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2002-12-05 India-Pakistan

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2002-12-05 09:56 am|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Seems like it's the work of our old friends:
"An explosion Thursday at Macedonia's consulate offices and the slaying of three people whose bodies were found inside may have been the work of al-Qaida, taking revenge for the killing of seven militant suspects in Macedonia earlier this year, police said. In the ruins of the Macedonian consulate office, scribbled in blue ink on a wall were the words "al-Qaida Pakistan, result of adultery" and a couplet titled "Message for Infidels" that said:

"Loyalty will be returned in loyalty.

Oppression in oppression.

We are men like you.

We will do what you will do."

The messages, in Pakistan's Urdu language, could signal al-Qaida's involvement - or could have been written by someone else trying to throw investigators off the real culprits' trail, said Tariq Jamil, Karachi's deputy police chief.
Counterterrorism police were investigating the possibility that the slayings and subsequent explosion may have been in retaliation for the killing of seven Pakistanis in Macedonia on March 2. Macedonian police opened fire on a van that tried to drive through a roadblock in Skopje, killing seven Pakistanis inside. Police said they found seven Kalashnikov assault rifles, several hand grenades and ammunition in the van.
Macedonian officials said the suspects were planning attacks on Western embassies."

Posted by Steve 2002-12-05 11:17:13|| 2002-12-05 11:17:13|| Front Page Top

#2 I can't guarantee it's what set our bomber friend off, but there is a good sized (25% or so) Muslim Albanian minority in Macedonia and a bit of friction and low-level civil war between them and the largely-Orthodox Macedonians.

If Osama's still hot about losing Spain a half-millennia ago, that might be enough to get some Pakistani juiced.

Posted by Mark Byron 2002-12-05 11:22:21|| [markbyron.blogspot.com/] 2002-12-05 11:22:21|| Front Page Top

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