[quote]PESHAWAR, Pakistan – Two explosions went off minutes apart in the northwest Pakistani city of Peshawar Sunday, killing 34 people and injuring nearly 100 in one of the deadliest attacks since the U.S. raid that killed Usama bin Laden last month, officials said.
The blasts occurred just after midnight in an area of the city that is home to political offices and army housing.
The attack took place as CIA Director Leon Panetta and Afghan President Hamid Karzai visited Islamabad, 95 miles to the east, to speak separately with senior Pakistani officials about intelligence sharing and efforts to reconcile with the Taliban.
The first explosion was relatively small and drew police and rescue workers to the site, said Dost Mohammed, a senior local police official. A large explosion rocked the area a few minutes later, causing the fatalities and injuring 98 people, 18 critically, said Rahim Jan, a senior doctor at a local hospital.
Initial reports indicated the second blast in Peshawar was caused by explosives placed in a vehicle and detonated by remote control, said Mohammed, the police official. The source of the first explosion was unknown.
No group claimed responsibility, but the Pakistani Taliban have pledged to carry out attacks in retaliation for the covert U.S. Navy SEAL raid that killed bin Laden in an army town outside Islamabad on May 2.
Saturday's attack took place across the street from the offices of the top political agent to Khyber, part of Pakistan's volatile tribal region, and only about 100 yards from army housing units. Peshawar borders the tribal region and has been repeatedly hit by bombings over the past few years.
The dead included at least one journalist, said Mohammed Farooq, a hospital doctor. Another four journalists and at least 10 police were injured, he said. Many of the people killed were so badly burned they were difficult to identify.[/quote]
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Pakistan needs to get it together and stop these attacks.
The problem is that it's kinda hard to stop a remote detonation unless you're constantly investigating for bombs.
[quote]Usama bin Laden[/quote]
Can't believe some people still misspell it after so long.
[QUOTE=Murkat;30408315]Can't believe some people still misspell it after so long.[/QUOTE]
Like Gaddafi/Qaddafi/Kaddafi it has more than one way to spell/pronounce it. :colbert:
taliban be talibanin'
Its sad that the Taliban attack other muslims as a way to get back at the US for killing Bin Laden. Doesn't that destroy the whole point?
[editline]13th June 2011[/editline]
its not like you and me are crying over these poor bastards
And then Pakistan will still support Taliban and blame USA for air raids.
[QUOTE=Ignhelper;30430586]And then Pakistan will still support Taliban and blame USA for air raids.[/QUOTE]
boom
[QUOTE=TheFilmSlacker;30407820]Holy shit, that's a lot of people...[/QUOTE]
I wouldn't say it's a lot.. I mean holocaust was a lot, or so..
[QUOTE=Bat-shit;30434158]I wouldn't say it's a lot.. I mean holocaust was a lot, or so..[/QUOTE]
That's a lot for this day and age.
[QUOTE=Sir_takeslot;30434176]That's a lot for this day and age.[/QUOTE]
I think with technology nowadays, weapons are better and more deadly, bombs are bigger, and people are smarter. I think in this day and age a large amount of people dying in the middle east comes expected.
[QUOTE=Sir_takeslot;30434176]That's a lot for this day and age.[/QUOTE]
This day for 6 billion and counting? Hardly a lot.
But yes I agree, 34 people died needlessly. But can we really expect everyone to die peacefully since there's so god damned many of us?
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