Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Pakistan's cups of terror woes

Explosives laden truck rips apart Pakistan's security machinery

At least 53 persons, including Czech Ambassador to Pakistan, Ivo Zdarek, two US marines, and a Vietnamese woman were killed and more than 250 injured in a suicide bombing at Marriot Hotel in Islamabad on September 20. The blast made a mockery of President Asif Ali Zardari's speech the very same evening at the joint session of the Parliament, where he vowed to root out terrorism and extremism. The bombing took place in a high security area of the capital city, not far from the Parliament, the Presidential Palace and the Prime Minister’s residence.

Though no terrorist group has claimed responsibility of the blast – one of the deadliest in Pakistan's history – Prime Minister's advisor on Interior Affairs, Rehman Malik has gone on record to state that the blast has links with Waziristan, indicating that Al Qaeda and Taliban could be involved in it.


Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.

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