Security personnel gather at the site of a suicide car bomb attack in the town of Hangu. -AFP PhotoOnce again we see just how entrenched the ideology of al Qaeda has become in the Pakistani Taliban as a police station in Hangu, Pakistan was hit today by a Taliban suicide bomber and 25 people, mostly police, are dead...but reading the article, this could have been a helluva lot worse if he'd gotten even closer to the building.
From the article at DAWN:
PESHAWAR: A suicide car bomb struck Pakistani police on Thursday, killing 25 people in the second attack in as many days in the northwest as the Taliban vow to avenge the US killing of Osama bin Laden.
“It was a car suicide attack targeting a city police station. The bomber blew up the car at a checkpoint close to the police station,” said police deputy inspector general Masood Khan Afridi.
Regional police spokesman Fazal Naeem said, “(The bomber) wanted to blow up the city police station but he blew up the car close to the barrier outside the station.” Police officials said 25 people were killed and 38 others wounded.
“Most of those killed in the attack are policemen and the death toll may rise, because there are offices and residences of senior police officials and the local administration near the attack site,” said Naeem.
The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the suicide car bombing, with a spokesman saying it was carried out to avenge the death of Osama bin Laden.
“We accept responsibility for this attack. This was a small attack to avenge Osama’s martyrdom,” spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan told AFP by telephone from an undisclosed location.
And this bullshit about being to "avenge" bin Laden is just that...bullshit. These clowns in the Taliban have become complete minions to al Qaeda and al Qaeda's number one target in every theater they are in is the police. This has squat to do with bin Laden...this is about creating the chaos and murder to prop up the strategies and goals of al Qaeda.
At some point in time, the Pakistanis will reach the point that the Iraqis did with al Qaeda and here, with the Taliban. Personally, I think the Taliban deserve al Qaeda and especially they deserve the justice that will one day come to them....raining down on them...
Suicide car bomb kills 25 in Hangu
PESHAWAR: A suicide car bomb struck Pakistani police on Thursday, killing 25 people in the second attack in as many days in the northwest as the Taliban vow to avenge the US killing of Osama bin Laden.
“It was a car suicide attack targeting a city police station. The bomber blew up the car at a checkpoint close to the police station,” said police deputy inspector general Masood Khan Afridi.
Regional police spokesman Fazal Naeem said, “(The bomber) wanted to blow up the city police station but he blew up the car close to the barrier outside the station.” Police officials said 25 people were killed and 38 others wounded.
“Most of those killed in the attack are policemen and the death toll may rise, because there are offices and residences of senior police officials and the local administration near the attack site,” said Naeem.
The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the suicide car bombing, with a spokesman saying it was carried out to avenge the death of Osama bin Laden.
“We accept responsibility for this attack. This was a small attack to avenge Osama’s martyrdom,” spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan told AFP by telephone from an undisclosed location.
“Soon you will see bigger attacks. Revenge for Osama can’t be satisfied just with small attacks,” he said.
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