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| India-Pakistan |
| Pakistan probes U.S. Consulate bombing |
| 2002-06-14 |
| Pakistan says it is investigating whether there was any "foreign" involvement in the car suicide bombing outside the U.S. Consulate in Karachi that left at least eleven people dead. Nairobi was al-Qaeda. Karachi could be most anybody, though we could make a few guesses. Pakistan seems to have more nut cases per capita than any other country in the world. At least 40 others were injured after the bomber drove an explosives-laden car into a guard post near the heavily guarded consular building on Friday. In the United States, the White House called the attack a "deplorable act of terror" and a "vivid reminder that our nation is at war," but said it has no information that the al Qaeda terror network is responsible. It doesn't matter whether it was al-Qaeda or not. If it wasn't them, it was an organization either formally or informally allied with them: Lashkar, Jaish, Sipah, Harkat, Hizbul... Pick one, or two, or twelve. Authorities say they are yet to determine who was behind the bombing or if the consulate was the primary target of the attack. The carload of dynamite just happened to stop there while the driver tried to poke out the fire when he dropped a lit cigar in his lap, see? Pakistani government spokesman Maj. Gen. Rashid Qureshi told CNN that the bombing took place on the main road near the consulate and the Marriott Hotel and not on a smaller side road that passed closer to the boundary wall of the consulate. "So we are not sure," Qureshi told CNN. "We are not closing any options... We are investigating all angles including whether there were any foreign intelligence agencies involved because we have indications that there are attempts to destabilize Pakistan and Pakistan's economy by scaring away investment and especially foreigners." Yeah, yeah. Blame it on the Heathen Hindoo. Somebody tell him to shut up. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |