It does look like a pre-meditated attack on Karachi. They first attacked the procession and killed and maimed people there, and then they attacked Karachi economically by burning one of the most important markets.
It clearly was not a sectarian attack. It was terrorism by the same people who have been attacking Pakistanis all over the country, especially Peshawar.
KARACHI: As firefighters succeeded in dousing the flames engulfing more than 2,000 shops on M.A. Jinnah Road following over 20 hours of effort on Tuesday, they found ‘obvious’ signs of chemicals used in the arson, lending credence to the suspicions of traders and investigators who see the arson as a premeditated and well-planned strike after a deadly attack on the Muharram procession that killed about 43 people on Monday.
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"There are visible signs of phosphorus used in the fires,” said an official at the city government’s fire department. “Further description of the particular chemical used in the arson can only be established through proper chemical examination, which has not been ordered from any side, including the investigation agencies.”
He said the markets were set on fire one by one in a matter of minutes on M.A. Jinnah Road and the blaze raged from shop to shop and floor to floor.
Huge loss every respect
Karachi was counted little safe before this. Karachi market fire still raging Updated at: 1233 PST, Wednesday, December 30, 2009
KARACHI: The fire-tenders struggling to douse the blaze in Bolton Market here on Wednesday, 40 hours after the arson incidents triggered by a suicide attack at a procession of Youm-e-Ashur on Monday.
After the suicide attack at central procession of Youm-e-Ashur on Monday in which 43 persons were martyred, the miscreants’ set thousands shops on fire from Light House to Bolton Market. The arson attacks inflicted billions of rupees losses and left thousands jobless.
The fire tenders and snorkels are trying to extinguish the fire using chemicals and foam, which is still raging. Three markets have been completely destroyed, as fire is still raging in adjacent markets of Bolton Market. MA Jinnah Road has been closed for traffic from Jama cloth market to Tower. The fire brigade sources said rescue efforts to douse the fire will continues throughout Wednesday. The affected traders have demanded the government speedy rehabilitation process and financial assistance.
Geo
My profound condolences to those dead and wish the injured a speedy recovery. It is in times like this that we need to unite as humanity and try to do something for the suffering. It is just a shame that people are taking their emotions at the wrong targets...
Mufti Rafi Usmani says that this attack was done by Black Water.
Another conspiracy theory. Another attempt to hide the real enemies of Pakistan, the Taliban khawarij.
If it is Black Water doing it then how come Sindh police captured terrorists trying to smuggle ammunition in Sindh through NWFP? Read my post no. 16 on page 1.
Mufti sahab is correct in saying that burning of shops and other business in Bolton Market was pre-meditated. But he is wrong in identifying the culprits. Or may be he just "want" to put blame on some one other than Taliban khawarij. I heard an interesting conversation:
Common Pakistani: who killed these people?
Mufti sahab: May be India? May be Israel? May be Amreeka?
Common Pakistani: May be Taliban or their affiliates? Because they have been threatening Pakistan and Pakistanis, and are blamed for several other attacks on Pakistan as well?!
Mufti sahab: Oh NOOOOO! Such thought is idiotic. Makes no sense.
Common Pakistan: Then who did it?
Mufti sahab: aah! It was BLACK WATER!
Common Pakistani: Where is the proof?
Mufti sahab: Well, no Muslim will do it! What other proof do you need?
khoji: Mufit sahab, why don't you realize that Muslims can be as much of an a**hole as anyone else? Don't you remember kharijis from Islamic history? Didn't they use to kill other Muslims and call them kafir for not agreeing with them?
Mufti Rafi Usmani says that this attack was done by Black Water.
Another conspiracy theory. Another attempt to hide the real enemies of Pakistan, the Taliban khawarij.
If it is Black Water doing it then how come Sindh police captured terrorists trying to smuggle ammunition in Sindh through NWFP? Read my post no. 16 on page 1.
Mufti sahab is correct in saying that burning of shops and other business in Bolton Market was pre-meditated. But he is wrong in identifying the culprits. Or may be he just "want" to put blame on some one other than Taliban khawarij. I heard an interesting conversation:
Common Pakistani: who killed these people?
Mufti sahab: May be India? May be Israel? May be Amreeka?
Common Pakistani: May be Taliban or their affiliates? Because they have been threatening Pakistan and Pakistanis, and are blamed for several other attacks on Pakistan as well?!
Mufti sahab: Oh NOOOOO! Such thought is idiotic. Makes no sense.
Common Pakistan: Then who did it?
Mufti sahab: aah! It was BLACK WATER!
