Blast Kills at Least 70 Military Cadets in Pakistan - Polidicks

[IMG]http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2011/05/13/world/13blast_337/13blast_337-articleLarge.jpg[/IMG] [QUOTE]ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — More than 70 paramilitary soldiers were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up Friday morning at a military training center in northwest Pakistan, a local police chief said. The suicide bomber attacked members of the Frontier Constabulary at Shabqadar Fort in the town of Charsadda as they were preparing for their graduation ceremony, said Liaqat Khan, the police chief in nearby Peshawar. The death toll was almost certain to rise and could end up to be the highest number of law enforcement officials to be killed in a terrorist attack in recent years, Mr. Khan said. At least 80 people were injured, officials said. The bomber was in a car outside the fort when he detonated the explosives about 6 a.m., just as the graduates were gathering for the graduation, which was scheduled to start two hours later. A second bomber was likely to be involved in the attack, Mr. Khan said. The bombing appears to be connected to militants who are fighting the Pakistan Army in Mohmand, a mountainous area in a tribal region near Charsadda. The army recently launched the third phase of a ferocious two-year offensive aimed at trying to drive militants out of the Mohmand district. The army has recently suffered heavy losses in the fighting. The Taliban in Mohmand have been able to force the Pakistani Army into a lengthy campaign by seeking refuge in sanctuaries across the border in Afghanistan's Kunar Province. NATO forces in Afghanistan have been assisting Pakistan by going after the militants as they escape across the border. The Frontier Constabulary forces who were the target of the suicide attack on Friday are not involved in the fighting in Mohmand. They serve as security guards at checkpoints in Khyber Pakhtunwha Province, but their graduation, officials said, provided an accessible target for the militants to drive home their message. [b]Officials said it was unlikely that the attack was linked to the American raid that killed Osama bin Laden on May 2 in the city of Abbottabad, which is not far from Charsadda.[/b][/QUOTE] [url]http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/13/world/asia/13bomb.html?partner=rss&emc=rss[/url] [b]Taliban now claims responsibility and [u]does[/u] say it was a revenge for Osama Bin Laden's death.[/b] [url]http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/05/12/pakistan.explosions/index.html?hpt=T1[/url] Can a mod could edit the title to a more appropriate one?

islamabad for your health

That Graduation must have been a blast.

Dammit! What a fucking waste. And for what?

Oh the exploding number of bad puns

You see Pakistan, there's a reason why you shouldn't be helping the Taliban.

Unrelated, but OP's avatar reminded me of captain claw for the first time in like a decade.

If Pakistan was protecting Bin Laden I could see this as being a 'retaliation' attack on Pakistan for their inability to keep Bin Laden alive.

Pakistan should stop giving terrorists homes

Taliban now claims responsibility. [quote]The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility Friday for suicide attacks on a military training facility in the nation's northwest, saying they were in retaliation for the killing of terror leader Osama bin Laden. The twin suicide bombings killed at least 80 people, nearly all of them military recruits who had just completed their training, said Bashir Ahmad Bilour, a senior provincial minister. About 140 others were injured. "Pakistani and the U.S. forces should be ready for more attacks," said Ihsan Ullah Ihsan, a spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban, who accused the Pakistani military of telling the United States where bin Laden was. "Osama was our great leader and the killers of Osama will have to pay its price," he said. The back to back explosions took place shortly after scores of recruits left the Shabqadar Fort, a training facility in the district of Charsadda, said Jahan Zeb Khan, a senior police officer. The blood-soaked ground outside the training facility was littered with burned vehicles and broken glass. The recruits had just completed a nine month training program. The district of Charsadda borders Mohmand Agency, one of seven districts in Pakistan's tribal region along the Afghan border. Police suspect Friday's attacks were in retaliation for ongoing military operations targeting militants in Mohmand. Mohmand is believed to be a hideout for Taliban fighters and al Qaeda-linked militants fleeing last year's military operation in the district of South Waziristan and ongoing U.S. drone strikes in North Waziristan. The Pakistani army has carried out numerous ground and air operations in Mohmand but they haven't been able to stamp out the militants. Last December, around 150 militants ambushed six security checkpoints in Mohmand, killing 11 Pakistani soldiers, officials told CNN. Earlier in December, a twin suicide attack targeting a government building in Mohmand killed at least 40 people.[/quote] [url]http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/05/12/pakistan.explosions/index.html?hpt=T1[/url]

[QUOTE=Keeshond v2;29792179]Unrelated, but OP's avatar reminded me of captain claw for the first time in like a decade.[/QUOTE] Captain Claw is awesome, i was like WUT when i saw his avatar

[QUOTE=DrBreen;29796105]Captain Claw is awesome, i was like WUT when i saw his avatar[/QUOTE] i did some googling out of curiosity, apparently there's still some community for it.

70 got killed? The hell was that suicide bomber carrying? [quote]"Pakistani and the U.S. forces should be ready for more attacks," said Ihsan Ullah Ihsan, a spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban, who accused the Pakistani military of telling the United States where bin Laden was. "Osama was our great leader and the killers of Osama will have to pay its price," he said.[/quote] Looks like this was retaliation for killing Osama. It begins.

So now the anarchist teens shift their strategy from "osama was an old defenseless man who wasn't a threat anymore" (wrong: [url]http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110513/jsp/foreign/story_13976720.jsp[/url] ) to "these terrorist bombings are the US fault".

[QUOTE=Noble;29797630]So now the anarchist teens shift their strategy from "osama was an old defenseless man who wasn't a threat anymore" (wrong: [url]http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110513/jsp/foreign/story_13976720.jsp[/url] ) to "these terrorist bombings are the US fault".[/QUOTE] The fuck are you smoking? Pass that shit.

[QUOTE=Noble;29797630]So now the anarchist teens shift their strategy from "osama was an old defenseless man who wasn't a threat anymore" (wrong: [url]http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110513/jsp/foreign/story_13976720.jsp[/url] ) to "these terrorist bombings are the US fault".[/QUOTE] do you even know what anarchist means