Psycho4Bud
04-12-2006, 02:52 PM
KARACHI, Pakistan -- Pakistani youths burned cars and tires and traders went on strike in Karachi on Wednesday to protest against the deaths of 57 Sunni Muslims in the country's worst suicide bombing in nearly two decades.
Paramilitary troops and police patrolled the empty streets of the southern port city following Tuesday's attack on an outdoor ceremony marking the birth anniversary of the Prophet Mohammed, witnesses said.
No one claimed responsibility for the attack, but there were fears that it could start a fresh cycle of sectarian violence between militants from Pakistan's majority Sunni and minority Shia communities.
The Sunni Tehreek religious party, which lost its chief and other key figures in the blast, said that it had received threats before the attack and gave the government a 48-hour ultimatum to catch the culprits.
Sources said that it was likely that the party would call a strike and a protest when the deadline expires.
"Our leaders have been receiving threats for the past couple of months and we had informed the government about it, but no security was provided to our leaders," interim leader Shahid Ghori told reporters. "We even doubt it was a suicide bombing, but whatever the fact is we demand the investigation must be conducted." He added that the inquiry should be carried out by the country's top spy agency, the ISI, and military intelligence.
http://www.metimes.com/articles/normal.php?StoryID=20060412-095729-7412r
Middle East really have their problems. It's not bad enough that they (Muslims) car bomb Christians, Jews, Hindu's, but they also have divisions between the Sunni and the Shia! Iran being the largest predominate Shia country in the area after Iraq....wonder if there was any "outside influence"?:cool:
This could actually be a REAL conspiracy!!:stoned:
Paramilitary troops and police patrolled the empty streets of the southern port city following Tuesday's attack on an outdoor ceremony marking the birth anniversary of the Prophet Mohammed, witnesses said.
No one claimed responsibility for the attack, but there were fears that it could start a fresh cycle of sectarian violence between militants from Pakistan's majority Sunni and minority Shia communities.
The Sunni Tehreek religious party, which lost its chief and other key figures in the blast, said that it had received threats before the attack and gave the government a 48-hour ultimatum to catch the culprits.
Sources said that it was likely that the party would call a strike and a protest when the deadline expires.
"Our leaders have been receiving threats for the past couple of months and we had informed the government about it, but no security was provided to our leaders," interim leader Shahid Ghori told reporters. "We even doubt it was a suicide bombing, but whatever the fact is we demand the investigation must be conducted." He added that the inquiry should be carried out by the country's top spy agency, the ISI, and military intelligence.
http://www.metimes.com/articles/normal.php?StoryID=20060412-095729-7412r
Middle East really have their problems. It's not bad enough that they (Muslims) car bomb Christians, Jews, Hindu's, but they also have divisions between the Sunni and the Shia! Iran being the largest predominate Shia country in the area after Iraq....wonder if there was any "outside influence"?:cool:
This could actually be a REAL conspiracy!!:stoned: