ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 19, 2007
51 Dead As Pakistan Suicide Attacks Spread
Musharraf Calls For Unity; Hundreds Killed Since Saturday
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A Pakistani security official examines wreckage of a vehicle after a bomb explosion in Hub near Karachi, Pakistan, Thursday, July 19, 2007. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)
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People view the bodies of victims of an explosion in Hub near Karachi, Pakistan, Thursday, July 19, 2007. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)
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Pakistani soldiers stand guard in front of the Parliament building in Islamabad, Pakistan, July 18, 2007. (AP)
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Pakistan's opposition supporters hold an anti-government rally to condemn an operation against militants holding Islamabad's radical Red Mosque, July 17, 2007 in Karachi, Pakistan. (AP)
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Fast Facts Pakistan Learn about the people, economy and history.
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Photo Essay Pakistan Attacks Violence in Pakistan is spreading, with fresh attacks leaving dozens dead.
Then late Thursday, a suicide attacker detonated a bomb at a mosque in an army camp in the northwestern town of Kohat, killing at least 15 people, officials said. According to a special branch police officer, about 30 people were wounded.
The blast went off as trainee soldiers held evening prayers. District chief Sedh Ghoar said the wounded included at least two children.
Earlier, a suicide car bomber detonated his explosives when guards prevented him from entering the parade ground of the police academy in Hangu, in the troubled Northwest Frontier Province, a tribal area where Taliban and al Qaeda militants are thought to have made themselves relatively at home. At least eight people were killed, reports Bokhari.
The bomber killed six bystanders and one policeman, and 24 other people were wounded, academy chief Attaullah Wazir said. Several hundred trainees were receiving instruction on the parade ground at the time, he said.
The spate of bombings, the deepest security crisis faced by Musharraf since he seized power in 1999, has also begun to weigh on Pakistan's capital markets, suggesting it could soon threaten the strong economic growth that is one of the general's proudest boasts.
The Karachi Stock Exchange's main share index fell by about 3.4 percent Thursday, extending a slide begun the previous day, with analysts saying the violence scared off investors.
“We have to take the country forward, and with extremist activities all economic achievements made over the years will go to waste,” Musharraf told a gathering of students in Islamabad.
He urged the country to unite against “a few misguided elements bent upon killing their fellow Muslims,” according to the official news agency Associated Press of Pakistan.
Much of the violence has been in North West Frontier Province, especially North Waziristan, where pro-Taliban militants last weekend declared the end of a 10-month-old peace deal. The government has since been trying to revive it.
On Thursday, 30 elders from several tribal regions of the northwest traveled to North Waziristan in the latest government-backed effort to persuade militants to halt the violence.
“Our urgent demand is that there should be a cease-fire so that we can find a peaceful solution to this problem in a peaceful atmosphere according to tribal traditions,” said the group's leader Malik Waris Khan Afridi.
Musharraf insists the accord — under which the military scaled back its operations in the U.S.-led war on terror in return for pledges from tribal leaders to contain militancy — offers the best long-term hope of pacifying the region.
However, U.S. officials warn the pact has given al Qaeda new opportunities to strengthen their operations in Pakistan, Afghanistan and beyond.
Meanwhile, Pakistan's suspended chief justice pressed a court to overturn Musharraf's decision to suspend him, or risk casting Pakistan further toward political instability.
Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry's legal battle with Musharraf has damaged the general's standing and galvanized opposition to military rule ahead of presidential and parliamentary elections due within six months.
A verdict on his appeal against Musharraf's decision to suspend him and have a judicial tribunal investigate him for misconduct is expected on Friday.
Chaudhry's chief counsel warned the court Thursday that failure to reinstate the judge “will create more instability.”
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See all 60 CommentsI told you before and I am going to repeat myself.
These Republicans don't have a problem with a guy who screws boys. They have problem with the people who have relationship with adults.
They are wierd people. Look at lars. He seems to be the worst enemy of Radical Islam but has no problem either in Bush giving our tax paid money and our weapons to an Islamic Radical Maliki for the killing of our troops nor has any problem in Cheney moving the Head office and CEO of Halliburton to Dubai, UAE (A country whose Royal family members were having lunch with OSAMA BEEN FORGOTTEN when Clinton planned to execute him(.
3,6500 American Troops didn't die for Clintons vanity,, they died for Bush's vanity & for no other reason.
