And So the Retaliation for Osama bin Laden's Murder Begins

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And So the Retaliation for Osama bin Laden's Murder Begins

Post by Gawd » Fri May 13, 2011 7:25 am

Taliban avenges bin Laden's death with massive Pakistan bombing attack
Pakistani Taliban militants claimed responsibility on Friday for a suicide bomb attack on paramilitary academy in a northwestern town that killed at least 80 people.

"It's the first revenge for the martyrdom of ... bin Laden. There will be more," Taliban spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan said by telephone from an undisclosed location.

U.S. forces killed bin Laden in his hideout in a Pakistani town on May 2.

A suicide bomber reportedly detonated at least one of the blasts at the main gate of the facility for the Frontier Constabulary, a poorly equipped but front-line force in Pakistan's battle against al-Qaida and allied Islamist groups close to the Afghan border. Like other branches of Pakistan security forces, it has received U.S. funding.

The scene of the blast was littered with shards of glass mixed with blood and human flesh. The explosions destroyed at least 10 vans the recruits were boarding to go home for a short break at the end of a recent training session.

Dr. Abdul Hameed Afridi of Lady Rieding Hospital in Peshawar said 117 people have been treated at the hospital, including 40 with critical wounds.

About 6 to 8 kilograms of explosives were used in one explosion, said police officer Jahanzeb Khan. Ball bearings and nails were used in another, heightening the death toll, he said.

A vegetable vendor at the site said some recruits were seated in white minivans and others were loading luggage atop the vehicles.

"There was a big blast," he said. "I saw smoke, blood and body pieces all around."

The attack was a savage reminder of the toll militant groups are taking on Pakistan even as it faces international suspicion that elements within its security forces may have been harboring bin Laden, who was killed in a raid about three hours' drive from Peshawar.

Police official Nisar Khan said a suicide bomber, a man in his late teens or early 20s, set off one blast. The cause of the other explosion was not yet known, he said.

"The first blast occurred in the middle of the road, and after that there was a huge blast that was more powerful than the first," said Abdul Wahid, a 25-year-old recruit whose legs were wounded in the blasts.

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There will be plenty more because the American's didn't think things through (again, surprise, surprise) and murdered bin Laden in a revenge attack.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/internation ... k-1.361439

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Post by Tigger » Fri May 13, 2011 7:47 am

They do it anyway.
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Post by Thinking Aloud » Fri May 13, 2011 7:52 am

Great way to get revenge on the US - blow up some of the country that bin Laden managed to hide in for a decade. :dunno:

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Post by Gawd » Fri May 13, 2011 8:03 am

Tigger wrote:They do it anyway.
And bees sting anyway, so let's go whack a bee nest.

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Post by Rum » Fri May 13, 2011 8:17 am

OOO - we found Bin Liner but we better leave him alone in case it makes them pesky terrorists mad?

What world do you live in??

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Post by Hermit » Fri May 13, 2011 8:21 am

Gawd wrote:There will be plenty more because the American's didn't think things through
Islamist fundies declared a war against the west in general and the US in particular. The west is fighting back and calls it a war against terrorism. If you think the US administration did not expect a reaction, you are pretty bloody stupid.
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Post by Gawd » Fri May 13, 2011 8:22 am

Rum wrote:OOO - we found Bin Liner but we better leave him alone in case it makes them pesky terrorists mad?

What world do you live in??
To them, the Americans are the terrorists who invaded Afghanistan and deserve death. Your version of right is not another person's version of right.

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Post by Gawd » Fri May 13, 2011 8:25 am

Seraph wrote:
Gawd wrote:There will be plenty more because the American's didn't think things through
Islamist fundies declared a war against the west in general and the US in particular. The west is fighting back and calls it a war against terrorism. If you think the US administration did not expect a reaction, you are pretty bloody stupid.
You are short sighted in your historic view. The conflict did not start with the Islamists, it started with the US invasion of Afghanistan and terrorizing the population.

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Post by Rum » Fri May 13, 2011 8:36 am

Gawd wrote:
Seraph wrote:
Gawd wrote:There will be plenty more because the American's didn't think things through
Islamist fundies declared a war against the west in general and the US in particular. The west is fighting back and calls it a war against terrorism. If you think the US administration did not expect a reaction, you are pretty bloody stupid.
You are short sighted in your historic view. The conflict did not start with the Islamists, it started with the US invasion of Afghanistan and terrorizing the population.
Surely from your point of view it started when the Joos stole the land that is now Israel off the Palestinians? Surely they should all be killed for that? Surely!?

