Bombs, gun battle, rock Pakistan's Peshawar

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Thu May-28-09 06:32 PM
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Bombs, gun battle, rock Pakistan's Peshawar

Edited on Thu May-28-09 06:33 PM by Adsos Letter

Source: Reuters

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Two bombs exploded in a market in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Thursday, killing six people, and gunmen on rooftops ambushed police as they arrived at the scene.

Militant violence in nuclear-armed Pakistan, an important U.S. ally, has surged since mid-2007, with attacks on the security forces, as well as on government and Western targets, and the Taliban threatened more on Thursday.

Pakistan is vital for U.S. plans to defeat al Qaeda and cut support for the Afghan Taliban, and the United States has been heartened by a military offensive against the Taliban in their Swat bastion, northwest of Islamabad.

But there have been eight militant attacks since the army began battling militants in the region in April, and there is a danger the violence could erode public support for the campaign.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSISL35626520090528

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konnichi wa

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Thu May-28-09 06:33 PM
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1. astards!

Edited on Thu May-28-09 06:34 PM by konnichi wa

:evilgrin:

oh you fixed it! 2 bs or not 2bs
;-)

okay, Bastards

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Adsos Letter

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Thu May-28-09 06:41 PM
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2. lol...indeed...

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Thu May-28-09 06:47 PM
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3. Taliban warned "civilians" attacks on cities were comming

Multiple Blasts in Pakistan After Taliban Warning

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Multiple bombs exploded in two Pakistani cities on Thursday, just hours after Taliban groups issued an extraordinary warning for people to evacuate several large cities, saying they were preparing “major attacks.” The groups also claimed responsibility for a bloody attack in Lahore a day earlier that killed at least 26 people.

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Hakimullah Mehsud, a young Taliban commander and lieutenant of Baitullah Mehsud, the chief of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, told the Pakistani newspaper Dawn that more attacks would follow the one in Lahore. Hakimullah Mehsud, who spoke from an undisclosed location, claimed responsibility for the Lahore bombing.

“We want the people of Lahore, Rawalpindi, Islamabad and Multan to leave those cities, as we plan major attacks against government facilities in coming days and weeks,” he said in a phone call to Reuters.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/29/world/asia/29pstan.html?_r=1&hp

These chaps are a rather decent lot afterall.

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Thu May-28-09 06:49 PM
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4. “We want the people of Lahore, Rawalpindi, Islamabad and Multan to leave those cities..."

I suspect their real goal may be to increase the flow of refugees, already a major problem for the government.

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