# Oh Crap. Taliban attack Peshawar School. At least 126 (mostly students) killed. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 16, 2014, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-crap-taliban-attack-peshawar-school-at-least-126-mostly-students-killed/707389 "2014-12-16T12:55:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-crap-taliban-attack-peshawar-school-at-least-126-mostly-students-killed/707389/1 "2014-12-16T12:55:17Z")
Breaking news. Today, Dec. 16, 6 terrorists attacked an Army Public School in Peshawar. Data at still sketchy. There is mention of at least 126 dead, 250 wounded, one terrorist who blew himself up, two others killed by security forces. There is not yet clear information about the situation there. Link to the BBC: [Pakistan Taliban: Peshawar school attack leaves 141 dead - BBC News](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30491435) I understand that **AK84** is in Pakistan. Anything you can tell us from there? Oh my, but this is hideous. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-crap-taliban-attack-peshawar-school-at-least-126-mostly-students-killed/707389/2 "2014-12-16T13:07:11Z")
It’ll get even worse when the Pakistani Army retalliates. I’m betting that the Afghani town on the other side of the border will be a ghost town – with plenty of ghosts – within a couple of months ☹ ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-crap-taliban-attack-peshawar-school-at-least-126-mostly-students-killed/707389/3 "2014-12-16T13:23:48Z")
> [@Diceman](#): > > It’ll get even worse when the Pakistani Army retalliates. > > I’m betting that the Afghani town on the other side of the border will be a ghost town – with plenty of ghosts – within a couple of months ☹ :rolleyes: Its evil to attack children. Its stupid to boast that you went there to kill children. It is insane to strike those whose father and mothers have the ability to blow you seven ways to hell. ---
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-crap-taliban-attack-peshawar-school-at-least-126-mostly-students-killed/707389/4 "2014-12-16T13:46:36Z")
**AK84** , do you have any better/clearer information about what happened than what we can get here? At the very least you are in the same country. Good grief, this is terrible. My condolences to all those affected by this hideous act. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-crap-taliban-attack-peshawar-school-at-least-126-mostly-students-killed/707389/5 "2014-12-16T13:55:16Z")
> [@JoseB](#): > > **AK84** , do you have any better/clearer information about what happened than what we can get here? > > At the very least you are in the same country. > > Good grief, this is terrible. My condolences to all those affected by this hideous act. Well, no. I get the same news as all of you. But, I am from a military family and most of the kids were those of servicemen and servicewomen. My parents are going to be on funeral duty for the next few days. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-crap-taliban-attack-peshawar-school-at-least-126-mostly-students-killed/707389/6 "2014-12-16T14:00:04Z")
I have no words. How can people do such evil things. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-crap-taliban-attack-peshawar-school-at-least-126-mostly-students-killed/707389/7 "2014-12-16T14:14:54Z")
Terribly sad news. For the dead, for their families, and for those who will be hurt by being unjustly associated with the perpetrators. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-crap-taliban-attack-peshawar-school-at-least-126-mostly-students-killed/707389/8 "2014-12-16T14:18:12Z")
Apparently, five of the bad guys blew themselves up. Also, apparently, they targeted the children specifically, as retaliation for military operations. And, extra special evil, apparently they set one of the teachers on fire and forced the children to watch the teacher burn to death. Appalling, just appalling, and really, I’m getting tired of saying how sickened I am by this sort of bullshit. ---
**Author:** ![truthSeeker2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7cd45c/32.png) [@truthSeeker2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthSeeker2)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-crap-taliban-attack-peshawar-school-at-least-126-mostly-students-killed/707389/9 "2014-12-16T14:28:56Z")
RIP. Pakistani terrorists attacked India in similar terror attack of 26/11. India gave many dossiers but no action was taken against the perpetrators by Pak. They recently booked entire trains for people to attend the rallies of anti-india terrorist (Hafeez Saeed, the perpetrator of 26/11), who warned of more terror attacks in India. Hope they find good sense and do not differentiate between ‘good terrorist’ and ‘bad terrorist’ anymore after this dastardly attack. ---
**Author:** ![Norse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a9adbd/32.png) [@Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Norse)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-crap-taliban-attack-peshawar-school-at-least-126-mostly-students-killed/707389/10 "2014-12-16T14:50:59Z")
Oh. My. God. There’s nothing to say. Words just fail. Except that if I were religious, I’d wish the fucking batshit fanatics to burn in whatever their personal rendition of hell might be, for the rest of eternity. ---
