Or a foreshadowing of mayhem to come, cui bono?
More rewrites, omissions, and who knows what else.
"16 killed, 90 hurt in 2 suicide bombings in Pakistan; Militants make effort to strike back at military" by Ismail Khan and Sabrina Tavernise, New York Times | September 27, 2009
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Two suicide bombings struck troubled areas of western Pakistan yesterday, including Peshawar, the provincial capital and the first major city to be attacked in months.
The bombings, which killed at least 16 people and wounded more than 90, appeared to be a calculated attempt by militants to strike back at the Pakistani military, which has been conducting a campaign against them since this spring in northern and western Pakistan.
The operations had achieved some success. Civilian casualties in August reached their lowest level in a year, according to figures from the Pakistan Institute for Peace Studies, and Pakistan’s major cities, Lahore and Islamabad, which used to suffer near-weekly bombings, had been quiet for months.
But the attack in Peshawar, which killed 10 people, underscored the ability that militants still have of striking inside Pakistan’s major cities. The blast hit a commercial area less than a mile from the US Consulate, near a bank owned by the Pakistani military that had been hit before, said Liaqat Khan, the city’s police chief.
Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, it all seems to be the same broken record, doesn't it?
The suicide bomber drove into the area in a vehicle packed with about 200 pounds of explosives, gouging a 3-foot crater into a main road, the authorities said.
It occurred just hours after another bomber hit a police station in Bannu, a remote tribal area in northwestern Pakistan, killing five police officers and one prisoner, said Malik Naveed, the inspector general of police for North-West Frontier province. He said the attacks appeared to be the work of the Taliban, but Khan warned that the authorities had not yet determined the perpetrators. The police detained three suspects taking video at the scene in Peshawar.
They weren't dancing Israelis, were they?
“It is premature to blame any group,’’ Khan said. “We want to keep our minds open.’’
I suspect AL-CIA-DUH, don't you?
Pakistani television showed images of high-rise buildings without windows and smashed storefronts. Emergency workers collected the wounded, some with blood-soaked clothing.
“This is a reaction to the operation we launched,’’ said Iftikhar Hussein, the information minister for North-West Frontier Province, in an interview on Pakistan’s Express 24/7 television network. “We are on the front lines so we are facing this problem,’’ Hussein said. “This is the responsibility of the whole world.’’
So WHEN DO OCCUPYING U.S. TROOPS ARRIVE?
Pakistan moved thousands of troops away from its eastern border with its longtime foe, India, to launch offensives against Taliban militants in the west of the country this spring, something that the United States had long pressed Pakistan to do.
Leaving their eastern flank exposed, huh?
Here are a few things the Globe forgot to mention that my local did:
"Suicide bombs kill 16, wound about 150 in Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- Qari Hussain Mehsud phoned the AP to claim responsibility for the police station attack Saturday. "We have broken the silence as the government did not understand the pause in attacks, and from now there will be an increase in the number of suicide bombings," he said....
A third bomb exploded in the northern town of Gilgit, wounding four people, Pakistan's SAMA news channel quoted local police Chief Ali Sher as saying. He described it as a "low-intensity bomb" but provided no further details.
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Qari Hussain Mehsud - known for training Taliban suicide bombers - warned of more attacks in an AP interview at a secret location in North Waziristan on Thursday, just hours before U.S. missiles hit the area and killed 12 people, saying "we will send suicide bombers only if the government acts against us."
Well, we'll see if the MSM or Glob report it.
The U.S. Embassy in Islamabad condemned the bombings. "These attacks highlight the vicious and inhuman nature of this enemy whose true target is the democratically elected government of Pakistan and the security of all Pakistanis," it said in a statement.
Now this is beginning to REEK of a FALSE FLAG, cui bono?
North West Frontier Province's information minister, Mian Iftikhar Hussain, said the attacks would not deter the government from fighting militants. He said security forces had arrested 40 would-be suicide bombers in recent months in the northwest, thwarting efforts by the Taliban to create chaos.
"It is not only our duty ... to fight this menace of terrorism, it is a responsibility of the whole world," Hussain told reporters in Peshawar. "We are on the front line today, that's why our blood is being shed."
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Well, seeing as "terrorism" is a GOVERNMENT-CREATED, SPONSORED, FUNDED, and DIRECTED ENTERPRISE that should be pretty easy!
