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2007-10-01 India-Pakistan

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Posted by Seafarious 2007-10-01 11:30|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#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|| 2007-10-01 11:48|| Front Page Top

#2 Urk.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2007-10-01 11:57|| 2007-10-01 11:57|| Front Page Top

#3 Pakistan adopting the string bikini as the national attire will stop this in its tracks.

Posted by ed 2007-10-01 12:13|| 2007-10-01 12:13|| Front Page Top

#4 I think it might have been the [shudder!] severed pee-pee that tipped them off.

Posted by Fred 2007-10-01 13:04|| 2007-10-01 13:04|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2007-10-01 14:36|| Front Page Top

#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">Old Patriot 2007-10-01 14:47|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2007-10-01 14:47|| Front Page Top

#7 Fancy white raisings, OldPat?

Posted by gromgoru 2007-10-01 20:43|| 2007-10-01 20:43|| Front Page Top

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