Sunday, April 5, 2009

Taliban Threaten 2 Attacks Per Week In Pakistan

An injured victim of suicide bombing in Chakwal city, is treated to a local hospital in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on Sunday, April 5, 2009. A suicide bomber attacked a crowded Shiite mosque south of the Pakistani capital on Sunday, killing 22 people and wounding dozens more, officials said. (AP Photo)

From Yahoo News/AP:

ISLAMABAD – A suicide bombing at a crowded Shiite mosque south of Pakistan's capital killed 22 people Sunday, the latest evidence of how security in the U.S.-allied nation is crumbling well beyond the Afghan border region where al-Qaida and Taliban fighters thrive.

The violence came as a senior Pakistani Taliban commander said his group was behind a deadly suicide bombing Saturday night in Islamabad and promised two more attacks per week in the country if the U.S. does not stop missile strikes on Pakistani territory.

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My Comment: 2 attacks per week .... that is what they are experiencing on a daily basis. In the frontier regions of Pakistan .... that type of violence is everywhere .... drone attacks included.

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