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Bomb Attacks Kill Dozens in Pakistan

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Posted on Jul 19, 2007

At least 33 people were killed and dozens injured in two separate bombings in Pakistan—one in the south and the other in the northwest region of the country.  The blast in Hub, near Karachi, apparently targeted Chinese workers, according to the BBC, and officials were uncertain on Thursday whether the two incidents were related. Update:   The BBC reported later on Thursday that three separate bombings occurred that day and that the death toll had climbed past 40.


BBC:

Attacks in the North-West Frontier Province are becoming a daily occurrence, with more than 100 people killed in the past week.

The upsurge in violence began after troops stormed the radical Red Mosque in Islamabad, following a week-long stand off with Islamist militants.

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By blog dog, July 20, 2007 at 7:01 pm #

“Just more smoke and mirrors from the AIPAC plant. Did the NY Jew-lawyer on staff at the Israeli embassy have to e-mail you that verbose post? Enough with the personal attacks and stick to the topic, Blog Dog. You add nothing to the discussion here.”

======== shopworn tick of provocateurs - inject rank ethnic slurs to discredit and drive away everyone, if possible.

I frequently post my position on the Global War Of Terror (from the vantage of the necessity to dismantle the 911 myth and the myth of Islamofascism), that it is planned and executed by a rogue network cutting across CIA, MI-6 and MOSSAD, in service to global finance oligarchs, which include Bilderberg insiders, i.e. American WASP elites, European elites, Middle Eastern and Asian elites and Zionists, in particular, for whom AIPAC is a tool. 

However, ethnicity is nothing to global finance oligarchs. They hold no allegiance to anyone, only to their own narrow interests, in particular, their own wealth and power — their entire agenda. They fear one another as much as anyone outside their elite clique. They are gangsters who own operatives in government security networks the world over.

lilmamzar’s attacks, lunatic in tone and implication, are transparent provocations - the goal is to drag any serious discourse into a bout of mud wrestling, replete with ethnic, racial and religious slurs, repulsive to any sensible humanist.

My efforts to inject into exchanges with lilmamzar some measure of civility and grace, via elegantly turned lines of humorous prose and poesy (as seen in other threads) has obviously failed. It seems the other contributors here prefer lilmamzar’s vulgarities, suggesting most probably also prefer the rock on music of ZZTop to the depth of Demitri Shostakovich, for example.

If it’s indeed the case that this analogy reflects a preference for slur-infested, gratuitous invective over reflective discourse, then have at it, y’all!

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By lilmamzer, July 20, 2007 at 4:42 pm #

#88281 by blog dog:

again as usual, lilmamzar’s post is only ad hominem pugilism -no polemic discourse, only pure abuse - clear goal to start a brawl - an obvious provocateur - if not that, then simply a foul-mouthed head-banger in need of a spanking

Just more smoke and mirrors from the AIPAC plant. Did the NY Jew-lawyer on staff at the Israeli embassy have to e-mail you that verbose post?

Enough with the personal attacks and stick to the topic, Blog Dog. You add nothing to the discussion here.

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By blog dog, July 20, 2007 at 3:32 pm #

again as usual, lilmamzar’s post is only ad hominem pugilism -no polemic discourse, only pure abuse - clear goal to start a brawl - an obvious provocateur - if not that, then simply a foul-mouthed head-banger in need of a spanking

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By lilmamzer, July 20, 2007 at 11:48 am #

#88100 by blog dog:

you know the plan: an expanded strategy of tension at the hand’s of the CIA’s Arab Legion - It’s time to shut down all CIA black ops - end the War Of Terror.

More zionist neocon propaganda from the jews’ hand-picked attack dog himself: Blog Dog.

Give it a rest and be a good bloggy, Blog Dog. Stop trying to divert attention away from the source of the manipulation: the racist zionist entity.

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By blog dog, July 19, 2007 at 9:17 pm #

If it’s more al Queda - as in Iraq now, where it’s all al Queda all the time, then you know the plan: an expanded strategy of tension at the hand’s of the CIA’s Arab Legion - It’s time to shut down all CIA black ops - end the War Of Terror.

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By Jkoch, July 19, 2007 at 3:34 pm #
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The bombings are sad events, but not a reason for the US to lumber in and “do something.”  Pakistan is too vast, complex, and divisive for outsiders to mend.  The Dems who say we should redeploy from Iraq to that region had better check out the population, political history, and geography, to say nothing of the nuclear arsenal.  Jihadism is endemic to the region, and US actions would likely make it worse.  Aerial drones and “smart” bombs are most likely to be interpreted as genocide against Muslims.  Even economic aid would backfire.  First, the money would never match the $3 billion per year Israel gets.  Second, much would be siphoned or squandered and discredit the effort.  Most Pakistanis probably wish no one any harm, but even if only 15% are radicals, that means tens of millions, and the other 85% may tilt the other way if the US tries to “fix” Pakistan the way it did Iraq.

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