Pakistani Forces Destroying Red Mosque

It’s not like they really have a choice, but the delicious irony of Muslims having to destroy the religious center of radicals they allowed to fester in their midsts, radicals who considered the Pakistani government infidels, is like a fine summer wine. From CNN.com:

Pakistani forces early Thursday demolished the front walls of a radical mosque, where battles between security forces and students have raged for two days, intelligence and military sources told CNN.
By loudspeaker, the forces warned students inside the Lal Masjid, or Red Mosque, that they had one last chance to surrender before a full attack took place.

More than 1,200 of the students have already surrendered, but hundreds more remain inside.

Heavy gunfire from both sides, punctuated by loud explosions and the firing of tear gas, erupted shortly before 4 a.m. Thursday (7 p.m. Wednesday ET).

The attack came hours after the mosque’s top cleric was arrested while trying to slip away wearing a traditional woman’s burqa.

At least 24 people, including two members of the security forces and one journalist, have been killed in the two days of battles.

Tensions have been simmering between police and students at the mosque, who are blamed for a string of recent kidnappings of civilians, Chinese nationals and Pakistani police. The government has been investigating the activities of the mosque, whose students are demanding sharia, or Islamic law, be instituted in Islamabad.

The Burqua thing is really quite amusing, given how Muslims have such a desire to project a manly image. Perhaps they’re overcompensating because it does seem that Muslims embrace their inner Rupaul fairly regularly. Jihad Watch has a post on this and other recent cross dressing follies from the radical Muslim community.

Pakistan has allowed a growing population of Islamists to infest many parts of the country, especially the tribal areas. The destruction of the Jihadist mosque will inflame these people who have thus far been allowed to act with impunity. Pakistan is in deep trouble.

And since they have nukes, if Jihadists take over there so are we.