Is dropping bombs going to solve this? POS PPP reaction is going to be to bomb the tribal areas again.
Whats that going to solve. And isn't what Karzai, U.S. and India want?
Get with the people in that part and support them to root out these people.
With the crap, garbage, gadhay, sellout, idiot leaders we have nothing is going to change.
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Let us chat,
i agree with you more. Worry about our house. Dropping bombs that kill innocent nad your own isn't going stop these bombings.
praaji but the problem is huge in pakistan now. terrorist openly admit they are creating problem, they give nterviews ,kidnap goverment official etc etc. the point i ma trying to make is the visibility is more incase of pakistan.
They dont. Alot of these major attacks, they have not taken responsibility for. They claimed they never killed BB, and never planned those attacks on Sherpao. Thats where one begins to wonder why they arent taking responsibility for everything, and the foriegn hand comes in. Where do you think they get all thise ammunition from?
i have more symphathy for women children dying in fata then people died in the hotel attacked..our modernists,american boot lickers should watch out...infaltion,jobless and discrimination will destroy u people..and u deserve it...
In case you didnt know, most of the people who died were the poor ones, working outside on the gates, or driving cars for their employers. tsk tsk. No ones life is worth more than anyone else.
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Heard the news just a little while ago on CNN. very sad news :(
May the deceased rest in peace and the perpetrators served justice, inshaAllah
I have a sinking feeling that Islamabad will be turned into another Baghdad if Petraeus has his way.
Call it a conspiracy theory on my part, but I see a dangerous game being played out here. This american general employed the same strategy of terrifying the local iraqi populace into turning against AQ. Using horrific suicide bombing techniques seems to be the new divide and rule approach. I hope I am wrong, but the whole rhetoric of "democracy is the best revenge" sends shivers down my spine.
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Jang (urdu) says this;
Summary:
There was some mysterious US Marines meeting / operation / planning meeting (whatever) was going on at the Marriot. Some iron boxes were transferred to the hotel and no one (including local security) was allowed to come near / inspect them - they were not even passed through the scanners. Some guys (PPP Leaders / workers) saw this and objected but were brushed aside. All this happened the night before.
Wallah o Alam
The size of the crator in the yard is unbelievable. If we want to save Pakistan from becoming a bombers paradise then we have no choice but to sign a pact with these nutters. At the end of the day it's obvious that our security services can predict a attack but can't stop it or the guys behind it. Let America fight it's own battle, worry about the motherland first.
Brother, do you mean, letting these A-holes dictate their terms to Pakistan? What you think Pakistan is doing (since 9/11) other than trying to control Pakistani land and secure Pakistani border? Do you want that Pakistan should let miscreants use Pakistani soil as their base to fight their war against USA and American sponsored government in Afghanistan, resulting in direct confrontation between Pakistan and USA?
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^ But Saleem, I thought the US was bad for us, and they were the ones doing this in Pakistan, atleast thats what you were implying after the US garbaged Musharraf.
dude,please write my surname properly.
from where they gonna get suicide bombers?? no hindu gonna become suicide bomber just for the sake of nothing. well..noone has proof so its waste arguing who is behind it. dont wana waste time in theories.
ambassadaor u think americans give **** to zardari..zardari is a part of the plan..he is ****..ISI have lost its touch..isi needs religious blood..i strongly believe only religious mind people in army and isi can save pak..
Look at what Zia's bringing religion in the ranks has done already. These people are killing in the name of religion, army killing in the name of religion. I wonder which religion is correct in this case.
i have PERSOANLLY MET MANY TALIBANS AND JEHADIS in northern areas and karachi.. some jehadis organisations r plian traps..they misguide people and use them to defame islam..these so called jehadis were directly supported from indians and americans..but yes there is strong exremistism on sectarian issues and extremists were breed on the hatred..but these people were never a national security risk...militants in fata get weapons petrol and each and every thing from america and india..one of the former taliban guy, who now lives in karachi and had many strong in jehadis and fata,told me tht baitullah is directly supported from americans..he said tht americans r intentionally providing him cover...
If you know them so well and think they are wrong, why don't you point them out? The way I see it is you are just paying lip service to the popular sentiment of the moment and give a two hoot about the innocents died in the Islamabad blast.
The size of the crator in the yard is unbelievable. If we want to save Pakistan from becoming a bombers paradise then we have no choice but to sign a pact with these nutters. At the end of the day it's obvious that our security services can predict a attack but can't stop it or the guys behind it. Let America fight it's own battle, worry about the motherland first.
Sooner or later we will have to face this issue again. Making pacts with criminals is not a way forward. These extremists want more and more, where do you draw the line; when the whole Pakistan is declared a taliban state?
Lagta hai kisi ne bohot lambi chor di hai…
Jis country ka CAPITAL hee secure nahi hai uss ki baaqi cities mein security ka kya haal hoga ?
Brother no security in the world can prevent suiside attacks. You cannot check every single vehicle, every single pocket every single person. Almost impossible............Allah Helps
The dead count is raising, thats really sad. These people cannot call themselves Muslims when they take the life of so many innocent people. They are the brain washed people who think they are doing some good under the name of religion.
