Posted on 10/28/2009 1:23:14 AM PDT by The Magical Mischief Tour
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — An explosion rocked a women's market in Pakistan's main northwest city of Peshawar on Wednesday, killing at least 16 people in the latest attack to shake the country as the army battles Islamist militants along the Afghan border.
At least 35 people were wounded in the blast, police said. It coincided with a trip to Pakistan by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who was in the capital, Islamabad, some three hours drive away.
The explosion hit Peepl Mandi, a neighborhood in the city where many Shiite Muslims live. Police official Sajid Khan said it struck the Mina Bazaar, which caters to female shoppers. Another police official Abdul Sattar confirmed the casualty figures.
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Funny you should ask that. Cause I was just sitting around this morning when I heard the news that some nut in Pakistan blew up a bunch of women and children and damn I was just so impressed by a country with citizens who regularly blow up things.
In my mind they are right up there with rocket scientists and I pondered why we hear so seldom about people blowing up other people say...in America...Europe. I must figure they are just not as smart as the geniuses in Pakistan.
Must I turn my sarcasm off here?
They like their donkey’s more than their women !
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