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Suspected militants die from own explosives
news.com.au (Australian News) ^ | February 24, 2007 07:53pm | Asin Tanweer

Posted on 03/03/2007 10:04:18 PM PST by do the dhue

THREE suspected Pakistani militants have been blown to pieces by their explosives when they rode over a bump on a bicycle outside a town in the central province of Punjab.

"The head of one man has been blown off," Deputy Superintendent Bashir Ahmed said.

Another of the dead men had his legs blown off, while the third had his stomach ripped open and died later in hospital, police said.

Supt. Ahmed said at least two of the dead men were students at a nearby madrasa, suspected of having links to Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan, a banned Sunni Muslim sectarian group.

Pakistan is in the grip of a nationwide security scare having suffered a series of suicide bomb attacks in recent weeks, and police have also arrested several would-be suicide bombers.

Suicide bombers have killed over 40 people since mid-January in cities around the country.

Factions of a Sunni Muslim sectarian group, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, with close links to al-Qaeda are suspected of being behind a number of the attacks.

Intelligence officials have also thrown suspicion on Pakistani Taliban militants as the spate of bomb attacks followed a military air strike on one of their bases in the restive Waziristan tribal region bordering Afghanistan.

Police were unsure what kind of attack the men on the bike were planning.

"We don't know whether they wanted to carry out a suicide attack or plant the explosives somewhere," Supt. Ahmed said, adding that initial investigations suggested the explosive was home-made.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...


TOPICS: Extended News; War on Terror; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; die; explosive; iraq; militants; pakistan; wot
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1 posted on 03/03/2007 10:04:21 PM PST by do the dhue
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To: do the dhue

What a blast!This is very good news.


2 posted on 03/03/2007 10:05:50 PM PST by Minutemen ("It's a Religion of Peace")
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To: Minutemen

3 posted on 03/03/2007 10:08:28 PM PST by do the dhue (DEM ARE RATS!!!!!)
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To: do the dhue
Now they have another reason to invoke the JDAM commentary on Jihad...just damn!

The first one is the JDAM munition itself.

4 posted on 03/03/2007 10:12:33 PM PST by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: do the dhue

All 3 were riding one bicycle? Now that's gay!


5 posted on 03/03/2007 10:12:42 PM PST by Eagles6 (Dig deeper, more ammo.)
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To: Eagles6
LOL

Damn NORMALphobes!
6 posted on 03/03/2007 10:13:36 PM PST by do the dhue (DEM ARE RATS!!!!!)
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To: do the dhue
Allahu F.U.B.A.R.!!
7 posted on 03/03/2007 10:14:45 PM PST by DTogo (I haven't left the GOP, the GOP left me.)
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To: DTogo

~~~~~ALLAH~~~ALLAH~~~FUBAR~~~Bump~~~~BOOOOOOOOOM~~~~~~~~

(that's how)...;0)


8 posted on 03/03/2007 10:38:24 PM PST by 1COUNTER-MORTER-68 (THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
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To: do the dhue

Can you say OOPS!


9 posted on 03/03/2007 10:39:52 PM PST by screaming eagle2 (No matter what you call it,a pre-owned vehicle is still a USED CAR!)
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To: do the dhue

I just love these heart-warming, upbeat stories.


10 posted on 03/03/2007 11:08:07 PM PST by csn vinnie
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To: do the dhue
Fabric material needed to make a bomb vest: $10 Dollars

Plastic explosives and detonators: $ 75 Dollars

Knowing that the terrorist SOBs blew themselves to
Hell before they could hurt others: PRICELESS
....JJ61
11 posted on 03/03/2007 11:09:49 PM PST by JerseyJohn61 (Better Late Than Never.......sometimes over lapping is worth the effort....)
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To: do the dhue

THEY BLOWED UP REAL GOOD!

12 posted on 03/03/2007 11:15:19 PM PST by Repeal The 17th
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To: eyespysomething

three pakistani militants on a bike ping


13 posted on 03/03/2007 11:26:11 PM PST by SittinYonder (Ic þæt gehate, þæt ic heonon nelle fleon fotes trym, ac wille furðor gan)
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To: do the dhue

You'd think they could at least find enough pieces to make one new bomber, but the bike was probably a total loss!


14 posted on 03/03/2007 11:28:29 PM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (BUAIDH NO BAS, JUST SAY NO TO RINO!)
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To: do the dhue

Gone with the Schwinn.


15 posted on 03/03/2007 11:30:33 PM PST by BigCinBigD
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To: do the dhue

Anybody see this video? It's hilarious!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laRMYO4gYTg


16 posted on 03/03/2007 11:42:40 PM PST by Choose Ye This Day (Ummm...)
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To: Minutemen
What a blast! This is very good news.

This is really OLD news. Notice the date on the article. It WAS the good news last week.

17 posted on 03/03/2007 11:46:11 PM PST by vox humana
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To: do the dhue

I always love a good Stupid Terrorist Story.


18 posted on 03/04/2007 12:01:47 AM PST by Allegra (Hey! Quiet Down Out There!)
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To: do the dhue
"Suspected"?

I think the explosion clears up anydoubt!

19 posted on 03/04/2007 12:04:00 AM PST by airborne (Elect an Airborne Ranger,Vietnam Veteran for President ! Duncan Hunter 2008!!)
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To: BigCinBigD

ROFLMAO


20 posted on 03/04/2007 12:05:41 AM PST by OKIEDOC (Kalifornia, DUNCAN 08, ELECTION 2008, MOST IMPORTANT OF MY LIFE TIME)
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