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| 'Peshawar blast was not a suicide attack' |
| 2007-12-06 |
| The Tuesday’s blast near a military checkpost in the cantonment area involving a young woman was not a suicide attack, police officials said, adding that the woman was used as a carrier. “She was used by terrorists,” a senior police investigator told Daily Times on the condition of anonymity. “She did not appear to be a suicide bomber because there are no intelligence reports suggesting that terrorists are training women suicide bombers,” he added. Cantonment Police Superintendent Ijaz Khan said that it was not a suicide attack. “She was only carrying explosives, weighing around one kg, from one point to another,” he said. He quoted a guard as saying that the woman was carrying some stuff tied in cloth. Ijaz said her injuries also indicated that she was carrying explosives in a packet. “The left side of her torso is severely damaged as compared to the right side, which proves that she was used as a carrier,” Ijaz said, adding that the woman’s body was mutilated on the left side below her chest, while her right leg was blown away. In suicide attacks, he said, usually Russian-made MUV2 explosives were used, but this device was not used in the blast. Some parts of a Samsung cell phone were recovered from the scene, which could have been used as a remote to trigger the explosion. “Either she was going to plant it somewhere or was being used to handover the explosive to someone else while her handler was chasing her,” Ijaz added. So far, he said, the police had not recovered ball bearings or any shrapnel from the scene. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 Here again, wazdan, the solution is simple: Hand over Binny and we'll leave. Oh, and the Z-man too. You think we like sending our soldiers to your God forsaken little hell hole? You flatter yourself. We're perfectly content to let you barbarians kill each other as long as you don't try to make jihad on us. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2007-12-06 14:55 |
| #7 If we leave, will you stop burning women alive too? Al |
| Posted by: Frozen Al 2007-12-06 11:31 |
| #6 Be nice, Wazdan, or we'll send the evil Hindus in... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-12-06 09:40 |
| #5 The stupidity will stop the day the people revert back to Buddhism. That will be the day prosperity also returns. |
| Posted by: ed 2007-12-06 09:38 |
| #4 Yes, if the US vacates, then young women will stop exploding. I'm sure any sane Afghani woman would prefer to be left to the mercy of the men who make them carry explosives and who kill teachers and blow up schools. Wazdan, did it ever occur to you that the attacks would also stop if the Taliban vacates? Perhaps Afghanistan would benefit from NOT resuming the strictest Sharia law ever seen in the Muslim world. |
| Posted by: Darrell 2007-12-06 09:28 |
| #3 All these attacks will stop when USA vacate Afghanistan,these type of things is because of Americans,It will be a mercy for poor peoples to let them alone, |
| Posted by: wazdan 2007-12-06 04:13 |
| #2 Boy, am I relieved! Not a suicide attack, but just appears now to be a work accident. One of those things..... Most women over here do not carry explosives around. That's a good idea that they don't. Makes for longevity. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2007-12-06 01:12 |
| #1 Nice to see they're as quick as American cops at saing "Nothing to see here. It wasn't terrorism. It was a fluffy bunny malfunction. Move along..." |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2007-12-06 00:47 |