Acts of Terrorism in Pakistan

[Kasrkin]

Dont worry Mr Agnostic Muslim, politicians and media; these two things you dont need to worry about. I know things might look bad. But no matter what they say or how they show things, most people in Pakistan are not complete traitors, a time will come when they will take responisblity and say no this is wrong and stand against it. As of right now this war is just a political game, a way to score points against Musharraf and the Army. No one realizes it can turn us into Afghanistan and Iraq if we dont show proper will and nationalism.

And even if people stay arrogant and dont consider a war for their country their own war, then there is always the Army, always ready to do what is required for the country while others whine and complain and exploit at the cost of national interest. Our armed forces have the potential to defeat these people, have no doubt and they will InshAllah. But if the politicians and the media help out, its going to be a lot more quicker and a lot less bloody. But the outcome will be the same: Our Victory InshAllah. Because by their very nature these people can not last, particularly in any position of power.

 

[Always Neutral]

Pakistan maybe paying a heavy price for the US presence but atleast it has brought out a well known but well hidden fact that the border areas don't belong to pakistan or afghanistan but to individuals who don't care about anything but their own feudal interests. This is now comming as a suprise to the ordinary Pakistani long fed on Govt. controlled media info.

Regards

 

[AgNoStiC MuSliM]

Pakistan maybe paying a heavy price for the US presence but atleast it has brought out a well known but well hidden fact that the border areas don't belong to pakistan or afghanistan but to individuals who don't care about anything but their own feudal interests. This is now comming as a suprise to the ordinary Pakistani long fed on Govt. controlled media info.

Regards

You are incorrect about Pakistanis being "misled by Govt. Controlled Media info." Pakistanis have always known that the tribal Areas had their own law, and were fiercely independent.

While the spread of private electronic media may have been a recent phenomenon, the print media has long pointed out that parts of the Kabaili Ilaqay were a haven for drug smugglers, gun runners and criminals. However most of those vices never had the "in your face" effect that suicide bombings do, and this is why the lawlessness of the region is becoming a focal point of peoples attention now.

The coverage and proliferation of the electronic media does however increase both the "shock value" and dissemination of information.

 

[Flintlock]

Three killed, two injured in Bajaur blast

KHAR: At least four people were killed and another two injured in a bomb blast outside a mosque in the Mamond tehsil of Bajaur Agency on Monday night. The blast occurred as locals were coming out of the mosque after offering Isha prayers. Eyewitnesses said it was a remote-controlled blast and a staff report said it was not yet known who was the target of the explosion. However, Geo News said that it could not be confirmed whether the blast was a remote-controlled blast or a suicide bombing. hasbanullah/daily times monitor

Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan

 

[Tiki Tam Tam]

The GoP may pursue whatever track it sees best, but I do not see why there should be any confusion amongst us over what should be done.

The Taliban need to disarm or be destroyed.

The government has laready indicated that it is ready to impose Shariah in these areas. In SWAT the bill is ready - and what has Mullah FM or TTP's response been?

We do not want to give up our weapons, we do not want any interference in our "activities" in the rest of the country (read more Lal Masjid), we want a withdrawal of the Army.

Given the above demands, is there any doubt that these people were never really interested in "shariah"?

Their objective mirrors that of the Afghan Taliban, an eventual takeover of a nation they consider beset with "immorality", and turn it into a "pure Islamic Emirate", no matter how they lie about it and try and couch it in "oh we are merely fighting for our rights against the US, and then the PA".

It is clear that this isn't just about FATA or NATO anymore - it is about controlling Pakistan.

Rather well analysed.

If I am permitted, I will say the prime concern is the entity of Pakistan being one whole!

Therefore, it is interesting that some gleefully support the terrorists, call them by any name, if you will.

They (the terrorists) are slowly eating into the innards of territorial jurisdiction of Pakistan (by making area lawless and beyond federal control). The use of Islam by the terrorists is but a smokescreen to fool people and the gullible are fooled because of their misplaced religious affinity. Religion is fine, but if people assume religious pretensions and destroy the country, one wonder if they should be supported, just because the claim that they are the Defender of the Faith!

Defend Faith, but do not kill the people of the Faith or destroy the land where the Faith is practised! If people are not there to enjoy the Faith or a place to practise the Faith, then what is the fight all about?

 

[IceCold]

The GoP may pursue whatever track it sees best, but I do not see why there should be any confusion amongst us over what should be done.

The Taliban need to disarm or be destroyed.

The government has laready indicated that it is ready to impose Shariah in these areas. In SWAT the bill is ready - and what has Mullah FM or TTP's response been?

We do not want to give up our weapons, we do not want any interference in our "activities" in the rest of the country (read more Lal Masjid), we want a withdrawal of the Army.

Given the above demands, is there any doubt that these people were never really interested in "shariah"?

Their objective mirrors that of the Afghan Taliban, an eventual takeover of a nation they consider beset with "immorality", and turn it into a "pure Islamic Emirate", no matter how they lie about it and try and couch it in "oh we are merely fighting for our rights against the US, and then the PA".

