"A suicide bomber rammed a car into a campaign rally in the tribal areas on Saturday, killing 37 people and wounding at least 90 others.
The attack in Parachinar, a town in Kurram, occurred two days before parliamentary elections on Monday, and was apparently intended to deter voters from participating, said Brig. Javed Cheema, a spokesman for the Interior Ministry....
It seemed unlikely, however, that the attack on Saturday would have a significant effect on voter turnout because the tribal areas, which are semiautonomous and border Afghanistan, are considered remote and lawless by most Pakistanis.
Then CUI BONO, readers?
And after the last year's experience, I never believe a word the lying Pakistani government says.
Think about it: They produce a video of a separate gunman and suicider in the Bhutto killing, and now they are trying to say it was the same guy!
The rally at Parachinar was organized by Syed Riaz Hussain, a candidate for the national Parliament who is affiliated with the Pakistan Peoples Party, the opposition party of the assassinated former prime minister, Benazir Bhutto. After the rally, supporters of Mr. Hussain gathered on a roof for food, and others stayed on the roadside below in a large group, Brigadier Cheema said.
CUI BONO, readers?
How come only Bhutto rallies are bombed?
Where is Pakistani security?
The suicide bomber, driving a car filled with explosives, attacked the group on the side of the road, he said. Kurram is known for sectarian violence between Shiite and Sunni Muslims, although Saturday’s attack was aimed at a political rally.
Oooooooooh, someone trying to start some sectarian shit?
CUI BONO, readers?
According to one account, the people at the rally had emerged from a Shiite shrine and were on their way to the headquarters of Mr. Hussain when the bomber drove into the crowd.
Hours later, two people were killed and eight wounded in a suicide attack outside an army media center in the northwestern Swat Valley, Agence France-Presse said....
American officials have repeatedly expressed concerns about whether the elections will be free and fair. Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr., the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, who will be an election observer, said Friday, before leaving Washington for Pakistan, that the United States should cut military aid to Pakistan if the elections were substantially rigged.First of all, Biden, how about worrying about election fraud in America?!
Secondly, what if the elections are rigged, but not "substantially" rigged?
Then they O.K.?