Common Pakistani: Where is the proof?
Mufti sahab: Well, no Muslim will do it! What other proof do you need?
khoji: Mufit sahab, why don't you realize that Muslims can be as much of an a**hole as anyone else? Don't you remember kharijis from Islamic history? Didn't they use to kill other Muslims and call them kafir for not agreeing with them?
Mufti is wrong on both accounts.
And i want to ask this Mufti sahab how can he put the blame on BW without any knowing anything.
Mufti Rafi Usmani says that this attack was done by Black Water.
Another conspiracy theory. Another attempt to hide the real enemies of Pakistan, the Taliban khawarij.
If it is Black Water doing it then how come Sindh police captured terrorists trying to smuggle ammunition in Sindh through NWFP? Read my post no. 16 on page 1.
Mufti sahab is correct in saying that burning of shops and other business in Bolton Market was pre-meditated. But he is wrong in identifying the culprits. Or may be he just "want" to put blame on some one other than Taliban khawarij. I heard an interesting conversation:
Common Pakistani: who killed these people?
Mufti sahab: May be India? May be Israel? May be Amreeka?
Common Pakistani: May be Taliban or their affiliates? Because they have been threatening Pakistan and Pakistanis, and are blamed for several other attacks on Pakistan as well?!
Mufti sahab: Oh NOOOOO! Such thought is idiotic. Makes no sense.
Common Pakistan: Then who did it?
Mufti sahab: aah! It was BLACK WATER!
Common Pakistani: Where is the proof?
Mufti sahab: Well, no Muslim will do it! What other proof do you need?
khoji: Mufit sahab, why don't you realize that Muslims can be as much of an a**hole as anyone else? Don't you remember kharijis from Islamic history? Didn't they use to kill other Muslims and call them kafir for not agreeing with them?
Dear poster I would appreciate if you can post the link where Mufi Rafi Usmani made this statement,
“After the explosion, marchers turned their anger on ambulance workers, security forces and journalists.” BBC News - Taliban claim bombing in Karachi I think these ambulances and workers were their to help them out if some one feints and with out thinking they attacked them ju loot mar ki woh alag hai:smack:
I just made this conversation up man.
Sorry if I was not clear. I just wanted to show how such people think.
But other than this made-up conversation, everything else is true. Mufti Rafi Usmani does think this attack was done by Black Water. I read it in Jang.
Pakistan Taliban claim responsibility for Karachi attack English_Xinhua 2009-12-30 22:21:49 Print
ISLAMABAD, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) – Pakistani Taliban have claimed responsibility for the Monday’s suicide attack on a procession of Shiite Muslims in Karachi which killed 43 persons and injured 90 others, local TV channels reported.
Taliban commander Asmatullah Shaheen said that one Taliban activist Husnain Muaveya carried out the attack.
Shaheen said the bomber arrived in the south port city of Karachi a day earlier of the attack and he targeted the same place which was assigned to him.
**He said that Taliban leaders Hakimullah Mehsood and Qari Hussain had assigned the task to his group** and that is why he is claiming responsibility for the attack.
Asmatullah Shaheen had been associated with the splinter Taliban group headed by slain leader Abdullah Mehsood but later hejoined Baitullah Mehsood group. He was appointed chief of Jandola area in South Waziristan and has been in hiding since the forces launched operation in the region in October.
The same few maulvis and maulanas in Binore town have been Godfathers of Talibans and created groups like the Sipah-e-Sahaba, Harkat-ul-Mujahideen and Jaish-e-Mohammad. Where do you think "Punjabi Taliban" came from?
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And they all belong to the same sect : Deobandi. Sadly they are in dilemma - Tableghi Jamat doing their mission peacefully. But these people want to defeat the USA and West with their crackers!!! And in that effort hurting their own people.
There is a dispute over how this massacre was carried out.
It is very easy to plant bombs with thousands of people around. So it could very well have happened.
KARACHI: The Karachi police are in a fix as far as the identity of the suicide bomber of the Muharram 10 procession attack is concerned, as the identity of all the people whose severed heads were found at the spot have been confirmed, but none of them have turned out to be the man they were looking for.
Sources said there is already a dispute between the police and the Federal Investigation Agency over the nature of the attack as the FIA officials have claimed that it was a planted bomb.
and three uniquely different who dun it theories. 1 asmatullah ttp commander claimed responsibilities 2 mastermind sirajuddin arrested 10 days before ashura planned it 3 ttp deny their involvement
WOT is a devil worshipping rich mans sport, pakistan might be better off playing defence against the international community for not playing WOT