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India-Pakistan
Pakistan blasts: Shia refuse to bury Quetta bomb dead
2013-01-11
Pakistan's minority Shia community has protested angrily over what it says is a lack of protection in the city of Quetta, a day after almost 100 people died there in a series of blasts.

Leaders of the community have refused to bury the dead until security is improved.

One Shia leader publicly criticised army chief Gen Ashfaq Kayani.

Sunni militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi said it carried out the deadliest attack in Quetta on Thursday.

Three days of mourning have been announced in Balochistan province after the blasts in its capital, on one of the deadliest days of bombings in Pakistan in recent years.

At least 119 people were killed in Quetta and in a separate attack in Mingora in the north-west.
Posted by:tipper

#2  Either the PAK-Govt-Army give local Shias de facto protection, or be seen in Iran's eyes as negligent [read, COMPLICIT] in Pak Sunni anti-Shia violence.

* See WAFF > [BBC] THE FORMIDABLE PAWS OF PAKISTAN'S ANTI-SHIA [Sunni] MILITANTS.

and

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > [Press TV]IRANIAN MP: WEST BEHIND PAKISTAN'S SHIA BOMBINGS TO CREATE SHIA-SUNNI WAR.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2013-01-11 21:50  

#1  Better stock up on clothespins.
Posted by: gorb   2013-01-11 16:25  

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