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Biking militants die when bomb explodes prematurely
cnn.com ^
| 5:03 a.m. EST, February 24, 2007
| AP
Posted on 02/24/2007 1:55:41 PM PST by nctexan
CHEECHA WATNI, Pakistan (AP) -- Three Islamic militants died in eastern Pakistan when a powerful bomb they were transporting by bicycle accidentally exploded Saturday near a bustling cattle market, police said. Mohammed Shakil, a police inspector at the scene, told The Associated Press one of the men riding a bicycle had strapped explosives to his body that exploded prematurely, killing himself and the two others in Cheecha Watni, a town about 100 kilometers (60 miles) east of Multan, a city in Punjab province. Shakil said the slain men were students of a local seminary and had links with Sipah-e-Sahaba -- a Sunni militant group outlawed by the government in 2001 in an effort to purge Pakistan of extremism. Local police chief Mohammed Bashir said the cattle market with hundreds of customers may have been the target, or police who had gathered for a funeral service at the home of an officer recently killed in a gunbattle with militants. The severed head of one of the militants was found in a nearby field, Shakil said. Police collected the suspects' remains for DNA testing. Militants have vowed to avenge the killing of their comrades by Pakistani forces in the country's deeply conservative tribal areas, where Pakistan has deployed about 80,000 soldiers to flush out Taliban and al Qaeda fighters.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: explosion; pakistan; pwn3d; terrorist
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Schwinn the Shiite Hits the FanI hate when that happens...
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posted on
02/24/2007 1:55:42 PM PST
by
nctexan
To: nctexan
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posted on
02/24/2007 1:58:20 PM PST
by
xcamel
(Press to Test, Release to Detonate)
To: nctexan
It appears this one was on the sunni side of the street, however. The Pakistani OSHA shall hear about this!
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posted on
02/24/2007 1:59:36 PM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(Prevent Glo-Ball Warming ... turn out the sun when not in use)
To: nctexan
How many virgins does he get now?...maybe just a few ugly ones.
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posted on
02/24/2007 1:59:58 PM PST
by
The Great RJ
("Mir we bleiwen wat mir sin" or "We want to remain what we are." ..Luxembourg motto)
To: nctexan
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posted on
02/24/2007 2:00:04 PM PST
by
RichInOC
(SHAITAN: HOW ARE YOU GENTLEMEN!! ALL YOUR SOUL ARE BELONG TO US. HA HA HA HA....)
To: nctexan
Now THAT's funny. I'd pay good money to see that.
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posted on
02/24/2007 2:00:30 PM PST
by
taxed2death
(A few billion here, a few trillion there...we're all friends right?)
To: nctexan
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posted on
02/24/2007 2:02:04 PM PST
by
magslinger
(Ask Dad. He'll know. And on the off chance he doesn't, he'll make up something good.)
To: nctexan
Wile E must have given them the address to Acme do-it-yourself bomb making company.
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posted on
02/24/2007 2:02:13 PM PST
by
jazusamo
(http://warchronicle.com/TheyAreNotKillers/DefendOurMarines.htm)
To: RichInOC
Someone set him up the bomb!
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posted on
02/24/2007 2:02:14 PM PST
by
6SJ7
To: nctexan
Wonderful!
More free fertilizer.
Or perhaps pig farm feed...
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posted on
02/24/2007 2:03:08 PM PST
by
Publius6961
(MSM: Israelis are killed by rockets; Lebanese are killed by Israelis.)
To: nctexan
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posted on
02/24/2007 2:04:10 PM PST
by
racing fan
(Go Team Israel!)
To: nctexan
Don't get so Huffy about it.
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posted on
02/24/2007 2:05:55 PM PST
by
HighWheeler
(A true liberal today is a combination of socialist, fascist, hypocrite, and anti-American.)
To: nctexan
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posted on
02/24/2007 2:06:39 PM PST
by
Bratch
To: nctexan
"He sure blowed up real good."
Cheers!
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posted on
02/24/2007 2:06:57 PM PST
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: nctexan
Wacky Sunni Biking Pakis Wack Too Soon.
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posted on
02/24/2007 2:07:54 PM PST
by
Cvengr
To: nctexan
I needed this to brighten up my day.
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posted on
02/24/2007 2:11:24 PM PST
by
popdonnelly
([Democrats] are jubilant at our disasters and are cast down when the rebels are defeated -Sept. 1862)
To: nctexan
Anyone have the laugh track from Ted Knight that Howie Carr plays on his show?
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posted on
02/24/2007 2:14:47 PM PST
by
HenpeckedCon
(Can I please freep just a little while longer Dear?)
To: magslinger
Schwinn the Sunni Comes Over the Mountain...
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posted on
02/24/2007 2:17:49 PM PST
by
nctexan
(Top 10 Presidential Reqs. for 2008 - see my homepage)
To: nctexan
Note to self... learn from others... don't carry ntro glycerin bomb over cobblestone road via bicycle...
To: nctexan
I guess that's one way to recycle.
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posted on
02/24/2007 2:19:36 PM PST
by
joebuck
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