Posted on 06/08/2014 12:46:08 PM PDT by tcrlaf
At least 5 people have reportedly been killed and an airport emergency declared after heavily armed militants stormed the airport in Karachi, Pakistans largest city. Twelve militants are thought to be inside and fire is seen rising from the scene.
The militants launched grenades and opened fire as they entered the building. Two of the terrorists have reportedly been killed.
At least three blasts were heard, and an airport emergency has been declared, with flight operations suspended, reported the local Karachi Post.
The five people killed are Airport Security Force (ASF) staff, according to Pakistani news channel Geo.tv
(Excerpt) Read more at rt.com ...
It seems like the only peaceful Muslim countries are strong police states.
The whole area is going back up in smoke. It’s in Iran’s interest as well as a couple dozen other Sunni terror groups, plus the “Taliban” to make life miserable there.
One hijacked...it’s not that far from Karachi to Kandahar....
The did hijack one plane?
Don’t know for sure...
thanks. some post at twitter said the event is still going on. Do you know?
No, I’ve only been following this thread.
Has Obama accepted the ransom demand yet?
You should be in line for Susan Rice’s job!
Why doesn’t the ultimate-world-traveler, Clown Prince nobama, go there and hold a beer summit? Maybe he could institute a Midnight Basketball program? ...or better yet, he could take all the rest of his friends, the GITMO prisoners, and release them there to “help out”. Just suggestin’...
ABC News at 6:00 PM Eastern Time made no mention of this story. Nada. Zip.
Instead, that idiot David Muir went with the shooting of the Metro cops in Las Vegas as their lead story, then bad weather and twisters in Colorado, then hyping up Diane Sawyer’s interview with Hitlery, saying 7 out of 10 democrats want her to run, and 67% of voters support her (yeah, sure).
But NOTHING on this huge story out of Pakistan.
Any word if the aircraft hijacked had passengers on it?
She is searching through you tube looking for a cause.
Bush’s fault.
0bama supports the religion of peace. He hates this country and so do the islamists because.....maybe too many people here are white or Jewish or Christian?
You might find more details or faster updates at this Pakistani English language news site:
Read with the caveat that this is approximately what the government of Pakistan wants you to know.
May still be an improvement on CNN though. :)
Amish or Mennonites at it it again I assume.
Obama had a white mother. He is half white, so if he hates whites, he hates himself. And that could be the source of his problem. He is over compensating for self hate.
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