Alleged suicide bombs kill 8 at Pakistan Sufi site

Yahoo News ^ | Oct 7, 2010 | ASHRAF KHAN

[rdl6989]

KARACHI, Pakistan – Two suspected suicide bombers have attacked the most beloved Sufi shrine in Pakistan's largest city, killing at least eight people, wounding 65 others, and sending a stark reminder of the threat posed by Islamist militants to this U.S.-allied nation.

Angry mobs burned tires and torched buses in the aftermath of the bombings in Karachi late Thursday.

The attack came amid tensions between Washington and Islamabad over NATO helicopter incursions that have led Pakistan to close a key border crossing used to ferry supplies to Western troops in Afghanistan. Despite U.S. apologies over the incursions, one of which left two Pakistani soldiers dead, Islamabad said Thursday it had yet to decide when to reopen the crossing.

[rdl6989]

Amish radicals again.

[rdl6989]

terror ping.

[marron]

Sufis are muslims. But they don’t hate. That makes them the enemy.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Alleged???

WT_?

[rdl6989]

Yeah I wondered about “alleged” too.

[SunkenCiv]

Alleged, yeah, that makes perfect sense...

Thanks rdl6989.

[dr_lew]

In the aftermath, even amid fury against militants, many also blamed the U.S. presence in Afghanistan for fueling Islamist violence in their nation.

Uh huh.

[Cindy]

Thank you for the ping rdl6989.

[Cindy]

http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2010/10/suicide_bombers_kill_4.php

“Suicide bombers kill 8 in attack at Karachi shrine”
By BILL ROGGIO
October 7, 2010

SNIPPET: “Two suicide bombers killed eight people in a coordinated attack today at a Sufi shrine in Karachi in the latest assault on religious institutions in Pakistan.

The two suicide bombers detonated within minutes of each other at the Abdullah Shah Ghazi shrine. The attack was designed to maximize casualties; it took place on Thursday evening, during peak visiting hours. More than 60 people were wounded, Geo News reported.

Abdullah Shah Ghazi is considered to be the patron saint of Karachi, and the shrine is over 1,400 years old.

No group has taken credit for the attack, but the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan and the so-called Punjabi Taliban have claimed credit for previous attacks on religious institutions in Pakistan.

The Punjabi Taliban includes members and factions of the Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, and Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami. The Lashkar-e-Jhangvi in particular is well known for carrying out sectarian terror attacks against minority Shia, Ahmadis, Sufis, and Christians in Pakistan.”