# 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:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-crap-taliban-attack-peshawar-school-at-least-126-mostly-students-killed/707389/21 "2014-12-16T19:17:32Z")
> [@Terr](#): > > For the last half a year - ok. But before that, Pakistan was not supporting Taliban? Let’s try to keep debate out of this thread. Feel free to make another thread talking about if this was the case or not (if you wish). ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-crap-taliban-attack-peshawar-school-at-least-126-mostly-students-killed/707389/22 "2014-12-16T19:35:03Z")
These are the kinds of atrocities that capture and interrogation attempt to thwart. The barbarism of this enemy is unlike one the world has seen in a long long time. When there is a callousness of taking innocent life in such a manner, traditional methods of confrontation have to be re-thought. ---
**Author:** ![Strainger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strainger/32/244_2.png) [@Strainger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strainger)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-crap-taliban-attack-peshawar-school-at-least-126-mostly-students-killed/707389/23 "2014-12-16T20:57:31Z")
And now there’s this. [2 bombers kill 26 including 16 students in Yemen](http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/world/2014/12/16/2-bombers-kill-26-including-16-students-in-yemen/20489003/) ---
**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, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-crap-taliban-attack-peshawar-school-at-least-126-mostly-students-killed/707389/24 "2014-12-16T22:49:37Z")
> [@Strainger](#): > > And now there’s this. [2 bombers kill 26 including 16 students in Yemen](http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/world/2014/12/16/2-bombers-kill-26-including-16-students-in-yemen/20489003/) Ugh. Quite nasty, although in Yemen the whole thing is in the context of a Shiite-Sunni and tribal almost civil war. It seems to me that the main target was not the school bus, but the house of a Shiite leader, and that the bus ended up being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Nonetheless, nasty, nasty stuff as well \>.\< ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-crap-taliban-attack-peshawar-school-at-least-126-mostly-students-killed/707389/25 "2014-12-16T23:03:33Z")
> [@JoseB](#): > > Ugh. Quite nasty, although in Yemen the whole thing is in the context of a Shiite-Sunni and tribal almost civil war. It seems to me that the main target was not the school bus, but the house of a Shiite leader, and that the bus ended up being in the wrong place at the wrong time. > > Nonetheless, nasty, nasty stuff as well \>.\< Read the article. There were two car bombs. One that waited until the bus came by; and the second one that went to the leader’s house. > [@](#): > > Witnesses said that the first car was loaded with potatoes apparently disguising explosives underneath. When the car bomber arrived at the checkpoint manned by rebels, he blew up the vehicle as the students’ bus was passing. After the first explosion, a second car targeted the home of a Shiite rebel leader, Abdullah Idris. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-crap-taliban-attack-peshawar-school-at-least-126-mostly-students-killed/707389/26 "2014-12-16T23:54:26Z")
Horrible news. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2014, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-crap-taliban-attack-peshawar-school-at-least-126-mostly-students-killed/707389/27 "2014-12-17T05:14:31Z")
My manager is from Pakistan. I gave her my condolences and simply said that “words fail me.” She has a brave face on but admitted that she couldn’t watch the news. I’m guessing I’m the only colleague that said anything (and hope I’m wrong about that). Bad karma. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2014, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-crap-taliban-attack-peshawar-school-at-least-126-mostly-students-killed/707389/28 "2014-12-17T09:50:22Z")
Court this morning, there was a service. I have never seen people openly weeping before like that. Announcement came that due to the national mourning, except urgent business and bail matters ae going to be heard at all. The Schools headmistress managed to get out with the students she was with and then went back inside to get as many more out She was killed. [Afghanistan given ultimatum by Army Chief to hand over head of the Taliban in Pakistan. Or unilateral action will be taken](http://tribune.com.pk/story/808187/hand-over-fazlullah-army-chief-set-to-tell-kabul/). ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2014, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-crap-taliban-attack-peshawar-school-at-least-126-mostly-students-killed/707389/29 "2014-12-17T10:37:54Z")
> [@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. Well if so, wouldn’t that make this the stupidest act of terrorism in history? Because they sure won’t be supporting them _now_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-crap-taliban-attack-peshawar-school-at-least-126-mostly-students-killed/707389.md?page=1)