"India, Pakistan open to restarting talks" by Associated Press | February 5, 2010
NEW DELHI - India proposed the resumption of discussions between the foreign secretaries on terrorism and other issues, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity citing the sensitivity of the matter. Pakistan welcomed the offer.
I wonder how long it is going to take before those are sabotaged.
Didn't have to wait long.
"25 killed in two Karachi bombings; Busy hospital targeted after first explosion" by Ashraf Khan, Associated Press | February 6, 2010
KARACHI - Suspected Sunni militants bombed a bus carrying Shi’ite worshippers and two hours later attacked a hospital treating the victims, killing 25 people and wounding 100 yesterday in a strike on Pakistan’s largest city.
And they ATTACKED the HOSPITAL, too, huh?
The blasts were the latest sign of the instability tearing at the nation....
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While sharing the anti-Shi’ite agenda of other Sunni militants, the Taliban has concentrated mostly on attacking government, military, and Western targets. Karachi has been spared those attacks. Some officials have said this is because the Taliban use the city to raise funds through extortion and other criminal activities and do not wish to draw attention to their presence....
Also see: Taliban on a Tear in Pakistan
The WHOLE THING STINKS to me.
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani appealed for calm in the city, which is the country’s commercial heart. It has a history of religious violence between Shi’ite and Sunni Muslims, and has been tense in recent weeks due to clashes between rival political parties that have left dozens dead.
No group claimed responsibility, but Pakistan is home to many Al Qaeda-linked Sunni extremist groups with a history of attacking Shi’ites.
Just because the MSM says it doesn't make it true -- in fact, it is likely the exact opposite.
In late December, extremists in the city detonated a bomb that killed 44 Shi’ites attending a procession to mark Ashura, the anniversary of the death of revered Shi’ite figure Imam Hussein, sparking the city’s worst riots in recent years. Yesterday’s blasts coincided with Arbaeen, the final day of the annual 40-day mourning period for Hussein.
Police officers in Karachi gave conflicting accounts whether one or both of the bombs there were suicide blasts. Both were apparently attached to motorbikes and were packed with nuts and bolts, an investigator said.
See: Is This MQM At Work In Balochistan?
The first bomb targeted a bus carrying worshippers, most of them women and children, killing 12 and wounding 49, officials said. The bomb was attached to a motorcycle and detonated as the bus drove to an Arbaeen procession, witnesses said. One witness said it may have been a suicide bombing, but that could not be confirmed.
The second bomb exploded outside the entrance to the emergency ward at Jinnah Hospital, which was packed with victims and relatives of those killed and wounded in the earlier attack. It was either hidden on a motorbike or in or close to an ambulance, a witness and a government official said.
I have a hard time believing Muslim insurgents not working for the CIA would do this.
"Now stop and think here for a moment. All revolutions depend on public support. Revolutionaries try to first win the people before they take on the government. So, no revolutionary goes out and murders civilians in cold blood. Did Washington and his men just mow down a marketplace of their fellow colonials for the heck of it? No, they did not. Washington and the Founding Fathers knew that their revolution to build a new country needed the support of those who would live in that country. This is true for every revolution in history. Therefore, these acts of terror being blamed on the insurgency must all be fakes, committed by intelligence agencies working for the governments to be blamed on the insurgents in order to destroy public support for the revolution." -- Wake the Flock Up
Yup.
Provincial health minister Dr. Sagheer Ahmad said 13 people were killed in that blast and 50 wounded.
The blast triggered chaos at a hospital already overrun with casualties. A man held up a child bleeding from his face above his head in a bid to pass through the crowd and get treatment inside. Another victim with a chest wound lay on a stretcher crying for help.
Bomb disposal squad official Munir Sheikh said a third bomb was later defused in the parking lot of the hospital.
Oh, STINKOLA!!!
Pakistan has been rocked by a wave of bombings over the last 18 months by the Pakistani Taliban, which is under pressure by US missile strikes and army offensives in its stronghold along the border with Afghanistan, far from Karachi.
Yeah, those must have stopped since I haven't read anything about them lately.
The bombings brought more grief to a country where such attacks are frequent.
Ashfaq Ali survived the bus attack, but lost two sons. He sat on the floor near a pool of blood.
“I will keep sitting here because it is my sons’ blood,’’ he said, half-wailing. “I want the terrorists to kill me as well.’’
Ah, THAT'S GRIEF!!!!!!!
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Yeah, they hate us more than they love their kids, right.
Well, NOW they HATE US for SURE!!!!
