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2008-09-21 India-Pakistan

Suicide bomb kills at least 60 at Pakistan hotel

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Posted by Fred 2008-09-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
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#1 "As flames engulfed the hotel, which is popular with foreigners."

Other than the media and Chicoms on business, you have to wonder who vacations in Islamabad.

Posted by mhw 2008-09-21 00:37|| 2008-09-21 00:37|| Front Page Top

#2 "Hours before the blast President Asif Ali Zardari, making his first address to parliament, a few hundred meters to the east of the hotel, said terrorism had to be rooted out."

Put up or shut up, Z.

Mehbee you'd better practice announcing how our aircraft and drones on the Pakistani side of the border with Afghanistan are really part of a joint taskforce with the Pak army to root out and kill the terrorists. Use a mirror until you can say it with a straight face.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-09-21 00:47|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-09-21 00:47|| Front Page Top

#3 I am interested in the reaction of the Pakistan "street." Do they like being bombed? I know this is an infidel hotel, but methinks when stuff is blowing up in your own capital would not be a reason to hand out candy to the neighborhood kids.

Posted by regular joe 2008-09-21 07:39|| 2008-09-21 07:39|| Front Page Top

#4 After she blew, I saw not one fire hose. Did you ?

Posted by Woozle Elmeter 2700 2008-09-21 14:33|| 2008-09-21 14:33|| Front Page Top

#5 You have a poinr, Fire Brigade all cowads?

Posted by Redneck Jim">Redneck Jim 2008-09-21 19:46|| 2008-09-21 19:46|| Front Page Top

#6 I knew of a couple of field grades who had a tough time with weight issues. They were built like, possibly had been, pulling guards a small college football team. Sort of like, as one guy said, a beer barrel walking on two fire plugs. But little fat. Very little.

Posted by Richard Aubrey">Richard Aubrey 2008-09-21 23:42|| 2008-09-21 23:42|| Front Page Top

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