Posted on 02/29/2008 10:46:32 AM PST by NormsRevenge
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - A suicide bombing at a funeral for a police officer killed at least 30 people and wounded 62 others Friday in northwestern Pakistan, a police official said.
The attack occurred in a government high school in Mingora town while funeral prayers were being held for a police officer killed in a roadside bombing earlier in the day, said Deputy Inspector General of Police Syed Akhtar Ali Shah.
Mingora, in Swat Valley, is 105 miles from Peshawar, a town at the border with Afghanistan.
Pakistan's army was deployed in Swat earlier this year to quell an uprising led by a pro-Taliban cleric, and claims it has dispersed his thousands of militant followers but attacks persist.
Last Friday, a roadside bomb hit a wedding party, killing 12 people.
Taliban militants have stepped up attacks and taken control of tracts of northwestern Pakistan bordering Afghanistan in the past several years. Before militants took root last summer, Swat attracted tourists because of its fine mountain scenery.
.. and Obama wants to sit down with them and talk..
If they start bombing our funerals, we should start bombing their funerals.
We have Daisy Cutters.
Pakistani policemen stand next to the wreckage of vehicle after a roadside bomb blast in Lakki Marwat, a town bordering the North Waziristan tribal district. At least 20 people were killed and 50 wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up Friday during the funeral for a police official in northwest Pakistan, officials said. (AFP/Marwat Akbar)
I eagerly await the rapidly approaching opportunity for the Marines to go hunting for TaliBunnies this spring.
imo, We (our leaders) don’t have the cahonies to drop an aerosol on one of their events.
altho, in fairness, something or someone has been making things go boom in the night recently in that neck of the woods and it sending some to the next celestial plane in bits&pieces,, karma..
Rise up Pakistan and see who your true enemy is, show us you are one of the 93%, not the 7%, leave the Mongol ways behind .. or be prepared to pay a terrific price.
So, does this mean they now get to bomb 30 more funerals?
make that at least 35 killed .. over 60 wounded
article update..
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - A suicide bomber attacked the funeral for a slain police officer in Pakistan’s volatile Swat Valley, killing at least 35 people and wounding 62 others, police said.
The attack occurred at a government high school in Mingora town while funeral prayers were being held for Javed Iqbal, who was killed in a roadside bombing earlier in the day.
About 800 people were at the funeral, including civilians and police officials, said Shahbuddin, an assistant inspector of police who was at the funeral on security duty and who uses one name.
The explosion occurred just as the pallbearers lifted the coffin to carry it toward the grave, he told The Associated Press.
“As the coffin was lifted I moved toward the gate but suddenly a big explosion took place, which dashed me against the gate ... It was hell. Everybody was crying for help,” said Shahbuddin, who was slightly injured in the attack.
Mingora, in Swat Valley in northwestern Pakistan, is 105 miles from Peshawar, a town at the border with Afghanistan.
President Pervez Musharraf sent thousands of troops to the scenic Swat Valley earlier this year to quell an uprising led by a pro-Taliban cleric. The army claims it has dispersed thousands of his militant followers, but attacks persist. Last week, a roadside bomb hit a wedding party, killing 12 people.
Iqbal, the deputy police chief of the Lakki Marwat district, and his driver were killed in a roadside bomb Friday morning. By the time his body was brought to his hometown of Mingora for the funeral, night had fallen.
“Because it was dark, the suicide bomber was able to mingle among the people easily,” Shahbuddin said.
He said he later went to the hospital where the injured were taken.
“I have seen 35 dead and over 60 injured in the hospital and am now completing the paperwork,” said Shahbuddin.
Dr. Fazal Wahab, who was treating the injured, said the hospital has been overwhelmed by the high casualties.
“We have treated a large number of injured, some in very critical condition,” he told the AP.
Taliban militants have stepped up attacks and taken control of tracts of northwestern Pakistan bordering Afghanistan in the past several years. Before militants took root last summer, Swat attracted tourists because of its fine mountain scenery.
All those saudi funded madrasses are turning out a great generation of Pakistanis.
> All those saudi funded madrasses are turning out a great
> generation of Pakistanis.
Indeed.
I’m certain that all the Saudi funded madrasses here in the States will have the same effect.
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