The report just came out from KUNA that another suicide bombing attack has taken place in Pakistan. From the alert:
Several people have been feared dead and wounded in a huge bomb blast near a hotel in Pakistani eastern city of Dera Ghazi Khan, police sources told KUNA. Details yet to come.
Part of the reason I'm throwing up this spotty new report is because I have a feeling that the campaign of suicide bombings that have hit Pakistan for the past couple of months are taking a toll on the commitment of the Pakistani government to continue rooting out Taliban forces and al Qaeda.
Note: The city of Dera Ghazi Khan, if you look at the map above, is located nearest to the city of Uch Sharif.
There have been some subtle indications in the past two days that the Pakistani government has gotten dismayed in that the suicide bombings continue that spiked due to military operations in South Waziristan and before that, in Swat.
I'm not going to make a prediction on this but I'm not feeling good about it - we have seen how al Qaeda can wear down the resolve of governments with their relentless attacks and their influence on the Taliban has been manifested in even more brazen and deadly attacks. The plight of the government is that many of these attacks occur in urban areas far from the army's fight in the NW provinces and agencies...and the people in these urban areas are quick to cry out for a stop to the fighting. It's a bit like if the U.S. was engaged in a battle with terrorists in Michigan's upper peninsula but the terrorists retaliated with attacks in Detroit and Toledo...people in those two cities may well plead for an end to operations in the U.P.
We'll have to wait and see how deadly this attack was today but unfortunately, I think the big news in the next week is going to be the Pakistani government going spineless again. I truly hope I am wrong.
There have been some subtle indications in the past two days that the Pakistani government has gotten dismayed in that the suicide bombings continue that spiked due to military operations in South Waziristan and before that, in Swat.
I'm not going to make a prediction on this but I'm not feeling good about it - we have seen how al Qaeda can wear down the resolve of governments with their relentless attacks and their influence on the Taliban has been manifested in even more brazen and deadly attacks. The plight of the government is that many of these attacks occur in urban areas far from the army's fight in the NW provinces and agencies...and the people in these urban areas are quick to cry out for a stop to the fighting. It's a bit like if the U.S. was engaged in a battle with terrorists in Michigan's upper peninsula but the terrorists retaliated with attacks in Detroit and Toledo...people in those two cities may well plead for an end to operations in the U.P.
We'll have to wait and see how deadly this attack was today but unfortunately, I think the big news in the next week is going to be the Pakistani government going spineless again. I truly hope I am wrong.
Huge explosion in Pakistani city reported, casualties feared
ISLAMABAD, Dec 15 (KUNA) -- Several people have been feared dead and wounded in a huge bomb blast near a hotel in Pakistani eastern city of Dera Ghazi Khan, police sources told KUNA. Details yet to come.
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