That's an original thought. Better than a "short circuit" or "gas leak" as was stated originally in Pakistan and the Sinai blast. Bruce US Thinks Pakistan Blast Likely Caused by a Bomb October 29, 2004 U.S. Thinks Pakistan Blast Likely Caused by a Bomb By REUTERS Filed at 1:41 p.m. ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The State Department said on Friday it believed a blast at an Islamabad hotel was probably caused by a bomb, differing from the Pakistani view that it appeared to be the result of an electrical fault. ``Our information, and the information we shared with the American community, was that it was probably an improvised explosive device -- a bomb of some kind,'' State Department spokesman Richard Boucher told reporters. But he stressed that the explosion at the Marriott Hotel in the central area of the Pakistani capital on Thursday was under investigation by the Pakistani government and he said the U.S. and Pakistani theories on what happened were preliminary. The blast injured five people, including one U.S. official attached to the U.S. Embassy, and blew glass and other debris out the front of the hotel and through its lobby. On Thursday, Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao said it appeared to have been caused by an electrical fault. ``There is nothing to worry about. It is apparently a case of a short circuit. We are investigating,'' Sherpao said. ``There is no evidence of any terrorist activity or any (bomb) blast.'' Pakistan, an ally in President Bush's war on terror, is central to U.S. efforts to find Osama bin Laden, the architect of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks who is believed to be hiding in the rugged terrain along the Afghan-Pakistan border. http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-pakistan-blast-usa.html?pagewanted= print&position= ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
