WE'LL GET THE ARAB ANIMALS BEHIND THIS .... AN BY GOD WHAT THE US DID TO THESE SICK MENTAL RETARDS IN ABU GHRAIB IS NOTHING COMPARED WHAT WE'LL DO TO THEM, THEIR WOMEN AND CHILDREN, AS SOON AS WE GET A HOLD OF THESE SICK ANIMALS!!
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapc...mbs/index.html
Karachi bombs near U.S. offices
Wednesday, May 26, 2004 Posted: 11:42 AM EDT (1542 GMT)
A car burns in flames after second explosion outside the Pakistan-American cultural center.
(CNN) -- Two car bombs have killed a police officer and wounded at least 22 people near a U.S. diplomat's residence in Karachi, Pakistani police have said.
The first blast took place outside the Pakistan-American cultural center in downtown Karachi, not far from the residence of the American consul general. One man was injured, police said.
The second explosion -- also believed to be a car bomb -- happened nearby 25 minutes later as police, bomb disposal experts, ambulance crews and reporters gathered in response to the first explosion.
A police officer died in the second blast, while at least eight journalists, four police officers, and several bomb disposal personnel and ambulance drivers were wounded.
A U.S. State Department official said the fact that the blasts were staggered suggested the bombers attempted to cause maximum casualties by using the first bomb to draw people to the site before second one detonated.
The Pakistan-American cultural center -- a private English-language school not affiliated with the U.S. government -- has 1,000 students, mostly non-elite middle-class children, the official said.
The official said that while the motive is unclear, the bombers don't appear to have been targeting the American consul general's residence, which is about 150 meters from the school and the explosions, or other U.S. facilities.
"Given the amount of planning involved, they obviously did their research" and would know the cultural center is not a U.S. facility, the official said. He added that because it was a "soft target," the center was vulnerable.
For the moment, the official said, the United States is tightening security at its facilities in Karachi.
"We aren't clear what the situation is, so for the time being we are at an even higher state of alert than we usually are in Pakistan, which is already high," the official said.
The two bombings put police on edge in Karachi, causing alarm an hour later when an apparent gas leak in a garage caused an explosion.
CNN producer Syed Mohsin Naqvi in Islamabad and CNN State Department Producer Elise Labott in Washington contributed to this story.
Karachi bombs near U.S. offices
Wednesday, May 26, 2004 Posted: 11:42 AM EDT (1542 GMT)
A car burns in flames after second explosion outside the Pakistan-American cultural center.
(CNN) -- Two car bombs have killed a police officer and wounded at least 22 people near a U.S. diplomat's residence in Karachi, Pakistani police have said.
The first blast took place outside the Pakistan-American cultural center in downtown Karachi, not far from the residence of the American consul general. One man was injured, police said.
The second explosion -- also believed to be a car bomb -- happened nearby 25 minutes later as police, bomb disposal experts, ambulance crews and reporters gathered in response to the first explosion.
A police officer died in the second blast, while at least eight journalists, four police officers, and several bomb disposal personnel and ambulance drivers were wounded.
A U.S. State Department official said the fact that the blasts were staggered suggested the bombers attempted to cause maximum casualties by using the first bomb to draw people to the site before second one detonated.
The Pakistan-American cultural center -- a private English-language school not affiliated with the U.S. government -- has 1,000 students, mostly non-elite middle-class children, the official said.
The official said that while the motive is unclear, the bombers don't appear to have been targeting the American consul general's residence, which is about 150 meters from the school and the explosions, or other U.S. facilities.
"Given the amount of planning involved, they obviously did their research" and would know the cultural center is not a U.S. facility, the official said. He added that because it was a "soft target," the center was vulnerable.
For the moment, the official said, the United States is tightening security at its facilities in Karachi.
"We aren't clear what the situation is, so for the time being we are at an even higher state of alert than we usually are in Pakistan, which is already high," the official said.
The two bombings put police on edge in Karachi, causing alarm an hour later when an apparent gas leak in a garage caused an explosion.
CNN producer Syed Mohsin Naqvi in Islamabad and CNN State Department Producer Elise Labott in Washington contributed to this story.
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