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| Huge Blast at Pakistan Market Kills at Least 43 |
| 2009-10-28 |
| An explosion rocked a women's market in Pakistan's main northwest city of Peshawar on Wednesday, killing at least 43 people in the latest attack to shake the country as the army battles Islamist militants along the Afghan border. The death toll was expected to rise further as local media reported "scores" buried in rubble. At least 35 people were wounded in the blast, police said. It coincided with a trip to Pakistan by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who was in the capital, Islamabad, some three hours drive away. The explosion hit Peepl Mandi, a neighborhood in the city where many Shiite Muslims live. Police official Sajid Khan said it struck the Mina Bazaar, which caters to female shoppers. Another police official Abdul Sattar confirmed the casualty figures. |
| Posted by:Scooter McGruder |
| #3 Yes, the brave lions of Islam blowing up women at a market. Even their own women. But it's far safer than attacking boy scouts or Allah forbid, actual soldiers... Guess they must have run out of acid to throw on the faces of the women... Talk about a crappy draw to be born a women in a Muslim country... |
| Posted by: Cromomp Bonaparte6340 2009-10-28 12:47 |
| #2 They've still got 50 or 60 deaders to go to catch up to their brethren in Iraq, which was likely the idea... |
| Posted by: Fred 2009-10-28 11:39 |
| #1 up to 86 dead as os a few minutes ago |
| Posted by: lord garth 2009-10-28 07:33 |