But for Western countries to ban the burqa would be "Islamophobic," doncha know. "3 cops killed, 3 injured in police station attack in NW Pakistan," from Xinhua, July 16 (thanks to Wimpy):
ISLAMABAD, July 16 (Xinhua) -- At least three policemen were killed and another three wounded in an attack launched by two militants at a police station in Pakistan's northwest city of Bannu on Monday morning, reported local Urdu TV channel Samaa.Pakistan Taliban has claimed the responsibility for the attack hours after the attack.
Earlier on Monday morning, at about 9:40 a.m. local time, two militants, diguised themselves in women's dress, launched an attack on a police station in Bannu, a city located just several kilometers to the eastern border of North Waziristan, a tribal area in northwest Pakistan, which borders Afghanistan.
Earlier local media reports said some six to eight militants were involved in the attack. But it turned out later only two militants were involved in the attack.
The attackers first hurled two grenades at the police station before they entered the building of the station.
Fierce gunfire was reported following the blasts.
Local media said that several police were held hostage by the attackers after they entered the building of the police station.
Local police and security forces quickly surrounded the building occupied by the attackers. Large contingent of army was also called in for help.
During the stand-off between the attackers and the security forces, local government announced a curfew in the city in fear of more possible attacks by militants. All the main roads leading to the city were also blocked, said local reports.
One of the attackers reportedly blew himself up after he was cornered inside the building by the police and army for more than one hour. Another attacker was later arrested on the spot....
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Although not exactly on the this particular topic, I found the following opinion on our support for Pakistani terrorism against our soldiers to be quite interesting.
From http://pundita.blogspot.com/2012/07/i-dont-care-that-egyptians-threw.html
[These days I spend all my outrage on an issue I consider far more pressing than a show of disrespect for the U.S. government.
What I care about is that Americans are being murdered and maimed by proxies for a military that the United States government is helping to prop up. So I would like to see something called 'prioritizing.' I want Hillary Clinton to stop running around the world like a chicken with its head cut off, while all time she avoids the key issue for America.
The key issue is that the American government, including the Congress and the U.S. Department of State, continues to aid and abet the murder and maiming of American troops in Afghanistan by proxies for Pakistan's military. That's the number one priority. Everything else is a distant second until the first priority is dealt with.
I also want Mrs Clinton to stop pushing the straw man argument that strengthening Pakistan's civilian sector will translate into a less dangerous Pakistan. Mrs Clinton, if the World Bank and IMF couldn't 'solve' Pakistan, what makes you think that USAID helping The Gap import jeans made in Pakistan or a Wal-Mart subsidiary in England import Pakistani mangoes can solve it?
Solving Pakistan is not the key issue at this time; again, the issue is to stop the U.S. from actions that encourage Pakistan's military to use proxy militias in Afghanistan against American troops.
I also want John Bolton and Barack Obama to cease telling the American public that Pakistan is too nuclear to be allowed to fail. Given the history of Pak military-instigated terrorism, where is the evidence that piling more aid on Pakistan's military will secure the country's nukes against terrorists?
Messrs. Bolton and Obama and a long line of other American politicians and so-called defense experts have created a false dilemma to rationalize continued U.S. military and civilian aid to Pakistan. This, even though they know full well that by continuing aid, they're encouraging Pakistan's military to continue its proxy war against the United States in Afghanistan.]