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the_13th_redneck · December 21st, 2007

More than 30 killed in blast at Pakistan mosque

1 hour, 9 minutes ago

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - More than 30 people were killed on Friday in a suspected suicide bombing at a northwest Pakistan mosque, where a former interior minister was offering Muslim Eid festival prayers with worshippers, police said.

Intelligence officials said as many as 50 people may have died but this could not be immediately confirmed by police.
Dozens of people were wounded in the blast. Body parts and shoes were scattered around the mosque floor, witnesses said.
Aftab Ahmed Sherpao, who was interior minister in President Pervez Musharraf's recently dissolved government, was at the mosque in his home village at the time of the attack but it was unclear if he was the target. He said he escaped unharmed but his son was injured.
The suspected bomber, sitting in a middle row among the worshippers, detonated his bomb as prayers ended and people gathered around the politician to greet him, a police official who asked not to be named, said.
"More than 30 people have been killed in the blast," Feroz Shah, a senior police official at Charsadda district, in North West Frontier Province, told Reuters. "We still don't have an exact figure."
The district is about 20 km (12 miles) from Peshawar, the provincial capital.
Sherpao had been injured in April in another suicide attack at a public meeting in Charsadda.
There have been a rash of suicide attacks blamed on Islamist militants since a military assault on the Red Mosque, a militant stronghold, in Islamabad in July.
More than 800 people have been killed in the ensuing violence across the country, with about half of them killed in suicide attacks.
Musharraf, a key ally in the U.S.-led war on terrorism, cited growing militancy as a main reasons behind his imposition of emergency rule on November 3. He lifted emergency rule on Dec 15.
(Reporting by Augustine Anthony and Kamran Haider; Writing by Alistair Scrutton; Editing by Alex Richardson)

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So why are Mosques off limits again?

December 21st, 2007
the_13th_redneck Fridgeraider (Instructor) Gear	Post; Muslim Militant bombs Mosque More than 30 killed in blast at Pakistan mosque 1 hour, 9 minutes ago PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - More than 30 people were killed on Friday in a suspected suicide bombing at a northwest Pakistan mosque, where a former interior minister was offering Muslim Eid festival prayers with worshippers, police said. Intelligence officials said as many as 50 people may have died but this could not be immediately confirmed by police. Dozens of people were wounded in the blast. Body parts and shoes were scattered around the mosque floor, witnesses said. Aftab Ahmed Sherpao, who was interior minister in President Pervez Musharraf's recently dissolved government, was at the mosque in his home village at the time of the attack but it was unclear if he was the target. He said he escaped unharmed but his son was injured. The suspected bomber, sitting in a middle row among the worshippers, detonated his bomb as prayers ended and people gathered around the politician to greet him, a police official who asked not to be named, said. "More than 30 people have been killed in the blast," Feroz Shah, a senior police official at Charsadda district, in North West Frontier Province, told Reuters. "We still don't have an exact figure." The district is about 20 km (12 miles) from Peshawar, the provincial capital. Sherpao had been injured in April in another suicide attack at a public meeting in Charsadda. There have been a rash of suicide attacks blamed on Islamist militants since a military assault on the Red Mosque, a militant stronghold, in Islamabad in July. More than 800 people have been killed in the ensuing violence across the country, with about half of them killed in suicide attacks. Musharraf, a key ally in the U.S.-led war on terrorism, cited growing militancy as a main reasons behind his imposition of emergency rule on November 3. He lifted emergency rule on Dec 15. (Reporting by Augustine Anthony and Kamran Haider; Writing by Alistair Scrutton; Editing by Alex Richardson) ******************* So why are Mosques off limits again? __________________ Sergeant 13th Redneck (RET) Republic of Korea Marine Corps TRESPASSERS WILL BE PROSTITUTED Next time you travel http://www.epictrip.com