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India-Pakistan
Burqa boomer in Bannu, 15 dead
2007-10-01
A boom bitch burqa-clad woman blew herself up and killed at least 15 people Monday at a crowded police checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan. It was believed to be the first time a female suicide bomber has struck inside the country.

The bombing, which injured 22 others, apparently was in a rickshaw that was being examined at a police checkpoint around 8:25 a.m. local time in the town of Bannu, said police officer Habib Khan. Bannu police chief Ameer Hamza Mahsud said that investigation of the bomb site confirmed that the attacker was a woman who was riding in the rickshaw.
Hmmm... Y'don't suppose the woman in the rickshaw had anything to do with it, do you? Cherchez la femme, I always say...
The blast killed four police officers and 11 other people, including the bomber.
He added that police had prior intelligence about the possibility female suicide bombers would strike in the town. While there have been reports of some women being trained to carry out suicide bombings in Pakistan, Monday's attack appeared to be the first confirmation of such an attack.

Mahsud said the casualty figures were high because scores of people were milling about at a nearby bus stand. The blast killed four police officers and 11 other people, including the bomber, army spokesman Maj. Gen Waheed Arshad said. Because the attack occurred in a public place, he said he did not believe it was aimed at security forces.
Posted by:Seafarious

#7  Fancy white raisings, OldPat?
Posted by: gromgoru   2007-10-01 20:43  

#6  Need to run a drug screening from the suicide boomer, if they can find enough pieces. I think drugs play a larger role in suicide bombings than most people think. I personally can't concieve of blowing myself to shreds for 72 virgin goats.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2007-10-01 14:47  

#5  Using women in rickshaws sounds like a great cost cutting idea. You don't lose any men and you don't lose any cars. Genius!
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2007-10-01 14:36  

#4  I think it might have been the [shudder!] severed pee-pee that tipped them off.
Posted by: Fred   2007-10-01 13:04  

#3  Pakistan adopting the string bikini as the national attire will stop this in its tracks.
Posted by: ed   2007-10-01 12:13  

#2  Urk.
Posted by: Seafarious   2007-10-01 11:57  

#1  Appears the chief was "misinformed". Appears to be another Transvestite for Islam...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) - A suicide bomber disguised in a woman's burqa struck at a police checkpost in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, killing at least 16 people including four policemen, officials said.

The blast happened on the outskirts of Bannu, a key garrison town near Pakistan's troubled tribal areas bordering Afghanistan where the army is battling Al-Qaeda and Taliban militants. It was the latest in a string of deadly attacks in Pakistan since government troops stormed the Al-Qaeda-linked Red Mosque in Islamabad in July, and comes days before President Pervez Musharraf seeks re-election.

"A man disguised in a burqa got out of an autorickshaw when police stopped the vehicle for a search at a checkpoint. He then blew himself up," police officer Asar Islam told AFP.

Interior ministry spokesman Brigadier Javed Cheema said 16 people were killed and 29 were wounded and that authorities were still investigating the blast. Officials said four policemen and four women were among those killed.

"We have received some severed limbs and we are trying to ascertain if they belonged to the bomber," said Mohammad Usman, a doctor at the local hospital in Bannu.
Posted by: tu3031   2007-10-01 11:48  

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