Deaths Mount in Islamabad Blast as Suicide Bombers Target Lawyers Rally in Pakistan Capital

103 responses to “Deaths Mount in Islamabad Blast as Suicide Bombers Target Lawyers Rally in Pakistan Capital”

1. JK says:

   July 19, 2007 at 2:37 pm

   To those who will make the naive argument that this is all a reaction to the Lal Masjid, let me say that thsi is all planned. This was obviously planned well in advance. people were obviously trained. They obviously had weapons and explosives. They were waiting for an excuse and made the Lal Masjid an excuse. A reaction is when you do something you would not have done otherwise because something happens. Reactions are not planned. These are clearly planned and to blame it simply on Lal Masjid is to miss the real issue which is that we have tolerated people who advocate violence as a solution for too long.

2. Pakistani says:

   July 19, 2007 at 2:31 pm

   More than 56 people dead only today in these three suicide murders.

   I guess we will have the usual suspects appear here soon trying to suggest these were planned by Musharraf himself and the religious extremists and mullahs who glamorise suicide killings had nothing to do with this!

3. Kruman says:

   July 19, 2007 at 1:52 pm

   The most respected and seasoned Kashmiri leader, Syed Ali Gillani sahib has stated today that if the army does not return to the barracks Pakistan will disintegrate. He said that every Muslim is shedding tears of blood today, looking at the situation in Pakistan.
   His statement is reported in urdupoint today.
   http://daily.urdupoint.com/todayNewsLive.php?news_ id=37032&featured=1&cat_id=11

   On a tangent:
   “A democratic Pakistan is the best line of defense in the war on terror.” Read the whole article at:
   http://free-pakistan.blogspot.com/2007/07/democrat ic-pakistan-is-best-line-of.html

4. Umar says:

   July 19, 2007 at 1:17 pm

   BBC Urdu is reporting yet another blast, this time in Kohat…

   I think we’re at war… lets wake up to this fact and urge the jackboots to finally, finally, stop sitting back and twiddling their thumbs and take these people head on…

5. Akif Nizam says:

   July 19, 2007 at 12:57 pm

   Off topic but wonderful article about the life and struggles of Asma Jehangir in the recent issue of The New Yorker:

   http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/07/23/
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