US national among 60 dead in Pakistan blast: officials
Updated at: 0810 PST, Sunday, September 21, 2008
ISLAMABAD: A US national was among those killed in a suicide attack at the Marriott Hotel in the Pakistani capital Saturday, while several foreigners were also wounded; hospital and security officials told media.
“We have the body of one American national killed in the blast,” spokesman for the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Wasim Khawaja, told media.
US embassy spokesman Lou Fintor refused to immediately confirm the death.
A security official said the American was among at least two foreigners killed in the truck bomb blast, which also left about 200 people injured.
A message has been sent by these brainless terrorists to the people of Pakistan.
anyone who could have planned such a horrible attack can not be brainless.
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Report: Czech ambassador missing in blast - CNN.com
Report: Czech ambassador missing in blast
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) – The Czech Republic’s ambassador to Pakistan has been missing since a deadly blast Saturday night at the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad, the Czech News Agency reported.
Ivo Zdarek, 47, moved from Vietnam to Pakistan a month ago and was staying at the hotel, the national news agency said. It attributed its information to officials at the Czech foreign ministry.
He is married with two sons, according to the Web site of the Czech Embassy in Hanoi, where he was most recently posted.
The Czech Embassy would not confirm the report to CNN on Sunday.
The suicide truck bombing shook the heart of the capital city, killing dozens and wounding at least 200. It occurred at about 7:30 p.m. (9:30 a.m. ET), after the breaking of the fast during the holy month of Ramadan and the address by newly elected President Asif Zardari to a joint session of Parliament. Video Watch a witness describe walking over bodies »
The Western hotel is located near the diplomatic section of the city near the compound that contains the parliament building, the prime minister’s house, the Supreme Court and the presidency. The hotel is popular among tourists and was packed on Saturday night.
The Marriott, where a standard room costs more than $300 per night, has been the site of attacks in the past. Any vehicle entering the facility is searched and its underside checked for bombs before being allowed to pass through heavy steel
Authorities received a threat two days ago, Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik said. “We had taken all security measures,” he said. “There was heavy security in the city.”
Among the dead were two foreigners, Pakistan’s Information Secretary told the Associated Press of Pakistan, which reported another 21 foreigners were wounded. Video Watch the scene of the blast »
Initial casualty figures on the bombing were unclear and sometimes conflicting.
Police and government spokesman Farhatullah Babar said at least 40 people were dead, while Information Ministry spokesman Akram Shaheedi told APP Sunday that the death toll stood at 37, with 236 injured. Video Watch bombing victims rushed into hospital »
GEO TV’s Hamid Mir, who was at the blast site, said he saw at least 52 bodies.
A spokesman for the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Dr. Wasim Khawaja, said the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad confirmed to him that an American was among the dead, and another was wounded.
A U.S. Embassy spokesman said all U.S. diplomats had been accounted for.
The British High Commission in Islamabad said four British nationals were being treated for wounds suffered in the blast. Two dependents of staff members were treated and released.
A spokeswoman for the German Foreign Ministry said that six Germans in the hotel were slightly hurt in the attack and that all embassy personnel were accounted for.
Most of the dead appeared to be drivers, who were waiting with their cars outside the Marriott, and hotel staff, most of them security guards, Geo TV’s Mir said.
Mir said a witness reported seeing a small car ram open the hotel gates and then a truck carrying explosives, which detonated. “They were able to come right up to the hotel, close to the seat of power,” Mir reported.
Initial reports indicated that an attacker or attackers drove a small truck with explosives through the hotel gate, Babar said. Police had earlier said it was a car bombing.
The hotel manager offered a different story, telling reporters the blast occurred outside the hotel’s gates.
The explosion felled trees, and video showed a deep crater in the pavement where the bomb presumably detonated. More than a dozen cars were reduced to twisted steel.
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CNN’s Reza Sayah was inside a building more than two miles from the hotel when he felt the blast.
"It was a roaring rumble that would not stop. Seconds later, the windows shattered.
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*Inna Lillahi wa inna ilayhi *rajioun
****My deepest sympathies for the victims and their families. Every time we think that Pakistan has reached its lowest depths, we keep going down further. I ask the Pakistani nation to unite against the agressors - The Amrikis, Indians, and the KAFIR Terrorists. The enemies of Islam and Pakistan surround us and that chokehold is getting stronger.
DAMN YOU America for occupying Afghanistan and attacking our Sohni Dharti.
DAMN YOU India for causing ethnic unrest in Sindh + Baluchistan. Trying to rip the fabric of our nation apart.
Most of all, DAMN YOU so called 'Muslims' who kill other Muslims, attack our military. You are supposed to be our sword as we retake Afghanistan but you have turned against us. I pray to our Allah (the same Allah that you pray to) that you have NO role in this attack. In this blessed month of Ramadan, I hope that you will no spill the blood of innocents, for your afterlife will be spent lowest depths of hell.
This is indeed Pakistan's 9-11.
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The grim footage
pics from BBC:
