I know he’s a terrorist. I know he’s a scumbag who ordered an attack on a teenage girl for having the audacity to go to schol. I know he is willing to slaughter many thousands of innocents for no reason whatsoever.
But can we take a moment to giggle at his name?
The commander, Hazratullah Torashipa, and the intelligence official say the group’s leadership council, or shura, appointed Mullah Fazlullah as the new leader Thursday, a little less than a week after the U.S. killed his predecessor, Hakimullah Mehsud, in a drone strike.
Here’s hoping there’s a drone with his name on it and that it finds him quickly. But yeah, I’m going to laugh at Mullah Fazlullah. And I’m not the only one. The BBC changed their headline. Now it’s “Pakistan Taliban name Maulana Fazlullah new leader”. Here’s what it was:
Now, as to why the BBC felt it necessary to change their headline… I couldn’t say. I can guess, but I couldn’t say.