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Suicide Bomber Dies in Pakistan When Belt Explodes Prematurely |
2006-08-06 |
A suicide bomber was killed early Sunday in southwestern Pakistan when the explosives belt he was wearing exploded prematurely, police said. No one else was injured in the blast in Hub, an industrial town in Baluchistan province, local police official Munir Hussain said. "This man was riding a cycle. He had strapped explosives to his body for a suicide attack and they exploded," Hussain said of the blast in Hub's Zehri Street neighborhood. The man's intended target was not immediately known, and police were investigating, Hussain said. Hub is about 580 kilometers (360 miles) southeast of Quetta, Baluchistan's capital. Baluchistan has been the scene of attacks targeting security forces, gas pipelines and gas fields. Authorities accuse ethnic Baluch tribesmen of engaging in violence to press demands for increased royalties for resources — mainly natural gas — extracted from their territories. However, tribesmen haven't been known to launch suicide attacks. Police found the severed head of the man, Pakistan's Geo television station reported. "From his face and dress, he appears to be a Baluch," police officer Mohammed Rafiq told Geo. |
Posted by:ryuge |
#14 How do you explain to the family that your sonny-boy screwed up a a homicide bombing...he gets no virgins and there's no monetary reward from the Saudis via the Madrassa? |
Posted by: anymouse 2006-08-06 22:30 |
#13 360 miles bike ride on the tour de Baluchistan? Well, put his head on a pike and see if anyone recognizes him. |
Posted by: Inspector Clueso 2006-08-06 17:05 |
#12 They have ice in Pakistan? yep, Paks steal it from Jammu and Kashmir. |
Posted by: RD 2006-08-06 16:18 |
#11 They have ice in Pakistan? But even the schools have no electricity! ;-) |
Posted by: trailing wife 2006-08-06 15:54 |
#10 The poor Muslim suffered from premature ejackoffultion at the thought of those 72 raisins, or was it the Koran's promise of "young boys, fine as pearls". Having been nn Pakistan I'm guess the later. |
Posted by: Icerigger 2006-08-06 15:34 |
#9 What's not to like about this story? |
Posted by: Tony (UK) 2006-08-06 14:57 |
#8 Don't you just hate that when it happens..hehe. |
Posted by: steven 2006-08-06 14:52 |
#7 Allahu akbar! |
Posted by: gorb 2006-08-06 13:52 |
#6 He just got too excited... With more experience he'll learn to calm down, control himself and last longer. Wait, what are we talking about here again. |
Posted by: rich 2006-08-06 12:40 |
#5 I wish all operations went this smoothly. |
Posted by: newc 2006-08-06 11:56 |
#4 No virgins for you! |
Posted by: The Paradise Nazi 2006-08-06 11:40 |
#3 "This man was riding a cycle. He had strapped explosives to his body for a suicide attack and rode too fast and his hat flapped up and blow'd |
Posted by: RD 2006-08-06 11:23 |
#2 Blow'd up real good! |
Posted by: xbalanke 2006-08-06 11:19 |
#1 dontcha hate it when the splodeydope vest straps get caught in your bike spokes? |
Posted by: Frank G 2006-08-06 10:47 |