# Pakistani minister calls Al Qaeda, Taliban, his 'brothers', places bounty on filmmaker

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**Created:** [September 25, 2012, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pakistani-minister-calls-al-qaeda-taliban-his-brothers-places-bounty-on-filmmaker/635775 "2012-09-25T14:17:21Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pakistani-minister-calls-al-qaeda-taliban-his-brothers-places-bounty-on-filmmaker/635775/1 "2012-09-25T14:17:21Z")

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The story’s a little old, but none of the reporting carried the bit about how he referred to Al Qaeda as his brothers. Figured I’d spread the word. It’s slightly complicated to cite. This [link](http://www.firstpost.com/world/sorry-pak-cant-just-wash-its-hands-off-its-ministers-bounty-467379.html) makes a reference to it

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> Really, is that enough? Is a Railways minister not a representative of the government as much as Hina Rabbani Khar is? Can a minister get away with calling on his “Taliban bhaiyon” and his “Al-Qaeda bhaiyon” to join him on “this sacred mission”? Can a government just shrug it off because it’s the minister’s personal view and the money is not coming out of the government’s coffers?

‘Bhaiyon’ means ‘brothers’ in Urdu/Hindi. Anybody who sees the actual press conference video on youtube can verify that he says it.  
[Here’s](http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/23/world/asia/pakistani-minister-offers-bounty-over-anti-islam-video.html) the original story

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> A Pakistani cabinet minister offered a $100,000 reward on Saturday for the death of the person behind the anti-Islam video made in the United States that has roiled Muslims around the world, even suggesting that Taliban and Al Qaeda militants could carry out the killing.

I wonder if this is enough to brand Pakistan a state sponsor of terrorism? 🙂