Good Sign From Pakistan: Taliban Shaving Off Beards, Captured Hiding With Refugees

You know, this really IS a good sign that the Pakistani military is putting a can of whoopass on the Taliban in the Swat Valley operation as police are capturing Taliban who are hiding amongst civilian refugees to try and escape the onslaught. Here's the entire article from Breitbart:

Police: Taliban suspects among Pakistani refugees

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A senior police official says 39 suspected Taliban fighters have been arrested hiding among refugees from fighting in Pakistan's northwest.
The police chief of the Mardan district where camps have been set up to house some of the around 2 million people who fled the military offensive in the Swat Valley says alleged Taliban had disguised themselves among the refugees.

Syed Akhtar Ali Shah said the 39 suspects had shaved off the beards that many conservative Muslims consider a sign of piety.
The military says it has killed more than 1,100 militants in its month-old campaign to rout the Taliban from Swat and surrounding regions, an offensive that is strongly backed by Washington.

So 39 of the "mighty warriors" of the army of Mullah Omar are resorting to shaving off their beards and cowering amongst the women, children and goats outside of Swat ... don't know if that's going to be much of a recruitment tool for the Taliban.

One thing you will notice over the last two weeks - there literally have been NO reports of schools being blown up in Swat or any women beheaded or local governmental officials being kidnapped. Notice that? Well, one has to hope that the Pakistani government has noticed it as well and continues to put the hammer to the Taliban in the Swat Valley. And even more hopefully, it would be stellar to see the Pakistani military take this offensive to even more districts and provinces.