Huge Car Bomb Found Near U.S. Consulate in Pakistan

burythehatchet

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Mon Mar-15-04 02:25 AM
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Huge Car Bomb Found Near U.S. Consulate in Pakistan

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=4565087§ion=news

KARACHI (Reuters) - A van packed with explosives was found outside the U.S. consulate in the Pakistani city of Karachi on Monday, two days before Secretary of State Colin Powell visits the country, police said.

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nadinbrzezinski

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Mon Mar-15-04 02:29 AM
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1. Yep definitely AQ is on the run

NOT...

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La_Serpiente

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Mon Mar-15-04 02:32 AM
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2. Wholly shit

Edited on Mon Mar-15-04 02:32 AM by La_Serpiente

so what will Bush do now? Invade Pakistan? They have been giving away Nuclear technology to dictators for some time now.

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Rex

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Mon Mar-15-04 02:36 AM
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3. So the insinuation is that they were targeting Powell?

But he has bent over backwards to denounce the bombing in Spain as Al Qaida! Why would they wanna blow him up if he is doing them a favor?

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Occulus

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Mon Mar-15-04 04:10 AM
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8. Maybe he's NOT doing them a favor.

Maybe it's exactly the opposite of what you're implying. Maybe they WANT to take credit for it, to let the rest of the world know that they still have the power to further their cause.

That's kinda how terrorists work, you know. They like the publicity.

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Leilani

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Mon Mar-15-04 02:52 AM
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4. But Saddam Hussein has been captured!!

Don't you feel safer?

Isn't the world a more peaceful place?

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CoupdEtat2000

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Mon Mar-15-04 03:36 AM
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7. Yes now that that impotent son of a bitch is under our prison

we are safe from other terrorists. NOT!

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NYC

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Mon Mar-15-04 03:01 AM
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5. 200 gallons of liquid explosive, according to the Guardian.

Mohammed Irfan, a Karachi police official said:

"We saved this place from big destruction," Irfan said.

Irfan said the tank contained about 200 gallons of a liquid explosive material.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uklatest/story/0,1271,-3862128,00.html?=ticker

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Occulus

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Mon Mar-15-04 04:11 AM
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9. 200 gallons???

Good Lord. What did they want to do- destroy most of the city?

Good God. 200 gallons of liquid explosive.

Wow.

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burrowowl

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Mon Mar-15-04 03:32 AM
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6. Gee! 2 days before Powell

arrives?
Dumb, why not when he arrives?
Propaganda!

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goclark

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Mon Mar-15-04 05:00 AM
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10. What is the definition of a WMD?

Please someone help me out.

What exactly is a WMD? I am confused because some of these items that are killing a lot of people are your basic home made bombs -right?
Are they the same kind that Timothy McVeigh and his terrorists used on that terrible day in Oklahoma?

If so, why are we looking just in Iraq and all the Muslim countries? They may not fit Bushco's description of WMD but they sure can do as lot of damage.

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