Joanie de Rijke Was Raped By The Taliban But Respects Their Motives
DUTCH journalist Joanie de Rijke, who went to Afghanistan and all she got was abducted and serially raped for six days. Now she is fed up that anyone should think the Taliban are a bunch of criminally insane thugs:
Well, I would put this into perspective, says the leftist journalist: the Taliban are not monsters.
As Tim Blair notes:
Read on. As you do, imagine de Rijke’s comments – and global reaction – if the events she describes had happened inside, say, Abu Ghraib.
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Posted: 9th, June 2009 | In: Reviews Comment (1) | TrackBack | Permalink