Pakistan Warehouse Explosion Kills Four(including man wanted in the killing Daniel Pearl )

Washington Post ^

[milestogo]

Pakistan Warehouse Explosion Kills Four

By Afzal Nadeem
Associated Press Writer
Thursday, December 19, 2002; 10:58 AM

KARACHI, Pakistan –– A chemical storage warehouse exploded in this southern port city Thursday, killing four people including a fugitive wanted in connection with terrorist acts against Americans.

Police said the warehouse was a bomb-making factory.

The body of Asif Ramzi, wanted in the killing of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl and the June bombing of the U.S. Consulate in Karachi, was found in the warehouse ruins, Deputy Inspector of Police Fiaz Leghari told reporters.

The powerful explosion ripped through the chemical storage warehouse in the eastern Korangi neighborhood of Karachi, a teeming and violent city of 14 million people. The identities of the three others killed was not known.

[princess leah]

I suspect there will be a rash of these explosions of "bomb-making factories" coming soon to many neighborhoods in IRAQ~

[Angelus Errare]

Al-Qaeda's getting smarter.

Now they're covering their tracks.

[Aggie Mama]

Tee Hee. I wonder if this was the work of our intelligence/covert operations, or if this was the Pakistanis cleaning house?

[Coop]

I think you give AQ too much credit. They don't need to murder suicide bombers to keep them quiet.

[Uncle Jaque]

OOPS!!!

Tsk, Tsk...

But such a fortuitious "accident", eh?

THANK YOU, CIA!!
Keep up the good work!

(I wonder if our guys have been taking lessons from the Masaud / IDF on how to do these things properly?)

[mewzilla]

Assuming the guy's really dead...

[Lou L]

Remember what President Bush said--something to the effect of--"in the war against terror, sometimes we'll see progress that's readily obvious; other times, it'll be more covert."

This smells like one of those less obvious times...and good for him!

[swarthyguy]

The body of Asif Ramzi, wanted in the killing of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl and the June bombing of the U.S. Consulate in Karachi, was found in the warehouse ruins....

How convenient. Now, watch for Santa coming to a town near you.

I'm sure a forensic DNA analysis was done if possible; otherwise, a passport or some docs offer incontrovertible evidence. Right.

[b4its2late]

A chemical storage warehouse exploded in this southern port city Thursday, killing four people including a fugitive wanted in connection with terrorist acts against Americans.

Don't you hate love it when that happens?

[Coop]

Yeah, they'd never think of anything like that to verify someone's identity. How'd you get to be so smart?

[Free the USA]

http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/bump-list

[cake_crumb]

Noting like a confirmed kill to make my day. Another one bites the dust...another name for President Bush to check off his list...rest in pieces Ramzi you bloodthirsty scumbag.

[swarthyguy]

How'd AMericans get to be so stupid.

[Cinnamon Girl]

Mossad?

[Coop]

If stupid means not buying into every crackpot conspiracy theory posted by agenda-driven people then I'm guilty as charged!

[Angelus Errare]

It depends.

If this guy were part of the al-Qanoon outfit that tried to blow up our consulate back in June, this creep could know about future attacks. As such, they might have a good reason to knock him off and only recently had the opportunity to do so.

[swarthyguy]

>>The identities of the three others killed was not known

They just managed to identify the Pearl killer...LOL!

[Angelus Errare]

It depends.

If this guy were part of the al-Qanoon outfit that tried to blow up our consulate back in June, this creep could know about future attacks. As such, they might have a good reason to knock him off and only recently had the opportunity to do so.