Brittney Nicola
10/10/08
SOC 202
On Thursday, 10 people were killed at 14 injured during some bombings in Pakistan. One incident was an attack at a police complex in the capital. This happened the same day lawmakers held a private briefing on the militant threat facing the country. The other attack was in northwest Pakistan near the Afghan border where al Queda and Taliban militants are headquartered. This roadside bomb that exploded under a prison vehicle in the Dir region killed four children, two police, and four prisoners. It isn’t clear whether a school bus was involved in the blast, or if the children were walking. In addition to these deaths ten people were injured. While this was going on, four police were injured in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, in an apparent suicide car bombing that also severely damaged an anti-terror squad building. Body parts were found that are thought to belong to a suicide bomber.
Over the past few weeks, militants have increased attacks on security, government, and Western targets in Pakistan, going way over the northwest border areas. On Sept. 20th a suicide truck bombing in Islamabad killed 54 and severely damaged the Marriott Hotel. Pakistan’s military says that suicide attacks have killed nearly 1200 people since July 2007, most of them being civilians. Statistics also state that since 2001 when Pakistan’s former president allied the country with the U.S. in its war on terror, another 1368 security force personnel have been killed.
Many people of Pakistan believe that the alliance with the US has increased violence in their nuclear-armed country. The U.S. has launched cross-border missile strikes in the northwest, where they think Osama bin Laden is hiding.
It’s a shame that so many civilians have died because of these attacks. There is a lot of disagreement between Pakistan and the U.S. right now over attacks that the U.S. has been making from across the border of Afghanistan on Pakistan. The U.S. is targeting al Queda and Taliban leaders, but is also threatening the life of many civilians in doing so. Right now Pakistan and U.S. is in the middle of a session to determine whether there was an agreement between these two countries over the cross-border attacks on terrorist targets.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/09/world/main4511398.shtml?source=search_story
2 comments:
It is a great shame that so many civilians have been involved in the bombings. It is also a shame that this is not news in a country like Pakistan or Afghanistan, this is everyday life.
I can't imagine living in a country like that. I think pure nerves would be a hindrance to my everyday activities. I don't think I would be able to function. I would be too worried. It must be hard to get things done.
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