Facebook Pakistanis Unite Against Terror

Anti-Taliban protests are being organized following
suicide bomb attacks in several cities, including Peshawar

From Times Online:

Alarmed by the growing Islamist menace, ordinary people are rising up against the Taliban

THE first thing Sadaffe Abid did when she heard Wednesday’s massive bomb rattling the windows in her office four miles away was, like most residents of Lahore, to telephone to check on family and friends. However, what she did next was more surprising.

“I told them we should come out on to the streets to protest against these militants,” she said. “This bomb was meant to turn public opinion against the army operation to clear the Taliban from Swat, and we shouldn’t give in.”

The stylishly dressed Abid, 35, is chief executive of a foundation providing microfinance for rural women, and says until recently she never thought the Taliban were anything to do with her.

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My Comment: I have been involved with computers and computer networks since the late 1970s. When the internet first started to become known to the public through the use of browsers such as Netscape in the 1990s .... I was there and I embraced as the new future.

I never thought that the internet could be used as a tool for revolution, counter revolution, anti-insurgencies, and the organization of rallies in places like Pakistan.

The internet has clearly made the world a smaller place.