Today we all heard, read or saw the news about the car bomb in Pakistan. My question is: why did most o the news reporters focus on Hillary Clinton? Does Hillary Clinton's presence make the attack any different?
CNN, for instance, reports: «A massive car bomb tore through the heart of a bustling marketplace in Peshawar, Pakistan, Wednesday, killing at least 100 people -- including many women and children -- and injuring at least 200 others, officials said. A vehicle packed with 150 kilograms (330 pounds) of explosives detonated at the Meena Bazaar, a labyrinth of shops popular with women. The impact destroyed buildings, burying people underneath the rubble, and sparked massive fires in the shops, mosques, and homes. In a year of seemingly endless militant attacks in Pakistan, this was the deadliest. Those who survived described a narrow escape: "I ducked quickly and when I looked up it was complete darkness," said Imdad. "I couldn't see anyone. The cars and the van were lying upside down." Fareed Ullah, a student at a nearby mosque, was injured when he fell from the second floor as he tried to escape a fire ignited by the blast at the Meena Bazaar. "We only saw a red blaze and nothing else," he said from his hospital bed. "My friends and I fell from the second floor. We didn't know where we were." The remote-controlled detonation killed at least 100 people and injured as many as 200 others, hospital and government officials said. The deaths include 68 males and 32 females, including 10 children, the head of the main hospital in Peshawar said. The car bomb left a 10-foot-wide crater, and the flames spread quickly through stores selling highly flammable fabric. Residents and shopkeepers expressed outrage that militants were able to carry out the attack in broad daylight, the latest in a string of militant attacks targeting civilians in Peshawar. "What kind of security alert is this? It was an explosives-packed car," a middle-aged shopkeeper at Meena Bazaar said. "Look at the mosque, it ceases to exist anymore. For God's sake, do something!" (…)» Source: CNN @ http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/28/pakistan.blast/index.html
In Afghanistan...
Source: Reuters
Kabul was also under attack today…as a result 5 UN foreign staff got killed. In a time where, allegedly, the Obama administration is considering sending more troops, why would the Taliban defy the international forces?
«Taliban militants killed five U.N. foreign staff in an attack on an international guest-house in Kabul on Wednesday, deepening concerns about security for a presidential election run-off due in 10 days. (…) In another sign of the growing reach of militants, rockets were also fired at a foreign-owned luxury hotel near the presidential palace in the heart of the Afghan capital, forcing more than 100 guests into a bunker, a hotel guest said. (…) The Taliban said they had targeted the guest-house because of the United Nations' role in helping organize the run-off. "We have said that we would attack anyone engaged in the process and today's attack is just a start," Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told Reuters by telephone. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in New York that the world body would not be deterred by the attack, which he called a "shocking and shameless act." Nine people were also wounded, the U.N. said.» Source: Reuters @ http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSSP50491720091028
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