Sunday, July 5, 2009

Shinies

From AFP (Breitbart, Taliban cash in on Pakistan's untapped gem wealth, July 5, 2009):
Most of the country's [Paktisan] gems, including emeralds, garnet, pink topaz, spinel and tourmaline are located underground in North West Frontier Province (NWFP), the heartland of the Taliban insurgency.

But the Taliban exists to enforce Islam, not to hoard gems and line their own pockets with money, right?

These are not the droids you are looking for.