Pakistan suicide bombs kill 80 to avenge bin Laden
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SHABQADAR, Pakistan — Two suicide bombers attacked paramilitary police recruits heading home after months of training in this country's northwest, killing 80 people Friday in what the Pakistani Taliban called vengeance for the U.S. slaying of Osama bin Laden.
The militants said they hit the recruits out of anger at Pakistan's armed forces for failing to stop the U.S. incursion that killed bin Laden, and promised more attacks would follow.
The attacks came as Pakistan, an uneasy U.S. ally since the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, battled suspicion that elements in its security forces harbored bin Laden. Military leaders told lawmakers Friday that Pakistan was instrumental in diminishing al-Qaida's infrastructure, but admitted negligence in tracking the Sept. 11 mastermind, who had lived in the northwest garrison city of Abbottabad for years before dying in the May 2 raid by U.S. Navy SEALs.
The suicide bombings Friday occurred roughly three hours drive away in Shabqadar, at the main gate of the facility for the Frontier Constabulary. The paramilitary police unit is a poorly equipped but front-line force in the battle against al-Qaida and allied Islamist groups operating along the Afghan border. Like other branches of Pakistan's security forces, it has received U.S. funding to try to sharpen its skills.
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"Can things get any worse???"
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scooter3282
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Interesting that the suicide bombers would attack the group that the evidence would suggest helped kept Bin Laden secreted away for all those years but are now blamed for failing to stop the hit. This is obviously a case of "what have you done for us lately". Gee, screw up once and you get on the Taliban's shit list in a hurry.
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scooter3282
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freecrack
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so full of shit they dont even know it.so if this was a retaliation, then we are even stevens right.no need to blow up any more shit right?
yet, they still will.wich means the act has no cause other than they like to blow shit up.not unlike our fireworks obsessed hillbillies
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freecrack
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freecrack:
Well Said freecrack.... =)
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KB723
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VFORVENDETTA
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"if you want to stop terrorism, stop engaging in it"
Noam Chomsky - 1 year ago
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VFORVENDETTA
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VFORVENDETTA:
"if you want to stop terrorism, stop engaging in it"
"if you want to stop terrorism, stop FUNDING it"
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"Coming to a Theater near you????" I sure hope we have folks in waiting for the onslaught these folks have promised....
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