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| Car Bomb at Pakistan's ISI Kills Eight | |
| 2009-11-13 | |
| A homicide car bomb devastated Pakistan's main spy agency building in the northwest Friday, killing at least 8 people and striking at the heart of the institution overseeing much of the country's anti-terror campaign. Parent/child conflict? Or, reap what you sow Think this will be enough for the ISI to turn on the Talibunnies? Nah, me neither ...
Teen-age rebellion? ISI parents have got to be in shock! They are coming for us The early-morning blast, heard across the city, destroyed much of the three-story building belonging to the Inter-Services Intelligence agency and many cars on the street outside. An Associated Press reporter on the scene within minutes saw several dead or badly wounded bodies being taken away. So glad that AP reporter could get there so fast --- probably his/her first scoop -- dead bodies always brings attention Seven bodies and 35 wounded people were admitted to the nearby Lady Reading Hospital, police officer Ullah Khan said. Peshawar Police chief Liaqat Ali Khan said a car bomber attacked the main gate of the complex. Just over an hour later, another homicide car bomb wounded 10 people at police station in Bakakhel, a town in the semiautonomous tribal regions, intelligence officials said on condition of anonymity because of the nature of their work. Hum -- seem to be going after those who are charged with protecting the population. Isn't that the root of a revolution? The government has vowed that the surging militant attacks will not dent the country's resolve to pursue the offensive in South Waziristan, where officials say the most deadly insurgent network in Pakistan is based. The army claims to be making good progress in that campaign. The ISI agency has been involved in scores of covert operations in the northwest against Al Qaeda targets since 2001, when many militant leaders crossed into the area following the U.S. led invasion of Afghanistan. The region is seen as a likely hiding place for Usama bin Laden. Let's see --- they have billions and billions and billions of our money, our military goodies, and they can't get control of some mountain tops? Its offices in Peshawar are on the main road leading from the city to Afghanistan. The agency was instrumental in using CIA money to train jihadi groups to fight the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s. Despite assisting in the fight against Al Qaeda since then, some Western officials consider the agency an unreliable ally and allege it still maintains links with the militants. The insurgents are waging a war against the Pakistani government because they deem it un-Islamic and are angry about its alliance with the United States. Duh The insurgency began in earnest in 2007, and attacks have spiked since the run-up to the offensive in South Waziristan. Areas in and around Peshawar have experienced the brunt of the recent militant attacks. A car bomb exploded in a market in Peshawar at the end of October, killing at least 112 people in the deadliest attack in Pakistan in over two years. Wonder if anyone emailed the local florist and wanted to send a dozen Texas yellow roses? On Oct. 10, a team of militants staged a raid on the army headquarters close to the capital, Islamabad, taking soldiers hostages in a 22-hour standoff that left nine militants and 14 others dead. Another hummmmm. 22 hours stand-off -- since these "militants" are the Masters of Pull and Spray -- must have been lots of down time between the pullings. Maybe they were sampling the locally grown products. Those poppies are so pretty. | |
| Posted by:Sherry |
| #5 Collective suicide? |
| Posted by: Willy 2009-11-13 23:14 |
| #4 More likely "taking one for the side" to enhance credibility? (Yeah, I know, credibility doesn't seem like the appropriate word to use in this case...) |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2009-11-13 09:56 |
| #3 Sharper than a serpent's tooth, the ingratitude of a child. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-11-13 04:04 |
| #2 Ah the feel good factor kicking in over a breakfast of porrige and bananas I foresee a nice handy split in the ISI over this. |
| Posted by: Oscar 2009-11-13 03:29 |
| #1 hows that for biting the hand that feeds? chickens --> Roost. Karma's a bitch isn't it? |
| Posted by: abu do you love 2009-11-13 01:48 |