It is clear that this isn't just about FATA or NATO anymore - it is about controlling Pakistan.

I dont think there is any confusion over the disarmament and bringing the area under the rule of law, i guess the confusion is over the method being applied. While with the new governent in place, GOP wants to negotiate and as i was hearing it on the news, some agreement was also reached from both the sides, a missile struck, then what happened, we again started to witness the suecide attacks. There was a programe yesterday on geo, the host was Hamid meer, and his guests were analyst who were all of an opinion that US is the one who has sabotaged almost all of the jirga aggrements being reached, Pakistan while making sure that its terrority should not be used for crossborder violations, should also make sure that its own integrity wont be violated either by the US and for that a hard stance needs to be adopted by the GOP and not the way the PM handled the situation by going there to meet with BUSH.

 

[AgNoStiC MuSliM]

I dont think there is any confusion over the disarmament and bringing the area under the rule of law, i guess the confusion is over the method being applied. While with the new governent in place, GOP wants to negotiate and as i was hearing it on the news, some agreement was also reached from both the sides, a missile struck, then what happened, we again started to witness the suecide attacks. There was a programe yesterday on geo, the host was Hamid meer, and his guests were analyst who were all of an opinion that US is the one who has sabotaged almost all of the jirga aggrements being reached, Pakistan while making sure that its terrority should not be used for crossborder violations, should also make sure that its own integrity wont be violated either by the US and for that a hard stance needs to be adopted by the GOP and not the way the PM handled the situation by going there to meet with BUSH.

Since the negotiations have begun, infiltration and attacks in Afghanistan have also gone up, and the TTP has quite clearly stated (at this point) that it does not want any restrictions on its "Jihad" in Afghanistan. Why do you expect NATO to merely sit by and watch while these people find sanctuary in FATA, if this strike was carried out by NATO indeed?

If the Taliban want to continue fighting in Afghanistan, then they need to be prepared to be bombed as well. And since they get their ***** handed to them by NATO, they pick soft targets in Pakistan for their "revenge".

There is no justification for the suicide bombings - the talking heads in Pakistan have their morals out of whack for trying to pin the blame for this on NATO. If a person kills someone who had nothing to do with whatever the person was trying to "avenge", how can anyone defend that individual or shift the blame for that individual's actions?

Also, IIRC, the only agreement we reached with the Taliban was a "ceasefire".

 

[Flintlock]

Roadside Bomb in Pakistan's Northwest Is 3rd Attack in 3 Days
By VOA News
20 May 2008

Pakistani police say a roadside bomb has wounded at least 10 people in the northwest, the third attack in the region in as many days.

Police say the bomb appeared to be attached to a bicycle when it exploded near a military truck Tuesday in the town of Kohat in North West Frontier Province.

At least six paramilitary men were among the wounded. Kohat is a major base for Pakistani troops fighting Taliban militants in the tribal areas bordering Afghanistan.

Pakistani police officer stands at site of suicide bombing in Mardan, 18 May 2008

The bombing was the third in three days. On Monday, three people were killed when a bomb exploded in Bajaur tribal region. On Sunday, a suicide bomber killed 13 people outside a military base in the northwestern town of Mardan.

The new government that took office in March has decided to negotiate with Pakistani Taliban militants in the region. Attacks have continued despite a ceasefire called by their leader, Baitullah Mehsud, thought to have masterminded the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.

Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters

VOA News - Roadside Bomb in Pakistan's Northwest Is 3rd Attack in 3 Days

 

[Tiki Tam Tam]

My personal opinion is that a terrorist is a terrorist, no matter how high a moral stand that terrorist organisation takes.

At the same time, if one has observed the terrorist organisations the world over, they sue for peace with false pretence and then they reorganise during the lull and return with vengeance.

It is no use bargaining with them unless you wish to donate your country to them on a platter!

It is only when the country unites, irrespective of religious fervour or differences, then and then only can the terrorists be given a bloody nose!

 

[AgNoStiC MuSliM]

It is only when the country unites, irrespective of religious fervour or differences, then and then only can the terrorists be given a bloody nose!

Unfortunately it seems that Pakistan will have to go through the motions of negotiating with the Taliban, and get many bloody noses, before Pakistanis realize that negotiations have not worked, either under Musharraf or the civilian GoP.

The talking heads probably realize this, hence the hysterical attempts to blame NATO for "sabotaging" the talks, so long as the "Muslim brothers" come out looking good.

 

[Flintlock]

Police: Roadside bombs kill 3 in Pakistan

By RIAZ KHAN – 2 hours ago

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Separate roadside bomb attacks in Pakistan's volatile northwest Saturday killed three people, including a local police chief, a senior police official said.

The first attack happened in Bara, a town 10 miles east of Peshawar, when a roadside bomb exploded near a civilian vehicle, killing one person and wounding three others, the official Ata Ullah said.

About two hours later, another bomb struck a vehicle in Peshawar that was carrying local police chief Khaista Khan, killing him and his driver. Two policemen were wounded the attack, he said.

Ullah did not give any further details, saying only that people were investigating.

