Suicide bomber kills 20 Pak(istan) elite officers

[varun]

Source: Rediff.com

In a daring strike, a suicide bomber blew himself up in an mess in a high-security army camp at Tarbela dam in Northwestern Pakistan, 50 km from Islamabad, on Thursday night killing at least 20 officers of an elite force and injuring 44 others.

Reports from Tarbela said the bomber from the Taliban militia targetted the elite Special Security Group unit which had taken part in the July 23 Lal Masjid operations in which scores of armed militants were killed.

Dawn TV quoted Faisal Zaman, a member of the Provincial Assembly to say that 20 officers were killed and 44 injured.

Pakistan Defence Spokesman Maj Gen Waheed Arshad confirmed the death of 15 personnel but declined to specify whether the attack took place on the SSG unit....



Read more: http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/sep/13pak4.htm

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Wonder how long before they target Musharraf and succeed.

[varun]

1. Blast kills 20 in Tarbela Ghazi

http://www.geo.tv/geonews/details.asp?id=11457¶m=1

ISLAMABAD: A blast in a high-security military area in Tarbela Ghazi near Islamabad killed 20 people and wounded various people on Thursday, a security official said.

The bomb exploded in the mess of Karar Company of S.S.G.in the cantonment area of Tarbela Ghazi naear Islamabad.

It may be recalled that the Karar Company had participated in the Lal Masjid operation.

According to the Geo News reporter, the officials feared that it might be a suicide attack...

[xchrom]

2. interesting -- the way we are all trying to confront terrorism

and the individual extremists who carry out these acts is like trying to hold water in your hands.

unless the world can come up with another way of dealing with this problem -- this will continue.

[varun]

3. No mention of this news on MSM

of course not....they cant even follow Iraq objectively...forget about the "Original" war on terror.

It is unfortunate that we are forgetting where 911 terrorists originated and are wasting our resources on a needless war....

it will come back to bite us...big time

[varun]

4. selective coverage

The media did not forget to report the "good news" from the same region...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070913/ap_on_re_as/afghanistan;_ylt=AkfmAwx._behXrT0Eg2IKGtI2ocA

[varun]

5. BBC is reporting it

interesting...Pakistani, Indian, UK media reporting, no US MSM reporting...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6993910.stm

Pakistan bomb kills elite troops

At least 15 soldiers have been killed in a suspected suicide bombing at an army base south of the Pakistani capital, Islamabad.
Most of the victims were officers from an elite counter-terrorism force, the Special Services Group, a military spokesman said.

Violence has soared in Pakistan since troops ousted radical Islamists from Islamabad's Red Mosque in July.

Troops based at the barracks were part of the raid against the mosque...

[varun]

6. Finally...NYT reporting it now

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/14/world/asia/14pakistan.html?hp

Bomb in Pakistan Kills at Least 15 From Elite Unit

By SALMAN MASOOD and ISMAIL KHAN
Published: September 14, 2007
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sept. 13 — At least 15 soldiers from an elite commando unit were killed Thursday evening when a blast, apparently set off by a suicide bomber, tore through the dining hall of a military installation in northwestern Pakistan, military officials said.

At least 27 soldiers were wounded; six were in critical condition.

The soldiers killed belonged to a unit of Special Services Group, commonly known as commandos, of the Pakistani military. Pakistan’s president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, who is also the military chief, belongs to the S.S.G.

The attack took place about 50 miles outside the capital, Islamabad, in the cantonment area of Tarbela Ghazi at the brigade headquarters of the Special Operation Task Force. The unit has been set up with American aid to flush out Al Qaeda from the semiautonomous tribal areas on the border with Afghanistan...

[bemildred]

7. In case you have not noticed, this was an inside job. nt

[ohio2007]

8. inside jobs are ISI

InSIde jobs in what part of Pakistan?
Musharraf had three attempts on his life in the past two years. I think more will be comming his way via the monster he and his ISI have nutured

[bemildred]

9. I have no idea what you are talking about.

I'm just saying that the bomber must have had help to get to his detonation point. You think a bunch of hi-octane spooks like this would have inadequate security measures?

[ohio2007]

10. your words

hi-octane spooks like this would have inadequate security measures

there is problems in Pakistan that goes back to the days when the ISI was overseeing Afghanistan the way Syria oversaw Lebanon.


Who are these "spooks" you speak of?

[bemildred]

11. The dead guys. You think they wanted to get themselves killed?

I know there are problems in Pakistan, I still don't see what you are trying to say. I'm just pointing out that the bomber had to have some inside help.

[varun]

12. Well, most assasination attempts are inside jobs too

and this one succeeded.

Only a matter of time before it succeeds on Musharraf.

This demonstrates a total failure of US to control Al-Qaeda and Islamic extremism in Pakistan / Afghanistan. This is the area that needs more attention than Iraq.

We are mired in a war that is distracting us from the real problem.

and US mainstream media is not helping.

[bemildred]

13. I would agree that it's not an encouraging sign for Musharraf.

Time to think about an exit strategy.

[ohio2007]

14. It's all part of the unreported war of Independence

Baloch Liberation Army
is an organization dedicated to fighting for the independence of Balochistan. At the moment, sovereignty over the region is split between Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan. The indigenous population are known as the Baloch, who typically follow the Hanafi school of Sunni Islam and speak either Balochi or Brahui. The stated goals of the organization include driving the Pakistani and Iranian military personnel currently present in the territory out, and the establishment of a sovereign Baloch government. The name Baloch Liberation Army first became public in summer 2000, after the organisation claimed credit for a series of bomb attacks. In 2006, the BLA was declared to be a terrorist organisation by the Pakistani and British governments

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Actions by the Baloch Liberation Army

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD6hZAwUFbM Baloch Liberation Army targets a pakistani army truck.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow0kQp-c-UY BLA training video, in the mountains of Balochistan.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibzowpIZHUc BLA targets a pakistani army pick-up truck in Karmo-Wad area of Balochistan, with remote control bomb.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjIviCWiE6w BLA targets pakistani army truck and ambushs the rescue team.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xpagDaQDWE An "Al Jazaeera English's" short report on the war of independence in eastern(pakistani occupied) Balochistan.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baloch_Liberation_Army

hmmm.. a spike in the opium crop coincides with a spike in the violence?

naw, can't be a connection there