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Post by JimC » Fri May 13, 2011 8:39 am

And who did they blow up?

Lots of fellow muslims!

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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Fri May 13, 2011 10:02 am

That revenge started ~ 662 AD.
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Post by Gawd » Fri May 13, 2011 10:22 am

JimC wrote:And who did they blow up?

Lots of fellow muslims!

The best thing about Islam is the savagery in which it devours itself...
Really, Jim, I expected different from you. Painting all Muslims with the same brush? And these were moderate Muslims that got blown up.

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Post by Gawd » Fri May 13, 2011 10:23 am

Rum wrote:
Gawd wrote:
Seraph wrote:
Gawd wrote:There will be plenty more because the American's didn't think things through
Islamist fundies declared a war against the west in general and the US in particular. The west is fighting back and calls it a war against terrorism. If you think the US administration did not expect a reaction, you are pretty bloody stupid.
You are short sighted in your historic view. The conflict did not start with the Islamists, it started with the US invasion of Afghanistan and terrorizing the population.
Surely from your point of view it started when the Joos stole the land that is now Israel off the Palestinians? Surely they should all be killed for that? Surely!?
A case could be made as such.

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Post by Hermit » Fri May 13, 2011 10:23 am

Gawd wrote:
Seraph wrote:
Gawd wrote:There will be plenty more because the American's didn't think things through
Islamist fundies declared a war against the west in general and the US in particular. The west is fighting back and calls it a war against terrorism. If you think the US administration did not expect a reaction, you are pretty bloody stupid.
You are short sighted in your historic view. The conflict did not start with the Islamists, it started with the US invasion of Afghanistan and terrorizing the population.
You must be fucking kidding. A short list of Islamic terrorist attacks that preceded the invasion of Afghanistan:
  • 18 April 1983 - 1983 United States embassy bombing 63 killed, 120 wounded.
    23 October 1983 - 1983 Beirut barracks bombing 305 killed, 75 wounded.
    26 February 1993 – World Trade Center bombing, New York City. 6 killed.
    13 March 1993 – 1993 Bombay bombings. Mumbai, India. 250 dead, 700 injured.
    28 July 1994 – Buenos Aires, Argentina. Vehicle suicide bombing attack against AMIA building, the local Jewish community representation. 85 dead, more than 300 injured.
    24 December 1994 – Air France Flight 8969 hijacking in Algiers by 3 members of Armed Islamic Group of Algeria and another terrorist. 7 killed including 4 hijackers.
    25 June 1996 – Khobar Towers bombing, 20 killed, 372 wounded.
    17 November 1997 – Luxor attack, 6 armed Islamic terrorists attack tourists at Egypts famous Luxor Ruins. 68 foreign tourists killed.
    14 February 1998 – Bombing in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. 13 bombs explode within a 12 km radius. 46 killed and over 200 injured.
    7 August 1998 – 1998 United States embassy bombings in Tanzania and Kenya. 224 dead. 4000+ injured.
    4 September 1999 – A series of bombing attacks in several cities of Russia, nearly 300 killed.
    12 October 2000 – Attack on the USS cole in the Yemeni port of Aden.
    11 September 2001 – 4 planes hijacked and crashed into World Trade Center and The Pentagon by 19 hijackers. Nearly 3000 dead.
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Re: And So the Retaliation for Osama bin Laden's Murder Begi

Post by JimC » Fri May 13, 2011 10:28 am

Gawd wrote:
JimC wrote:And who did they blow up?

Lots of fellow muslims!

The best thing about Islam is the savagery in which it devours itself...
Really, Jim, I expected different from you. Painting all Muslims with the same brush? And these were moderate Muslims that got blown up.
Missed my point...

What possible good does it do to their anti-American cause to blow up a bunch of Pakistani Muslims?

Suicide bomber at the gates of an American military base has a certain logic...

Otherwise, it is simply insane savagery, and that is the image the rest of the world has of Islam in general, whether that is an unfair generalisation or not...
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