TROOPS FOIL PLOT TO MURDER CHILDREN

Islam does not love it's children, as this story amply demonstrates. As does using them as suicide bombers. Or Saudi religious police refusing to let little girls leave a burning school and instead forcing them to die because their heads weren't covered.

Islam does not love it's children. It eats them alive. All for the glory of Allah.

Remember Beslan.

The Daily Star (h/t Her Royal Whyness):

TROOPS FOIL PLOT TO MURDER CHILDREN
By Neil Chandler

BRITISH troops have foiled a sick Taliban plot to kill dozens of innocent Afghan children on their first day at school.

They found bombs which had been planted in the school by insurgents who knew eager kids would soon be flocking into its grounds to begin a new learning year.

The bombers hatched their plan after a tribal elder used the village mosque’s ­public address system to announce the school would re-open for the first time in three years after Taliban threats forced it to close.

As it opened, a six-year-old boy ran into the schoolyard and trod on a mine which blew off his right leg below the knee.

The mine was linked to a much larger bomb which would have killed every child and teacher in the school had it gone off. That’s when the gunners from II ­Squadron of the RAF Regiment swung into action.

Sqn Ldr Matt Carter said: “We mounted a squadron-level operation to clear the rest of the village, make the school safe and reassure the villagers.”

His men teamed up with locals to guard the school for three days until bomb ­disposal experts could arrive to scour the grounds for more devices. They soon found another mine which they defused.

Then RAF Regiment gunners patrolled the village for the next few days – and now the people of Molla Abdullah Kariz have turned against the Taliban.

Sqn Ldr Carter said: “The villagers saw immediately that the insurgents had ­targeted the future of the village by ­attacking the school and the next ­generation.

“This was a turning point. As a result, the vast ­majority of the locals now openly support the Afghan government and ­coalition forces.”

The change of mood has seen locals ­volunteering for a registration and ­identity card scheme. Other villages ­nearby are also clamouring for ID cards.

Sqn Ldr Carter explained: “ID cards help greatly because they give the insurgents fewer places to hide among a population moving towards acceptance of the Afghan government.”

Village leader Janaan (many Afghans use only one name) told the Daily Star Sunday: “The boy who was injured is now doing well and is back at the school.

“After that, the people here now hate the Taliban. We are happy that the British have helped us.”

It’s a clear victory for the RAF Regiment, the troops responsible for keeping ­Kandahar airbase secure.

Their men live and work outside the base, spending 15 days at a time among the Afghans.

They patrol the area with Jackal, Coyote, ­Panther and Vixen vehicles to stop rocket and mortar attacks on the base.

They recently caught a three-man ­bombing team who had a rocket with them and were trying to plant an improvised ­explosive device (IED).

A US helicopter crew spotted the gang and II Squadron raced in to arrest one man as the other two fled on a motorbike.

The gunners are also parachute-trained and have already launched helicopter ­patrols so the Taliban do not know where or when to expect them next.

The Daily Star Sunday was at Kandahar airbase when they halted a major ­Taliban attack, calling in helicopter gunships to lay down a barrage of fire before ­boarding their own choppers to chase down and capture the fleeing insurgents.

But they have suffered losses.

Senior Aircraftsman Luke Southgate, 20, was killed while on patrol in February when an IED blew up the ­machine ­gunner’s WMIK Land Rover.