Horrifying: Taliban Video Whipping 17 Year Old Girl

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The video shows a young woman held face down as a Taliban commander whips her repeatedly with a leather strap. “Leave me for the moment — you can beat me again later,” she screams, pleading for a reprieve and writhing in pain.Paying no heed, the commander orders those holding her to tighten their grip and continues the public flogging. A large group of men quietly stands and watches in a circle around her.

The woman in the video is a 17-year-old resident of Kabal, in the restive Swat region in northwestern Pakistan. The images, which have been broadcast repeatedly by private television news networks in Pakistan, have caused outrage here and set off bitter condemnation by rights activists and politicians.

There are no Moderate Taliban. Anyway the government made a peace deal with these thugs and let them impose their brutal control. Deals with criminals always end badly, perhaps the Obama admin will understand that one day. Worse comes to worse we should send some of these Iraqi Women over there.

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- A suspected U.S. missile strike killed at least 12 people in a tribal region in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday morning, local political and military sources said.

The air strike targeted a home in Datakhel, a village in North Waziristan, according to political official Shahab Ali Shah.

A Pakistani military official said as many as 18 people could have been killed in the strike.Based on CNN tally, Saturday's strike is the 11th suspected U.S. missile strike this year.

The U.S-led coalition and NATO -- based in Afghanistan -- have been seeking a way to effectively battle militants who are launching attacks from the swath of tribal areas along the border.They have become frustrated with Islamabad over the years, saying it is not being proactive enough against militants -- a claim Pakistan denies.