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2010-12-26 India-Pakistan

Burqa-clad suicide bomber kills 42 in Bajaur Agency

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Posted by Fred 2010-12-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
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#1 sorry, an ASSUMED burqa-clad female...

Posted by Skidmark 2010-12-26 00:32|| 2010-12-26 00:32|| Front Page Top

#2 Girls will be girls.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2010-12-26 01:27|| 2010-12-26 01:27|| Front Page Top

#3 US President Obama condemns 'outrageous' Pakistan suicide attack
US PRESIDENT Barack Obama condemned Saturday's "outrageous terrorist attack" in northwestern Pakistan in which a suicide bomber killed dozens of people at a World Food Program project.

More than 80 dead in Pakistan unrest

More than 80 people have been killed after a suicide bombing and helicopter raids in Pakistan.
"I strongly condemn the outrageous terrorist attack in Khar, Pakistan," Mr Obama said in a statement from Hawaii, where he was spending Christmas with his family.

"Killing innocent civilians outside a World Food Program distribution point is an affront to the people of Pakistan, and to all humanity," Mr Obama added.

The blast occurred in Khar, the main town of lawless Bajaur tribal district, once a stronghold of Taliban militants who have carried out several bombings and suicide attacks in the area, which is near the Afghanistan border.
A suicide bomber wearing a burqa, and who some officials said was a woman, killed at least 43 people and wounded 100 as many of them queued for food that was being distributed by the United Nations food agency.

Most of the victims belonged to the local Salarzai tribe which supported military action against the militants and formed a militia to force them from Bajaur.

"The United States stands with the people of Pakistan in this difficult time, and will strongly support Pakistan's efforts to ensure greater peace, security and justice for its people," Obama said in his brief statement.

Posted by tipper 2010-12-26 09:12|| 2010-12-26 09:12|| Front Page Top

#4 They need to learn to use bottleneck searches.

Someone is tasked on the "unsafe" side, with keeping the people in line dispersed.

The lowest density is in the search area itself, which is one-at-a-time, so the most people the boomer can kill are two guards. Doing it in a room, or just four walls, is ideal.

Then, as long as the "safer" side has been cleared ahead of time, chances of mass casualties are minimal.

Posted by Anonymoose 2010-12-26 09:15|| 2010-12-26 09:15|| Front Page Top

#5 no, they need to lose the bag.

Posted by Frank G 2010-12-26 09:45|| 2010-12-26 09:45|| Front Page Top

#6 Does anybody notice that most of the victims of Muslim terrorist attacks these days are other Muslims?

Where are the imams condemning the slaughter of innocents, which is forbidden in the Koran? Where are the other Muslims screaming that such slaughter should not go unpunished?

Yes, yes. I know that ultimately it is America's and Israel's fault.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2010-12-26 16:43|| 2010-12-26 16:43|| Front Page Top

#7 Prez Obama did not, IIUC, issue a condemnation of the Islamic terrorist attacks in Nigeria that occurred the same day and which killed about as many people.

Perhaps, this is because he is afraid of the reaction of moslem Paks who will blame the US (which is an actual type of Islamophobia).

Posted by Lord Garth 2010-12-26 17:59|| 2010-12-26 17:59|| Front Page Top

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