Peshawar is the capital of Pakistan's restive North West Frontier Province bordering Afghanistan, where pro-Taliban militants often target security forces.

However, Pakistan's new coalition government has been offering peace to militants who renounce violence in an attempt to end a wave of bombings that killed hundred of people and shook Pakistan over the past year.

On Wednesday, authorities signed a peace deal with militants operating in Swat, a former tourist destination in the northwest province located about 105 miles from Peshawar.

Officials say under this deal the militants had agreed to respect the government's authority, stop suicide and bomb attacks in future and hand over any foreign militants in their areas.

In return, the government has promised to release an unspecified number of militants detained during recent military operation in Swat and make limited concessions on the demands of the hardline cleric, Maulana Fazlullah, for the imposition of Islamic law in the region.

The Associated Press: Police: Roadside bombs kill 3 in Pakistan

 

[Tiki Tam Tam]

Such horrendous acts will continue so long as there are sympathisers and apologists for these terrorists.

These chaps should be nabbed and jailed for life!

 

[Flintlock]

Blast kills three in Pakistan's northwest
Sat May 31, 2008 7:25pm IST

PESHAWAR (Reuters) - An explosion near a roadside bazaar in the Mohmand tribal region of northwest Pakistan killed at least three people on Saturday, a witness said.

A local government official said the blast occurred as a car approached from the direction of Bajaur, a neighbouring tribal area where a suspected U.S. drone aircraft attack killed 18 people including foreign militants earlier this month.

Both Bajaur and Mohmand border Afghanistan.

Blast kills three in Pakistan's northwest | Reuters

 

[Flintlock]

Four killed by bomb at Danish mission in Pakistan
Mon Jun 2, 2008 1:58pm IST

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A bomb went off outside the Danish embassy in the Pakistani capital on Monday killing at least four people and wounding several, officials said.

The blast destroyed the embassy gate and damaged the building and vehicles in the compound in the up-market district of Islamabad where other missions and diplomats houses are located.

"Four people have been killed, there are no foreigners among them," said a security official at the scene.

"It seems it was a car bomb," said the official, who declined to be identified.

The blast left a crater about three feet deep on the road outside the mission.

Reuters correspondent Kamran Haider said he saw one body was just inside the gate of the embassy and two were outside.

Television pictures showed considerable damage to the mission and nearby buildings and vehicles. One of the dead appeared to be a Pakistani guard.

Danish newspapers infuriated Muslims around the world when they published cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad in late 2005.

The cartoons, considered blasphemous by Muslims, sparked deadly protests in 2006 that included attacks on Danish missions.

Denmark also has nearly 700 troops with a NATO-led force battling the Taliban in Afghanistan.

 

[PakForce Unlimited]

Blast by Pakistan Danish embassy ​

At least eight people have been killed in a car bomb attack near the Danish embassy in the Pakistani capital Islamabad, according to reports.
More than a dozen people were wounded. An embassy worker was among those killed, but no Danish citizens died, said the Danish government.
The embassy building and several vehicles outside, were damaged.

It was not clear who carried out the attack, as Pakistan's main militant group recently declared a ceasefire.
Pakistan's top Taleban warlord Baitullah Mehsud is in peace talks with the authorities in an attempt to end fighting in the country's north-west.

The BBC's Barbara Plett in Islamabad says suspicion has fallen on al-Qaeda, as a video released by the network in recent weeks denounced the cartoons.
Correspondents say there has been a relative lull in violence since a new civilian coalition government took power two months ago.

Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller said the attack was "totally unacceptable".
"I of course condemn this attack. It is terrible that terrorists commit such acts," he told Danish TV.

Some Danish embassies around the world have been threatened since a cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad was reprinted in Danish newspapers in February.
The cartoons, deemed offensive to Islam, led to worldwide protests when they were first printed in September 2005.
Denmark also has 700 troops fighting the Taleban in neighbouring Afghanistan.
The attack was the first in Islamabad since a 15 March attack on an Italian restaurant frequented by foreigners killed a Turkish woman and wounded 10 other foreigners.

'Immense pressure'

The Danish embassy is located outside the main embassy district, but security there has nonetheless been tight since the cartoon reprint and most foreign staff have been moved out.

Aftermath of the blast near the Danish embassy

Security has now been further tightened at all government and other key buildings in the city.

Norway closed its embassy following the blast.

Our correspondent says it is alarming for many that the bomber got so close to the Danish embassy.

The attacker drove onto a small patch of road between the embassy and an office building at around midday local time (0600GMT).
The car's engine was found a few metres (yards) from the crater. Part of the embassy wall was damaged, as was a building housing offices of a UN-funded non-governmental organisation.

Asim Mukhtar, who works near the site of the blast, told the BBC that the air pressure there was "immense".
"It was like I was stuck between two speeding cars or between two moving trains. My door which was half-open slammed shut. Everything moved," he said.
"We ran to the roof and saw some black smoke rising. After one minute we heard the sounds of ambulances¿"

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The norwegian embassy also got damaged and evacuated and it is located some distance away. The blast must have been immense.
May those eight people rest in peace.