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| Pro-Taliban Politician Put To Sleep By Suicider |
| 2010-08-23 |
| At least 24 people have been killed and 25 injured in a bombing at a mosque in the Pakistani tribal region of South Waziristan, officials say. The blast occurred in the bazaar area of the region's main town of Wana. Among those killed was a former member of Pakistan's National Assembly, Maulvi Noor Mohammad, officials say. Hmmm- what sort of "politician?" Read on... Officials in Wana told the BBC it was carried out by a suicide bomber who walked up to Mr Mohammad and detonated his explosives as they shook hands. The former parliamentarian was a strong pro-Taliban voice and had written several books on jihad which are popular with the region's militants, says the BBC's Syed Shoaib Hasan in Pakistan's capital, Islamabad. He also ran several "bookstores" and "hospitals" in the region. Scare-Quotes™ mine. It is unclear Our correspondent says it is possible al-Qaeda sent the bomber to kill Maulvi Mohammad suspecting him of having tipped off the security forces about the presence of the men in his hospital. Geee... ya think?? More action like this, if you please. |
| Posted by:Free Radical |
| #1 Ain't karma a biatch? |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-08-23 12:44 |