A State Department spokesperson told Voice of America that the United States is aware of the bombing and has launched an investigation into the incident.
Why?
The bombing, which injured around 42 children, occurred last Monday.
Earlier, Saudi Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula, largely made up of sand and oil rigs. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual haj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Formerly dictatorial and steeped in Olde Tyme Religion, deferring to Salafist holy men on all issues, it has now done a 180 and is making a serious effort to modernize, so as not to be left in the sand by its Gulf Arab neighbors. The holy men have been shoved to the background and the nation is now still dictatorial but somewhat rational. That doesn't make them trustworthy, but it's a start..., Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
, Syria, UN agencies and the Moslem World League also condemned the bombing.
The United Nations
...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks...
Children’s Fund (UNICEF) expressed concern over the bombing and called for an investigation into the incident.
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