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August 24, 2002

A Thank You To This Courageous Man

The all-knowing, all-seeing Instapundit spotted this story. Excerpts:

"We never thought that one day he would become a terrorist," Bashir Butt said. "We never even imagined. ... These cruel jihadis made him a terrorist."

Kamran Butt was one of thousands of young Pakistani men who have been drawn in recent years into the network of Islamic extremists, known here as "jihadis," who recruited them to fight the Indian army in Kashmir and in Afghanistan ( news - web sites) before the collapse of the Taliban last year...

"I hate these jihadi organizations," said Bashir Butt, a 48-year-old widower with two other sons and a daughter. "I hate these so-called jihadi leaders. "They are the killers of my son." ...

Four years ago, Kamran disappeared for the first time, leaving a message for his family that he had gone "to participate in jihad (holy war)" in Kashmir, the father said....

"During the last four or five months, I could not find him," Bashir Butt said. "He made a few calls to his family, and I thought he would be back like always. But this time, instead of him, the police came. I was informed that my son was dead and that he has killed worshippers at a church."

According to the father, no representative of any of the country's Islamic militant groups has contacted the family to express condolences. That's just as well, Bashir Butt said.

"I will kill them, I will butcher them, I will make a horrible example of them if they came here for condolence," Butt said.

Butt said he wants to visit the church where his son died to express his sorrow over the deaths of innocent people. "But I'm not sure how they will receive me," he said.

The wonder is that this grieving father isn't dead yet.

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