“A year ago, Malala Yousafzai was recovering in a hospital bed after Pakistan’s Taliban tried to kill her. Now, she is among the most famous girls in the world: a 16-year-old activist who still receives death threats from the Islamic extremist group On Monday, “CBS This Morning” co-host Norah O’Donnell spoke with Malala at Barnard College in New York. A year ago, Yousafzai was shot on a school bus. The attack was ordered by Mullah Fazlullah — who was just elected as the new leader of the Taliban in Pakistan. Asked if the fact the man who targeted her is now head of the Taliban scares her, Yousafzai said: “I’m not scared of the Taliban at all. I might be afraid of ghosts and like dragons and those things, but I’m not afraid of the Taliban. … If you kill someone, it shows that you are afraid of that person. So, why shall I be afraid of someone who is afraid of me already? It’s that kind of determination that has won Yousafzai international praise and made her an unstoppable force in the fight for girls’ education…”.* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.
*Learn more here: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505263_162-57611915/malala-yousafzai-discusses-drones-talk-with-president-obama-her-lifes-mission/
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