**Author:** ![JuliaSqueezer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/82dd89/32.png) [@JuliaSqueezer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JuliaSqueezer)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-crap-taliban-attack-peshawar-school-at-least-126-mostly-students-killed/707389/11 "2014-12-16T15:29:55Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Apparently, five of the bad guys blew themselves up. > > Also, apparently, they targeted the children specifically, as retaliation for military operations. > > And, extra special evil, apparently they set one of the teachers on fire and forced the children to watch the teacher burn to death. > > Appalling, just appalling, and really, I’m getting tired of saying how sickened I am by this sort of bullshit. Exactly this. As I watched the reports, the only word that came to my mind is “savage.” These are savages. They have devolved from being civilized to evil, brainless savages. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-crap-taliban-attack-peshawar-school-at-least-126-mostly-students-killed/707389/12 "2014-12-16T17:02:18Z")
> [@JuliaSqueezer](#): > > Exactly this. > > As I watched the reports, the only word that came to my mind is “savage.” These are savages. They have devolved from being civilized to evil, brainless savages. This is how I feel. According to the news this morning, the Taliban released some BS statement about how they instructed the attackers to target the military personnel and not harm the children. Sure. If you were that concerned, maybe you should have attacked something other than a MOTHERFUCKING SCHOOL !!! :mad: At this point, I pretty much feel that these guys need to be rounded up and euthanized, like stray dogs. Unfortunatly, I must stand by me earlier prediction that the Afghani civilians in nearby towns are almost certainly going to be the people who bear the brunt of the retaliation. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-crap-taliban-attack-peshawar-school-at-least-126-mostly-students-killed/707389/13 "2014-12-16T17:18:49Z")
So, the Army news service has been busy at my parents home. Highlights i) A major had two kids at the school and his wife was a teacher, all three dead. ii) A female Brigadier lost all three children and she is on duty tonight. What kind of…thing do you have to be to target children and then boast about it. ---
**Author:** ![Terr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-crap-taliban-attack-peshawar-school-at-least-126-mostly-students-killed/707389/14 "2014-12-16T17:25:00Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > So, the Army news service has been busy at my parents home. Highlights > > i) A major had two kids at the school and his wife was a teacher, all three dead. > ii) A female Brigadier lost all three children and she is on duty tonight. > What kind of…thing do you have to be to target children and then boast about it. IIRC (correct me if I am wrong) - Pakistan has a somewhat ambiguous relationship with Taliban. Pakistan often tacitly supports Taliban. All unofficially of course, but supports nevertheless. If so, some blame for Taliban-committed atrocities, I believe, belongs with Pakistan authorities. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-crap-taliban-attack-peshawar-school-at-least-126-mostly-students-killed/707389/15 "2014-12-16T17:39:28Z")
> [@Terr](#): > > IIRC (correct me if I am wrong) - Pakistan has a somewhat ambiguous relationship with Taliban. Pakistan often tacitly supports Taliban. All unofficially of course, but supports nevertheless. If so, some blame for Taliban-committed atrocities, I believe, belongs with Pakistan authorities. :rolleyes: Par for the course for you **Terr**. And no, since June 2014, the Army has been [in an all out offensive against the Taliban](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Zarb-e-Azb) and this is has been used expressly as the reason for the attack. ---
**Author:** ![Terr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-crap-taliban-attack-peshawar-school-at-least-126-mostly-students-killed/707389/16 "2014-12-16T17:44:24Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > :rolleyes: > Par for the course for you **Terr**. And no, since June 2014, the Army has been [in an all out offensive against the Taliban](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Zarb-e-Azb) and this is has been used expressly as the reason for the attack. For the last half a year - ok. But before that, Pakistan was not supporting Taliban? ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-crap-taliban-attack-peshawar-school-at-least-126-mostly-students-killed/707389/17 "2014-12-16T18:12:26Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > … extra special evil, apparently they set one of the teachers on fire and forced the children to watch the teacher burn to death… Holy shit. That’s just … unspeakable. Keep us posted, **AK84** , as you can. Meanwhile, my thoughts will be with those poor victims, and their families … and the victims and families of the next/retaliatory atrocity … ☹ ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-crap-taliban-attack-peshawar-school-at-least-126-mostly-students-killed/707389/18 "2014-12-16T18:14:54Z")
Sweet Jesus. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-crap-taliban-attack-peshawar-school-at-least-126-mostly-students-killed/707389/19 "2014-12-16T18:18:24Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > What kind of…thing do you have to be to target children and then boast about it. There is no word for that type of evil. Assholes, bastards…there is no word, evil doesn’t come close. . ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-crap-taliban-attack-peshawar-school-at-least-126-mostly-students-killed/707389/20 "2014-12-16T18:46:15Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > Well, no. I get the same news as all of you. But, I am from a military family and most of the kids were those of servicemen and servicewomen. My parents are going to be on funeral duty for the next few days. It’s terrible enough to read about this from half a world away. I can’t imagine what your family and their friends are going through. My thoughts are with you and all those who have lost innocents today. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-crap-taliban-attack-peshawar-school-at-least-126-mostly-students-killed/707389.md?page=2)