01, 2012 at 09:39 AM