At Least 41 Killed in Coordinated Attacks on Pakistani Police
Pakistani Taliban Take Credit for Attacks
The Tehreek-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) quicky took credit for a string of attacks today across the Pakistani cities of Lahore and Kohat, aimed at police headquarters and training facilities in the area.
At least 41 were killed across the two cities. In Lahore, 19 police and 11 militants were slain when dozens of militants attacked training centers and a police garrison.
In Kohat, a car bomb targeted police outside a housing complex killing at least 11. So far it is unclear if any of the casualties were civilians, but the bulk in both cases appear to have been Pakistani security forces.
The attacks are the fourth major TTP action against the Pakistani government in a week, and come as the military continues to bomb the South Waziristan Agency, where the group’s leadership is largely located. The military has also promised a ground invasion of South Waziristan at some point.
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Steve_Hogan
October 15th, 2009 at 7:41 pm
Chalk up another foreign policy success for the Obama administration! It goes something like this:
1. Borrow money at interest from the Chinese
2. Give American taxpayers the bill
3. Bribe Pakistani government officials with the loot (after American officials take their cut)
4. Have their government wage war on its own people, killing hundreds and displacing millions
5. Radicalize the Pakistani people, who then target Americans for revenge
6. Turn America into a police state in order to "protect" us from the terrorists our own government has created
The winners in this game: politicians, arms merchants, Israel and India.
The losers: the people of Pakistan and America, who are the victims of this INSANE and incessant meddling by clueless, arrogant, and ignorant bureaucrats in Washington, D.C. They are criminals and should be treated as such.
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