Posted on 08/03/2010 9:30:03 AM PDT by mojito
Clashes that killed at least 45 people overnight in Karachi scared residents off its streets on Tuesday as Pakistan's largest city was on alert for more violence after the shooting of a leader in a dominant political party.
Officials said more than 100 people were wounded and dozens of vehicles and shops torched by mobs who took to the streets after Raza Haider, a member of the provincial Sindh Assembly from the Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM), was gunned down on Monday along with his bodyguard while attending a funeral.
The government blamed the Taliban and the banned militant group Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) for the killing of the lawmaker.
There had been threats against Haider's funeral, but it passed peacefully and Karachi endured a tense calm in the late afternoon. Police said about 50 people had been arrested in connection with the violence since Haider's murder.
Police said they have also arrested four members of the banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) militant group on Tuesday in two different raids, though they were not connected to Monday's attack.
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love good news!
They have nukes, this is not good news.
IOW - Muzzie on Muzzie violence. Religion of Peace my aching backside..... and right now groups in the US are activly importing this (fill in the blank) into our US of A.
Can't tell the players without a program:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (shooters)
http://www.mqm.org (Target - this time)
Also thanks to friend for post texting contents.
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