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There U go, peoplez. Pakistan iz totally fricked beyond all repair ~!

First the Indian subcontinent iz embroiled in war, then a nuclear
conflagration in the Middle East between Israel and Russia, after
Israel
wipes out Iran.

HOOROO

UNCLE WALLY

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090307/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan

Bombs kill 15 amid political crisis in Pakistan

By NAHAL TOOSI, Associated Press Writer

Sat Mar 7, 11:31 am ET

ISLAMABAD – Three separate bombings killed 15 people in northwestern
Pakistan on Saturday, while authorities investigated reports that a
pilotless U.S. drone crashed elsewhere in the militant-plagued region
bordering Afghanistan.

The bombings, coming days after gunmen attacked Sri Lanka's visiting
cricket team, were a fresh reminder of the militant threat in
Pakistan, where Western leaders worry that a growing political feud
could distract the government from tackling the extremists head on.

Al-Qaida and Taliban fighters are believed to use pockets of
Pakistan's northwest as bases to plan attacks on U.S. and NATO forces
in Afghanistan. The U.S. has used drones to fire missile strikes
against militants in the area, prompting protests from Pakistani
officials who say the attacks fuel anti-American sentiment.

Saturday's reports of a drone crash came from Angoor Ada village in
South Waziristan, a tribal region where the main Pakistani Taliban
leader, Baitullah Mehsud, is based.

Army spokesman Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas said authorities were
investigating the reports. Two intelligence officials, speaking on
condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to
the media, said their informants and agents had yet to locate
wreckage.

The U.S. rarely discusses the missile operations, and the drones are
believed to be CIA-operated. Col. Greg Julian, the top U.S. military
spokesman in Afghanistan, declined to comment on reports of the crash.

Militants have staged numerous attacks against Pakistani security
forces in recent years, but one Saturday — a car bombing — was unusual
in that a body was used to lure police, officials said.

Local police chief Rahim Shah said police went to the Badaber area
after an unknown caller told them of a body in a parked car. Residents
and police had recently evicted militants from the area, prompting
threats of retaliation.

"They found the white car. They also saw a body inside, but when they
were pulling it out, the car bomb went off," Shah said. Seven police
and a bystander were killed.

Meanwhile, a roadside bomb killed three civilians and wounded four
troops Saturday in the town of Darra Adam Khel.

In the Khyber tribal region, a suicide bomber killed four people and
wounded five at a mosque that served as a headquarters for the
militant group Ansarul Islam, government official Sadiq Khan said.
Ansarul Islam is the rival of another extremist group, Lashkar-e-
Islam, Khan said.

Pakistan has staged military offensives in parts of its northwest,
recently declaring it had defeated insurgents in the Bajur tribal
region, but is also pursuing peace talks with militants in the
region's Swat Valley, where it has promised to impose Islamic law.

Western leaders worry that Swat could turn into a militant haven, but
Pakistan has persisted with the talks. On Saturday a top regional
official said authorities decided to release 12 Taliban militants.

The 12 had been arrested "on charges of extremism," Syed Mohammad
Javed said. "We are now setting them free."

In violence elsewhere in Pakistan, heavily armed gunmen attacked the
Sri Lankan cricket team in the eastern city of Lahore last Tuesday,
killing six police and a driver and wounding several players before
fleeing unscathed.

The assault bore some resemblance to November's terrorist rampage in
the Indian financial capital of Mumbai. The Pakistani militant group
Lashkar-e-Taiba has been blamed for that attack, in which 164 people
were killed.

The group's chief spokesman, Abdullah Ghaznavi, in a call Saturday to
The Associated Press denied it was involved in the attack on the Sri
Lankans. The group also denies involvement in the Mumbai attacks.

The Sri Lankans were attacked in Punjab province, the stronghold of
Pakistani opposition leader Nawaz Sharif.

The federal government recently dismissed the provincial government,
led by Sharif's brother, after a court disqualified the Sharifs from
elected office. Their party plans to participate in a massive march on
the capital in the coming week organized by lawyers calling for an
independent judiciary.

British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Friday it was "vital"
for Pakistani politicians to stop feuding and "unite against the
mortal threat that Pakistan faces, which is a threat from its internal
enemies."

Sharif showed no sign of backing down Saturday, encouraging Pakistanis
to join the march and warning President Asif Ali Zardari he would lose
support if he does not restore the deposed chief justice and reduce
some presidential powers.

"Zardari, you will have to pay a heavy price," Sharif warned.

In response, federal Information Minister Sherry Rehman, a ruling
party member, said Pakistani politicians should think about the
"larger interest," "see the dangers this country is facing, and do not
engulf it with flames of instability."

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Associated Press writers Munir Ahmad and Asif Shahzad in Islamabad,
Riaz Khan in Peshawar, Ishtiaq Mahsud in Dera Ismail Khan and Sherin
Zada in Mingora contributed to this report.


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