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Blast in Pakistan - Just before Bush's visit.
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Karachi Bomb Kills Four, Including U.S. Diplomat
March 2 (Bloomberg) -- An American diplomat was among four people killed today in a car bombing near the U.S. Consulate in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi, two days before U.S. President George W. Bush visits the country.
``We have lost at least one U.S. citizen in the bombing, a Foreign Service officer, and I send our country's deepest condolences to that person's loved ones and family,'' Bush said in New Delhi during a tour of South Asia. ``Terrorists and killers are not going to prevent me from going to Pakistan.''
Pakistan has had dozens of attacks in recent years, many of them in Karachi. The U.S. Consulate in the city has been among the targets. President Pervez Musharraf blames the violence on opponents of his support for the U.S.-led campaign against terrorism. Some of the attacks are attributed to rivalries between the Shiite Muslim minority and the Sunni Muslim majority.
A Pakistani employee of the consulate also died, Pakistan's Foreign Ministry said. About 50 people were injured, Javed Akbar, a police official in Karachi, said in a telephone interview.
``We are investigating the possibility of a suicide bomber exploding the vehicle outside the consulate,'' Akbar said. There may have been two blasts almost simultaneously, in a parking lot behind the U.S.-owned Marriott Hotel, at about 9:10 a.m. local time, he said.
Car Rammed
The bomber rammed the car into a vehicle carrying the U.S. diplomat, the Associated Press reported, citing an unidentified Pakistani security official. The spokeswoman for the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, Nida Emmons, didn't immediately return calls seeking the diplomat's identity.
``It is premature,'' to say whether the U.S. Consulate was attacked by a suicide bomber, Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed told a news conference in Islamabad. The security officials are investigating the attack through pictures provided by security cameras installed outside the consulate and the Marriott, he said. Pakistan will take extra security measures for Bush's visit, he said.
There was no statement of responsibility for the attack, Karachi police chief Mushtaq Ahmad told reporters.
U.S. National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley, addressing reporters traveling with Bush in Delhi, said that initial security reports are often ``notoriously incomplete,'' but he added that ``there is some evidence'' the official may have been targeted.
``That is very troubling,'' Hadley said. ``It is a reminder we are at war.''
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| Moongoose |
| Ok so if i get this correctly someone chrashed into the diplomats car and the cars exploded? Well unless both cars were made for movies, its obvious there had to be an explosive device somewhere. Cars dont explode just like that. |
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| Purple |
| quote: | Originally posted by Moongoose
Ok so if i get this correctly someone chrashed into the diplomats car and the cars exploded? Well unless both cars were made for movies, its obvious there had to be an explosive device somewhere. Cars dont explode just like that. |
Explosives are loaded inside the vehicle. Usually the driver pushes the button just seconds before ramming into the target. Its has also been speculated that someone else has the remote to the bomb from outside, who watches the car drive into the target and triggers the bomb from optimal destruction position. |
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| Spacey Orange |
| quote: | Originally posted by Purple
Karachi Bomb Kills Four, Including U.S. Spy
March 2 (Bloomberg) -- An American spy was among four people killed today in a car bombing near the U.S. Consulate in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi, two days before U.S. President George W. Bush visits the country. |
news item corrected.
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