Suicide bomber kills 3 in northwest Pakistan

May 24, 2013 @ 3:14 am

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - Police say a suicide bomber walked up to a vehicle owned by an Afghan religious leader in northwestern Pakistan and set off his explosives, killing three people.

The leader, Haji Hayatullah, was not harmed in the attack in Peshawar city because he was in a nearby mosque attending Friday prayers.

Police officer Riaz Ali Shah says Hayatullah's driver and guard were killed. Peshawar police chief Liaquat Ali Khan says a passerby was also killed and two others were wounded.

No one has claimed responsibility for the attack.

There are over 1 million refugees in Pakistan from neighboring Afghanistan.


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  • Country_Dog wrote...
    Ouch!
    May 13, 2011 5:53 am
    Apparently the two suicide bombers were maintaining 2.0 GPAs, but now they will have a felony on their record and won't be able to qualify for McGinn's free college scholarship.
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  • flynmexican wrote...
    Sad!
    May 13, 2011 6:10 am
    This does nothing to boost the popularity of the Taliban in Pakistan and only proves that radical Islam is indeed evil and must be vanquished. I hope this sends a wake up call to those Pakistanis on the fence between supporting radical Islam and this war on Islamic terrorism. This rabid dog has bit the hand that feeds it and I hope the people of Pakistan will help us put it down as it deserves.
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  • messiah101 wrote...
    Don't believe the story
    May 13, 2011 7:02 am
    You don't win support for your side by killing the folks you want to support you then announcing you did it.This is a cover story to discredit the Taliban,nothing more
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  • HPD 5-0 wrote...
    I feel genuine sadness...
    May 13, 2011 9:01 am
    ...for you. You are a moron and that posting was ludicrous...
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  • Zagnut wrote...
    http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/
    May 13, 2011 7:00 am
    .
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  • HPD 5-0 wrote...
    ...radical Islam is indeed evil and must be vanquished.
    May 13, 2011 9:02 am
    Indeed. The religion of evil.
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  • fishnpol wrote...
    Messiah 101
    May 13, 2011 9:45 am
    I always thought you belonged in a lunybin, this confirms it. The men in the little white jackets are coming to get you haha hehe.
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  • messiah101 wrote...
    True to my beliefs
    May 13, 2011 9:56 am
    You Rightys don't question something that conforms to your political beliefs. Tell me Dummies what does a group like the Taliban GAIN from this? Friendship? Loyalty? The Taliban has built its strength in the area using other methods then what the story claimed. More likely they attacked these Paramilitary group before they attacked the Taliban and OBL had NOTHING to do with it.These attacks happen every day Pakistan is FULL of problems from more then just the Taliban
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  • hnuh wrote...
    Oh my
    May 13, 2011 10:37 am
    oh my. Messiah101. Oh my. Gain from this? Taliban kills its enemies. Taliban is to be feared and obeyed. Good golly lefty, do you live in a gated community with armed guards and padded furniture? In the larger world the ability to deal death is feared. People usually want to live. So, credibility is enhanced by the killing of the people in this event. C'mon dude, c'mon. You may be a kind, caring, compassionate person (when not angry and shrieking about those who disagree with you) but in the larger world outside of the Puget Sound Worker's Paradise Kindergarten and Day Care Center there are many very hard and bloody minded people who use the threat of random or targeted violent death to attain and retain power. Remember how freaked out the leftists got over GWB saying "If you're not with us you're against us"? Taliban backs it up with all the random and targeted slaughter it can bring to bear. Reality versus Kindergarten, sad but true.
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  • fishnpol wrote...
    Right vs Left
    May 13, 2011 12:28 pm
    You are nuts! This isn't right vs left. This right (not politically) vs wrong and just plain evil lunatics So which side are you on? That was rhetorical, we all know where you stand, and we all know where you belong.
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  • len98531 wrote...
    let's take up a collection
    May 17, 2011 11:59 am
    and send messiah 101 to waziristan to be seattle's envoy of peace. Hope he won't lose his head over it.
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  • SgtFatso wrote...
    So What!
    April 13, 2012 9:55 pm
    No big deal.
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