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Blasts Near Pakistani Capital Kill 15
AP ^ | September 4, 2007 | MUNIR AHMAD

Posted on 09/03/2007 10:54:16 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A powerful bomb ripped through a bus carrying employees from the armed forces, while a device tied to a motorcycle went off in a commercial district near Pakistan's capital Tuesday, authorities and local media said. At least 15 people were killed in the blasts.

The first bomb exploded on a bus traveling through Rawalpindi, a garrison city about seven miles southwest of Islamabad, killing at least 10 people, army spokesman Maj. Gen. Waheed Arshad said. In addition to the dead, several people were injured.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: blasts; bus; deathtoll; explosion; islamabad; pakistan; rawalpindi
Eccentric Aussies?
1 posted on 09/03/2007 10:54:17 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

This is EXACTLY where irrational Islamists should be venting their spleens and killing folks...

In their OWN Turd World neighborhoods....

Pakistan has earned the most bloody of experiences.....


2 posted on 09/03/2007 11:15:29 PM PDT by river rat (Semper Fi - You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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