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Taliban Are Filmed Killing Pakistani Lovers

Film captured on cell phone in mountain village

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(Newser) – Taliban enforcers in Pakistan have been filmed in a chilling video shooting down two lovers charged with committing adultery, reports the BBC. The man and woman are seen talking to members of the Taliban, and then move away as they appear to sense the danger they're in. Both are shot several times, then shot again when the gunmen see they are still moving. The cell-phone video, which has stunned Pakistanis, was shot by a reporter in a village controlled by the Taliban.

Image from a cell phone video by a reporter showing Taliban in Pakistan shooting down a man and woman believed to be having an adulterous affair.
Image from a cell phone video by a reporter showing Taliban in Pakistan shooting down a man and woman believed to be having an adulterous affair.   (1redthread)
Pakistani Taliban leave Buner on Friday and head back to a stronghold as part of a peace negotiation with the government.
Pakistani Taliban leave Buner on Friday and head back to a stronghold as part of a peace negotiation with the government.   (AP Photo/Naveed Ali)
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Cell phone video filmed by a Dawn reporter in Islamabad, Pakistan, showing Taliban shooting down a man and a woman accused of committing adultery.   (talibanviolence)

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divetrader
Apr 26, 09 8:36 AM CDT
Why would any civilized society follow the rule of the Taliban. Frontier justice is unacceptable. They need to be prosecuted for what they did. Reply
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NutsInNY
Apr 26, 09 9:01 AM CDT
Good call. I urge you to make a citizen's arrest so that we can get the ball rolling on that prosecution.
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AnnieChrist
Apr 26, 09 12:54 PM CDT
In 'civilized' societies such as ours, we have people like gonzales, bybee and yoo to render opinions calling thes tactics 'enhanced interriogation techniques.' I'm sure the taliban's justice department has the same type of 'legal experts.'
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mickey61988
Apr 26, 09 10:56 AM CDT
they need to be prosecuted with there own tactics,... shot dead in the street ! Reply
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TerrifiedCitizen
Apr 26, 09 11:30 AM CDT
I was reading through some old accounts of the Catholic Inquisition last week and there's an eerie similarity of the extreme and often deadly methods used by the Taliban. So I suppose that answers the question of how a civilized society could allow such things to happen. Reply
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