Bhushan
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Friday, August 7, 2009
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Wow!!!
BTW how old is this ranking, just want to know what they meant by 'several years'
Friday, August 7, 2009
Please Don't Derail The Thread.
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Political Violence
There has been a history of political and terrorist violence in Pakistan in general over the past three decades, resulting in a large number of deaths and injuries. There have been attacks against U.S. diplomatic personnel in Pakistan in the past few years, with the number increasing substantially in 2008:
* In 2002, a suicide bomber attacked a Protestant International Church in Islamabad a quarter of a mile from the U.S. Embassy killing five people.
* In December 2007, former Prime Minister, Benazir Bhutto, was killed during an attack in Rawalpindi sparking protests and riots across the country.
* In January 2008, a suicide bomber on a motorcycle killed 26 (22 of whom were police officers) and injured 70 in Lahore.
* In February 2008, a motorcycle suicide bomber crashed into a Pakistani Armed Forces bus in Rawalpindi killing 11, injuring 45.
* In March 2008, a car bomb destroyed Pakistan’s Federal Investigative Agency’s building in Lahore, killing 25.
* In March 2008, a satchel bomb detonated at a restaurant in Islamabad killing 1 and injuring four U.S. Embassy personnel.
* In June 2008, a suicide car bomb detonated at the Danish Embassy.
* In July 2008, an explosion at the Melody Market in Islamabad killed 20 and injured 40.
* In August 2008, over 50 people were killed when two suicide bombers detonated themselves simultaneously at a Pakistan weapons ordnance factory in Wah, near Rawalpindi.
* In August 2008, the U.S. Principal Officer in Peshawar was the target of an organized gun attack.
* In September 2008, over 50 people were killed, including three U.S. Embassy employees, and over 250 were injured when a truck carrying over two thousand pounds of explosives was detonated outside the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad.
* In November 2008, an American working for a non-government organization was shot and killed in Peshawar.