The Talibanization of Our Basra

"Profane in the eyes of radical mullahs, a woman's face on a billboard has been "veiled" in black paint in Multan, the ancient city in Punjab that is now a center for fundamentalist mosques and madrassas. Once confined to the fiercely conservative northwest, "talibanization" is spreading across Pakistan, pushed by a small but vocal minority.

In its September 2007 issue, National Geographic magazine published an lengthy article about the war between moderate and radical Pakistanis. The above photo caught my attention from the photo essay published with the article because of the similarities between Pakistan and parts of Iraq that are close to my heart"
Fayrouz in Beaumont

It must be something in the tea