Militants attack Pakistan spy agency office, 7 dead

[Coventina]

Source: Reuters

MULTAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - Militants armed with grenades and a car bomb killed at least seven people in an assault on an office of Pakistan's main security agency on Tuesday, officials said, the third major attack in two days.

The attack in the eastern city of Multan underscored the relentless security troubles facing the nuclear-armed U.S. ally, whose help is vital in efforts to stabilize neighboring Afghanistan in the face of a growing insurgency.

The violence also coincides with rising political tension, with the Supreme Court hearing challenges to an amnesty order that could heap pressure on embattled President Asif Ali Zardari.

Doubts are growing that Zardari can survive politically in the long term, let alone lead the fight against al Qaeda-linked militants who have demonstrated time and again they can penetrate security outside key buildings.



Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5B62Q220091208

[earcandle]

1. Hmmm... wonder how they can do that? Doesn't anyone question these things? On a practical level?

[cosmicone]

2. This is cool ...

Pakistani spy agency is the main puppeteer of terrorists anyway. Chickens are coming home to roost.