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India-Pakistan
ICRC office in Peshawar attacked, vehicles damaged
2007-02-11
A blast at the office of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Peshawar at around 4:30am on Saturday damaged four vehicles and some property, but nobody was injured as the office was closed, said an ICRC spokesman and police.

Earlier, the international aid agency said it was suspending all field operations in NWFP, but ICRC spokesman Raza Hamdani told Daily Times over the telephone from Islamabad that ICRC would continue its operations, and a security review was underway. The spokesman said a gas cylinder was lobbed into the car park, but Peshawar police chief Abdul Majeed Marwat said the blast had been caused by an explosive device planted near a geyser. “It might be a part of the series of terrorist attacks in the country,” the police chief told Daily Times. The ICRC spokesman said it was too early to say who was behind the attack. The ICRC office is located in University Town, which was a hub of Afghan mujahideen leaders in the 1980s and 1990s.
Posted by:Fred

#6  I just like the idea of America, land of fortuitous plumbing. Hell I'd make a run for the border if it meant American Standard was on the other side.
Posted by: Shipman   2007-02-11 23:48  

#5  Electric Water Geyser Manufacturers & Suppliers
Posted by: john   2007-02-11 09:03  

#4  In Brit-speak, "geyser" also means a gas-fired hot water heater.
Posted by: Sgt. Mom   2007-02-11 08:47  

#3  Ah yes, America, land of fortuitous plumbing.
Posted by: Shipman   2007-02-11 08:30  

#2  Maybe it's from the pent-up Islamic seething?
Posted by: Jackal   2007-02-11 08:24  

#1  A geyser?
Geysers are quite rare, requiring a combination of water, heat, and fortuitous plumbing. The combination exists in few places on Earth. The five largest geyser fields in the world are[3]:

1. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States
2. Dolina Geiserov, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia
3. El Tatio, Chile, South America
4. Taupo Volcanic Zone, North Island, New Zealand
5. Iceland, Europe

There used to be two large geysers fields in Nevada — Beowawe and Steamboat Springs — but they were destroyed by the installation of nearby geothermal power plants. At the plants, geothermal drilling reduced the available heat and lowered the local water table to the point that geyser activity could no longer be sustained. There are more individual geysers around the world, in California, Peru, Bolivia, Mexico, Dominica, Azores, Kenya and Japan, but no other large clusters.

I do not see Peshawar on that list.

Posted by: 3dc   2007-02-11 06:48  

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