Car Bomb Goes Off Outside Danish Embassy In Pakistan

First off, I had no idea Denmark still had an embassy in Pakistan! Talk about a sitting duck! But anyway, a car bomb has gone off outside the Danish embassy in Islamabad killing four people. Here's a bit of the article over at Breitbart:

An apparent car bomb exploded outside the Danish embassy in Pakistan's capital on Monday, killing at least four people and wounding dozens more, officials and witnesses said.
The blast echoed through Islamabad and left a crater more than three feet deep in the road in front of the embassy. Shattered glass, fallen masonry and dozens of wrecked vehicles littered the area. A plume of smoke rose above the scene as people, some bloodied, ran back and forth in a state of panic.
Amir Ali, deputy commissioner of Islamabad, said four people were killed and six were wounded, although witnesses said many more were injured by flying debris.

After reading the rest of the article, it is pretty clear that this was no minor league car bomb - it literally caved in an exterior wall of the embassy and blew out a ton of glass from surrounding buildings. It will be interesting to see who claims responsibility for this but of course, al Qaeda is the first to come to mind in any car bombing and especially one on an embassy.

And of course, the new Pakistani government should feel really good about that new peace agreement with Baitullah Mehsud - that took what...about six days for that to last? When they investigate this bombing, you'll see Mehsud's organization's fingerprints all over this thing.

(Hat Tip: Sharku)

Bomb explodes outside Danish embassy in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - An apparent car bomb exploded outside the Danish embassy in Pakistan's capital on Monday, killing at least four people and wounding dozens more, officials and witnesses said.
The blast echoed through Islamabad and left a crater more than three feet deep in the road in front of the embassy. Shattered glass, fallen masonry and dozens of wrecked vehicles littered the area. A plume of smoke rose above the scene as people, some bloodied, ran back and forth in a state of panic.
Amir Ali, deputy commissioner of Islamabad, said four people were killed and six were wounded, although witnesses said many more were injured by flying debris. There was no immediate information on the identities of the casualties.
The explosion appeared to be a car bomb, police officer Muhammad Ashraf said. Someone parked a car in front of the embassy and it exploded at around 1 p.m, he said.
It was the second bombing targeting foreigners in the Pakistani capital in less than three months.
Denmark has faced threats at its embassies following the reprinting in Danish newspapers of a caricature depicting the Prophet Muhammad. Muslims generally consider depicting the prophet to be sacrilegious and Islamic militants had warned of reprisals.
In April, Danish intelligence officials warned of an "aggravated" terror threat against Denmark because of the cartoon. The warning specifically singled Pakistan, along with North Africa, the Middle East and Afghanistan.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast. It follows a bombing in March at a restaurant in Islamabad that killed a Turkish aid worker and wounded at least 12 others including four FBI personnel.
"I was with a friend passing through a nearby street then we heard a big bang," said witness Muhammad Akhtar. "Then we saw smoke and people running in a frenzy. We shifted at least eight or nine injured to hospitals. They all have got serious injuries. They were soaked in blood."