Roger Godsiff

Labour Party | Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath

Roger condemns attempts to break up Pakistan

3 November 2009

Speaking after the appalling attack by the Taliban on innocent men, women and children in Rawalpindi on Monday 2nd November 2009 Roger Godsiff said "this is a systematic attempt by the Taliban to destroy the country of Pakistan because the Pakistani government were engaged in an on-going operation to rid the country of the Taliban killers. The attack in Rawalpindi on innocent men, women and children - many of whom were queuing at banks to collect their wages - demonstrates clearly that the Taliban has no respect whatsoever for human life and is prepared to carry out the most barbaric attack on civilians using suicide bombers and remote controlled bombs.

This attack in Rawalpindi follows on from the atrocities in Peshawar and Islamabad when many other civilians had been killed over the last few weeks and our sympathy should go out to the relatives and friends of the victims. At the same time we should give our support to the Pakistani government which is trying to hold the country together against a murderous group of fanatics who want to break up the country."