And shots were fired at U.S. consulate staff in Peshawar. Pakistan Jihad Update: "Blast at Pakistan rally, shots fired at U.S. vehicle," from Reuters, August 26 (thanks to Jeffrey Imm):
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A blast hit a rally promoting autonomy for Pakistan's gas-rich Baluchistan province on Tuesday, wounding more than 20 people, while in the city of Peshawar shots were fired at U.S. consulate staff.Violent incidents have been increasing in nuclear-armed Pakistan in recent weeks, while its ruling politicians have been distracted by infighting. [...]
Allies and analysts fear the squabbling could keep the government from dealing effectively with economic problems and violent Islamist militants, especially in northwestern areas on the Afghan border where militants have sanctuaries.
In the northwestern city of Peshawar, near the border, gunmen fired four shots at a U.S. consulate vehicle carrying three staff members on Tuesday but there were no injuries, police said.
Peshawar is the capital of Pakistan's violence-plagued North West Frontier Province, and the United States has a heavily guarded consulate there.
"Gunmen in a landcruiser opened fire at the car but no one was hurt," said city police official Raziq Khan....
Watching the already growing (only one week after Musharraf resigned) chaos and violence in Pakistan, I have exactly one concern:
Where are the nukes?
Re. the nukes. How many do they have? What means of delivery do they have at their disposal?
If only the Najis nukes you can't even THINK of voting for Obama.
What if we have to make a pact with India and go in to destroy these nukes if they go in full-blown jihadist mode?
Or even worse.. if they use their nukes.. would you want Obama in charge of our response?
Maybe they're unhappy because we only tripled the jizyah?
http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php?sid=382836
Where's Thomas Jefferson when we need him?
""Gunmen in a landcruiser opened fire at the car but no one was hurt"
come on !... how many landcruisers can there be in Peshawar...I will bet it is the white one with the spent shell casings on the floor...often seen rolling around town with 5 or 6 towelheads toting AK47s ...
Even the Keystone Kops could solve this caper...
Some encouraging signs from Pakistan's lawless northwest...
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43672
it is a sad thing when you have to defend yourself from your own religion by arming yourself and be willing to shoot back...
How predictable was all of this?
This is a TOTAL DISASTER,equivalent to the fall of the Shah.
Maybe the next time we feel the urge to democratize a country, we should resist it.
Let the world call us hypocrites, what have you.
All countries will have to find democracy on their own.
Wonderful Cult and equally wonderful followers. Pakistan created Taliban nurtured it now its payback time.Tehreek Taliban Pakistan (TTP)torched 186 primary and middle schools for girls.
"The Taliban had already bombed about a dozen girls’ schools besides bombing 50 CD shops and attacking police stations," says Shakoor Khan of Bakhshali locality who participated in the jirga. "Before the Taliban resorts to torching more schools, we have decided to resist them," he told IPS.
What is the world thinking about and lazing the people who follow this cult ISLAM are arming themselves to protect themselves from the enforces of this cult. This is the only method to defeat this cult talk in the same language as they speak "Terror".
An US embassy in Islamabad, I understand. But why is there an US consulate in Peshawar? (Or for that matter, any other city in Pakistan?)
Expect more terrorism from Dar Al Suicide Bombing.
Political rallies in Pakistan do tend to be explosive events, literally.