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Pakistan Apologizes for Engineers' Deaths
 BEIJING (AP) - Pakistan's president apologized Monday for the killing of three Chinese engineers by tribal militants in Pakistan, saying the attack brought "shame" on his country and promising the harshest punishment. "The man in the street (in Pakistan) loves the Chinese," President Gen. Pervez Musharraf told China's parliament chief Wu Bangguo during a meeting in Beijing.
"Duuuuh, the Chinese are the good infidels, right Ackmed?"
"That's right, Mahmoud, now shaddup and put the rifle down." |
Musharraf, who arrived in neighboring China on Sunday for a five-day visit aimed at increasing business ties - and possibly working on a free trade deal - between the longtime close allies, also expressed Pakistan's "regret and condolences" over the killings. "It is a shame of the country," he said.
He earlier promised the "strongest and harshest punishment" for the attackers, said China's official Xinhua News Agency.
A militant tribal group in southwestern Pakistan's Baluchistan province claimed responsibility for last week's drive-by shooting that killed the three Chinese engineers, who were working at a cement factory, and their Pakistani driver. Pakistan has since detained 50 suspects in the attack.
| Betcha Amnesty International doesn't say a word about their confinement, either. |
Posted by: Steve White 2006-02-20 |
