[Excerpt: The blast occurred a day after President Pervez Musharraf returned from a foreign trip of almost two weeks which had taken him to Latin America, the United States, England and France....Musharraf had said during the trip that Pakistani forces had smashed the command structure of the Al Qaeda militant group within the country and had its fighters on the run.....But officials say that militant networks retain the capability to launch new attacks.
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2004/De cember/subcontinent_December351.xml§ion=subcontinent Bomb kills 10, injures 20 in Pakistani city (Reuters) 10 December 2004 QUETTA, Pakistan - A powerful bomb exploded near an army truck in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Friday, killing at least 10 people and injuring more than 20, officials said. The bomb, weighing at least 4 kg (8.8 lb), had been attached to a bicycle, officials said. The blast in the centre of the city wrecked the army truck and at least eight other vehicles. At least 10 shops in a business district were also damaged, witnesses said.Human body parts and blood were splattered around the busy square, which was sealed off by the security forces. âIt was a mighty explosion,â said Abdullah, a witness who gave only one name. âI saw people screaming and running and the dead and the wounded strewn on the road.â Several victims were killed on the spot, and others died in hospital, doctors said. âWe have information that 10 people, including a Pakistan army soldier, have been killed in the blast,â Major-General Shaukat Sultan, a military spokesman, told Reuters. Four soldiers were among the wounded, he said. Naeemullah Khan said his father, a shopkeeper, was killed in the blast. âHe was badly wounded and was covered with blood. I rushed him to hospital, but doctors couldnât save his life,â he said, wailing. Information Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed denounced what he called âa heinous act of terrorismâ. He said it was too early to allot blame for the blast, but added: âThe people responsible will not go unpunished. âThe terrorists want to destablise the country and create anarchy over here, but they will fail in their designs,â he said. The blast occurred a day after President Pervez Musharraf returned from a foreign trip of almost two weeks which had taken him to Latin America, the United States, England and France. Musharraf had said during the trip that Pakistani forces had smashed the command structure of the Al Qaeda militant group within the country and had its fighters on the run. But officials say that militant networks retain the capability to launch new attacks. Pakistan, a key ally in the US-led war on terrorism, has suffered a spate of terror attacks in recent years targeting Westerners, religious minorities and government officials. Police blame most of the attacks on extremists furious over the governmentâs support for the United States and the ousting of the hardline Taleban regime in neighbouring Afghanistan. Baluchistan, Pakistanâs largest but most backward province, borders Afghanistan and is a home to hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees. Pakistani security forces have deployed thousands of troops along the Afghan frontier to stop cross-border movements by the Afghan Taleban. The Taleban enjoy huge support in the Islamic schools of this province, which are mainly run by Pashtun clerics. Most of the Taleban are also Pashtuns. But militant Baluch nationalists demanding greater political and economic rights have also launched attacks in the province. enditem [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $4.98 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Q7_YsB/neXJAA/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/