Posted by doctorwho4 at 05:31 PM : Jul 19, 2007
Are you a doctor in KABUL or in BAGHDAD. What type of illetrate TALIBAN doctor are you? You are ignorant of the fact that men think better with empty NUT-SAC.
According to a study done in the University of Illinois, men are genetically programmed to cheat on their wives.
Not only complete S-E-X, but just only looking at a beautiful woman produces same effects on the man's brain like Cocaine.
Cociane has four main effects;
- Central Nervous system stimulation ( Brain performance gets better)
- Euphoria (Feeling of happiness)
- Increased ***-DRIVE
- Tendency of Addiction
Men with multiple ***-partner have better pyhysical and mental abilities compared to men having only one partner or those with no partner at all and vice versa.
People doing more PHYSICAL or MENTAL work have more sexual demands and sexual desires.
Posted by doctorwho4 at 05:28 PM : Jul 19, 2007
You must be one of the delusional "right". We will NEVER be able to leave Iraq without it turning into a bloodbath. NEVER as in NOT EVER. Those people hate us, and they hate everything about us. al Qaeda will NEVER be defeated because they were in Afghanistan - the place Bush ran away from. Now they spread to Pakistan, Iraq, and probably Iran. Look at a map and you'll see that they're now in an area roughly 800 miles X 1600 miles in size because Bush, the al Qaeda recruiting poster boy, chose to attack Iraq instead of hunting down the terrorists. If you're waiting until al Qaeda is defeated for us to pull out of Iraq, then you should probably leave a letter to your great-great-grandson explaining to him why you think he should have to go there to fight these people because of your support of George Bush. (You too dipstickfromPA.)
Pervez Musharraf is a military dictator, with nukes. In other words, he is the kind of terrorist that the Bush regime prefers to do business with.
As long as this dictator remains in power, the Bush cabal will be happy. The PNAC traitors only attack countires that can not defend themselves. They appear to have underestimated the people of Iraq and Afghanistan.
REPLY TO GUYFROMPA45: You need to understand when Bill unloaded his surge on Monica, there was nothing left in his brain that would function. So basically the guy was sucked into a bad situation.
COMMENT TO GRAZING GOAT: you are either an Al Qaeda operative trying to modify american public opinion or you are plain stupid.
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- guyfrompa45, Just started my work, in Boston, Ma, when the impacts happened.
I insist, watch it and tell us how you feel...
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Kerry: No Bloodbath In Vietnam After US Redeployment
Sen. John Kerry said during a C-Span appearance that fears of a bloodbath after the US withdrawal from Vietnam never materialized. He says he's met survivors of the "reeducation camps" who are thriving in modern Vietnam. An award-winning investigation by the Orange County Register concludes that at least 165,000 people perished in the camps.
http://www.breitbart.tv/html/3274.html
Posted by guyfrompa45
Read "Against All Enemies" by Richard Clarke. This is not a partisan issue unless one makes it partisan. Bush erred by invading Iraq instead of going after Bin Laden who attacked us.
Why in the h@ll would we bomb yet another country, alienate even more Muslims, kill more young Americans and innocent women and children, and spend more billions of dollars doing it.
How much more damage can this administration get us into?
I am filled with disgust at Bush and Cronies who so easily can put this counmtry in harms way for the next 100 years.
It boggles my mind to believe that the people in Washington will allow this to happen. Is there no common sense there?
Valerie Plame's Lawsuit Dismissed
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8QFR71G1&show_article=1
Posted by guyfrompa45
-HAVE YOU WATCHED IT? iddioott!
stop saying BinLaden behind the twin towers attack. Copy and paste this in your URL and watch the movie. It's a complete document, like the ones you like to watch... I guess.
ZEITGEISTMOVIE.COM
When did Clinton give MONEY and WEAPONS to ISLAMIC RADICALS for the killing of our troops?
When did Clinton give control of seven major ports to United Arab Emirates (a country whose ROYAL FAMILY MEMBERS were having lunch with OSAMA BEEN-FORGOTTEN when Clinton planned to execute him)?
Was it Clinton who transferred Halliburton head office and CEO to Dubai, UAE?
Is there any reasoning which lars going to accept?
- The C.O. of the USS Cole was found guilty of Dereliction of Duty, he was never authourized to take his ship there & failed to take required security precautions.
Blast in Kohat mosque kills 11 persons
http://www.geo.tv/geonews/details.asp?id=9062¶m=1
Now, Pakistan has fallen into wrong hands. If we send our troops to hunt insurgents, would it mean to sacrifice the lives of our soldiers, or it would be O.K ?
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