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| Bomb blast near Pakistani consulate in Afghanistan |
| 2008-07-31 |
| A small bomb exploded Thursday near Pakistan's consulate in Afghanistan's western city of Herat, injuring a policeman and a woman, police said. The bomb, attached to a bicycle, appeared to have been detonated remotely, deputy city police chief Ghulam Sarwar Haidary told foreign news agency. "A bomb placed on a bicycle exploded nears the Pakistan consulate. One policeman, guarding the consulate, and a woman passer-by were wounded," the official said. The bomb caused little damage, blowing out some windows nearby. It was not known who was behind the blast and there was no immediate claim of responsibility. |
| Posted by:john frum |
| #3 any good regular reader of Rantburg should realize "Pakistan" does not really exist as a player in this game. The Pakistani foreign ministry may well be innocent, or at least not thoroughly guilty. Certainly many Pakistani judges are innocent. The ISI is almost certainly not innocent - and while they may not be wild about harming their 'conationals' in the foreign ministry, I cant see theyd have any problem in looking the other way while their pals in the Taliban take out a soft target that just happens to fly the same flag that the ISI does. Even this is oversimplifying, as it assume the ISI is a homogeneous entity, which I guess it is not, though I dont really know much about its own internal factions. |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2008-07-31 11:53 |
| #2 Pakistan is innocent. LOL! Pakistan has been a home for terrorists since it was created in 1947, and the government has been behind most of the terrorism in that part of the world. Only idiots and small children would be deceived by this. I don't think anybody believes it was anything but a farce. Pakistan, however, IS the home of large numbers of idiots and small children, so maybe it'd be believed there. Nice snark, John. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2008-07-31 11:48 |
| #1 See.. Pakistan is also a victim of terrorism. How could poor Pakistan be involved in terrorism? How could innocent Pakistan be guilty of bombing the Indian embassy in Kabul? Look.. Pakistan's own consulate is being bombed. Pakistan is innocent. |
| Posted by: john frum 2008-07-31 08:21 |