Chris Emekauwa
Blog 2: (9/06/12)
Terrorist Attack On American Diplomat
On September 3rd 2012, a
suicide bomber rammed his Sports Utility Vehicle “containing at least 200
pounds of explosive materials” into a United States consulate over in Peshawar,
Pakistan. Pakistani and American Officials commented on this attack calling it “one
of the most brazen attacks on Americans in the country in recent years”. The
last attack on Americans diplomats in Peshawar was in 2010. According to the
United States embassy over in Islamabad 13 people were seriously injured and they
denied early reports of two Americans employees being killed. With there being
no claim being immediately taken for these vile acts, United States officials
believe that this may be the work of the infamous Taliban, which has threatened
to continually attack any Americans over in Pakistan. While on a visiting trip
to Indonesia Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had these words to say “We pray
for the safe recovery of American and Pakistani victims, and once again we
deplore the cowardly act of suicide bombing and terrorism that has affected so
many people around the world.” And the State Department’s Spokeswoman who is
also traveling with the Secretary of state said “We stand ready to work with
Pakistani authorities on a full investigation, so that the perpetrators can be
brought to justice.”
I believe that these terrorist
attacks are becoming more and more frequent and dangerous. I believe that the
only way to tackle this global problem is to upgrade intelligence services
globally by giving them more freedoms to do what is necessary to attack these
problems head on. I honestly wonder what kind of security protocols were being
used over there and are they in the same league with the same ones being used
in the United States? I believe that embassies should have the right to protect
themselves without breaching the local laws of course, but situations like this
where Americans are being attacked repeatedly should call for some revisions.
Should they not?
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