{"id":32279,"date":"2012-10-07T02:02:09","date_gmt":"2012-10-07T06:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=32279"},"modified":"2012-10-09T01:45:07","modified_gmt":"2012-10-09T05:45:07","slug":"taliban-threatens-code-pink-group-traveling-to-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=32279","title":{"rendered":"Taliban threatens Code Pink group traveling to Pakistan. (Updated)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"460\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hGeUPL4GrOk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Some of you may or may not know but it seems that Code Pink is sending a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.codepink4peace.org\/article.php?id=6245\">thirty plus group to Pakistan<\/a> to join a protest at the use of drones in a areas suspected of hiding Taliban groups. Also photos from them suggest that they are already have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/codepinkalert\/sets\/72157631649653824\/\">arrived. <\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Today the full CODEPINK delegation to Pakistan will arrive in Islamabad to begin a week of activities to express their opposition to US drone strikes in Pakistan. A pre-delegation group of American activists has been on the ground in Pakistan for several days meeting with think tanks, human rights organizations, and military and academic institutions.<\/p>\n<p>The response from Pakistanis has been overwhelmingly positive and welcoming, and many plan to join the CODEPINK contingent as it marches to South Waziristan to protest US drone strikes on October 7th. \u201cWe are already receiving an outpouring of support from Pakistani people who are heartened to learn that there are Americans with a conscience who are willing to come all the way to Pakistan to show solidarity and apologize for the drone strikes that have brought so much death and destruction to the impoverished people of north Pakistan,\u201d said CODEPINK cofounder and delegation leader Medea Benjamin.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Well not everyone is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/2012\/10\/05\/3036306\/code-pink-activists-warned-of.html\"><\/a>feeling the love. Nor the idea of a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-2213409\/Code-Pink-campaign-U-S-drone-attacks-Pakistan-Imran-Khan-leads-peace-march.html\">peace parade through Pakistan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p> U.S. diplomats Friday warned a group of American peace activists not to attend a rally against U.S. missile strikes scheduled for this weekend, saying terrorists have threatened to attack the demonstration.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, the Pakistani Taliban warned Friday that they oppose the rally, which is being led by Imran Khan, an internationally famous cricket player who has become one of Pakistan\u2019s most popular opposition politicians largely on the basis of his outspoken criticism of the U.S. role in Pakistan and Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>The demonstration, which has been organized by Khan\u2019s political party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, is scheduled to leave Islamabad Saturday and hopes to enter South Waziristan, part of the militant-plagued tribal area that is considered a no-go zone, on Sunday as a protest against the use of unmanned drones to attack suspected al Qaida and Taliban militants.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What will happen in the next few days is anyone&#8217;s guess, but I have a feeling that this could end badly since the Taliban is threatening to<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2012\/oct\/06\/imran-khan-march-us-drone-warfare-pakistan\"> bomb the protest.  <\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>On Saturday, a statement from a Taliban faction said to be based in Pakistan&#8217;s eastern Punjab province warned that militants would welcome the protesters with suicide bombings.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We ask the brave people of Waziristan not to side with the gang of Jews and Christians \u2013 otherwise their fate will be terrible,&#8221; the Punjabi Taliban said in the statement.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>UPDATE<\/strong>: It seems that they have been spotted and interviewed by CNN in Pakistan. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"460\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u3u1wAJt1mo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of you may or may not know but it seems that Code Pink is sending &hellip; <a title=\"Taliban threatens Code Pink group traveling to Pakistan. 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