A bomb exploded in a busy market in Indian-administered Kashmir, killing one man in the first major suspected guerrilla attack since Pakistan began a crackdown on Islamic militants. The blast coincided with the arrival in New Delhi of Secretary of State Colin Powell on a mission to defuse tension between nuclear rivals India and Pakistan. Eight other people were injured in the blast, three critically. The makeshift bomb concealed in a drain exploded in the Kanakmandi market of Jammu, the winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir. "This was obviously a militant attack. No sane element would do this," a police official said.
That statement pretty much sums it up in a nutshell (so to speak). From the point of view of an unbalanced mind, some "special gift" had to be prepared for Powell's arrival, especially given the crackdown on loons in Pakland. "Whatever you do, don't disagree with him. It'll set him off." |