Reuters is Reporting a Bunch of Mysterious Blast in

[leftylady]

Bangledesh? All over the place. This is getting too wierd. Why Bangledesh?

I am beginning to think that bomb shelters might be making a come-back soon. At least here in the Midwest we can also use them for tornado shelters.

[converted_democrat]

1. Could you give more info?? Background or something? I have not clue

about your talking about. Details? Link?

[leftylady]

2. Its on Reuters.com

Some twoo hundred homemade bombs went off mainly near government buildings. About 100 people hurt. I think its just breaking.

[Henny Penny]

3. I think she means this....

At least two people have been killed and 50 others injured in a series of small bomb blasts across Bangladesh.

Officials say more than 300 explosions took place simultaneously in 50 cities and towns across the country including the capital Dhaka.

An outlawed Islamic group, Jamatul Mujahideen Bangladesh, says it carried out the attacks.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4158478.stm

[converted_democrat]

4. Thank you!

I was completely lost, thank you for bringing me up to speed.

[leftylady]

5. Facts are a little different - but it has to be the same one

that is just coming across Reuters.

[johnnie]

6. More

Blasts rock Bangladesh cities; one dead, 100 hurt

"DHAKA (Reuters) - Scores of mysterious bomb blasts, many of them targeting government buildings, rocked cities across Bangladesh on Wednesday, killing one person, wounding at least 100 and triggering panic.

State Minister for Home Affairs Lutfuzzaman Babr said the blasts appeared to be "pre-planned and well organized" but he did not blame any individual or group.

Roughly 200 homemade bombs exploded on the streets, at courts and near key government buildings in various places across Bangladesh between 0500 and 0530 GMT, police and witnesses said

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050817/wl_nm/bangladesh_blasts_dc_5

[kestrel91316]

7. Like the people of Bangladesh don't suffer enough in their daily lives....

[leftylady]

8. Oh, I know.

They seem to live right in the arm pit of the world.

Life is is hard for most of them without having bombs to liven it all up.