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Forum Spin Doctor
Seattle Times
August 12, 2008
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A roadside bomb hit a Pakistan air force bus in a northwestern city today, killing at least 11 military personnel and wounding 10, police said.
The explosion hit the vehicle on a bridge on the outskirts of Peshawar, provincial police chief Malik Naveed Khan said. The bus was heading from the city to nearby air force base in Badaber.
He described the bomb used in the attack as an "improvised explosive device."
Dawn News TV reported that the blast left a large crater.
Air force spokesman Air Cmdr. Humayun Waqar Zephyr confirmed the attack but said he had no details.
The bombing follows threats from Taliban militants to launch attacks on the government for military operations in the northwestern frontier region bordering Afghanistan.
-- The Associated Press
August 12, 2008
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A roadside bomb hit a Pakistan air force bus in a northwestern city today, killing at least 11 military personnel and wounding 10, police said.
The explosion hit the vehicle on a bridge on the outskirts of Peshawar, provincial police chief Malik Naveed Khan said. The bus was heading from the city to nearby air force base in Badaber.
He described the bomb used in the attack as an "improvised explosive device."
Dawn News TV reported that the blast left a large crater.
Air force spokesman Air Cmdr. Humayun Waqar Zephyr confirmed the attack but said he had no details.
The bombing follows threats from Taliban militants to launch attacks on the government for military operations in the northwestern frontier region bordering Afghanistan.
-- The Associated Press