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Thursday, January 10, 2008
Pakistan bombings reach 'unprecedented' level
8:11 a.m. EST, Thu January 10, 2008
Pakistan bombings reach 'unprecedented' level
19 suicide bombings have rocked Pakistan over the last three months
...On Thursday, a suicide bomber killed at least 23 people and injured more than 58 others outside a court in Lahore, police said.
The attack brought to 20 the number of suicide attacks in Pakistan in
the last three months, including a failed attack on Bhutto's life in
October. The bombings have killed close to 400 people and wounded nearly
1,000 others in the last three months, according to government officials.
Pro-Taliban militants with ties to al Qaeda are carrying out the attacks, according to analysts and government officials.
CNN terrorism analyst Peter Bergen says the number of suicide bombings in Pakistan has "reached unprecedented levels in the past year." Previously, Bergen says, such attacks were rare.
"The reason for this rise is because al Qaeda and the Pakistani Taliban have morphed together ideologically and tactically, and both see themselves at war with the Pakistani state," Bergen says. "Many of the suicide attacks have been aimed at Pakistani politicians, officials and soldiers."
Story continues at: http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/01/10/pakistan.bombings/index.html
Edited on: Thursday, January 10, 2008 22:27.57
Categories: Counter-Terrorism, Intelligence