U.S. Diplomat Killed in Pakistan Bombing

[kentuck]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060302/ap_on_re_as/pakistan_bombing;_ylt=ApvgXs1uscNWvOfjNQRZv0.s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2Z2szazkxBHNlYwN0bQ--

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The blast ripped through the parking lot of the Marriott Hotel, about 20 yards from the consulate gate, shattering windows at the consulate and on all 10 floors of the hotel. Ten cars were destroyed, and charred wreckage was flung as far as 200 yards.

Initial investigations showed a suicide attacker deliberately rammed his car into a vehicle carrying the U.S. diplomat, blowing it into the air, across a concrete barrier and into the grounds of the hotel, a Pakistani counterterrorism official and senior investigator said on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.

The driver of the diplomat's car, a Pakistani working for the consulate, also died. The other fatalities were a paramilitary guard and an unidentified woman. The body of a male victim, with part of its head missing, was flung by the blast onto the second story of the hotel's exterior.

The attacker was also presumed killed in the attack, the two security officials said. His body was not recovered.

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[Jeffersons Ghost]

1. that link you furnished is being hit so much it barely loads

I can't figure out why no one at DU has bothered to say this attack is another example of bush failing... He's fighting a war no one could ever win.

[Wilms]

2. kick

[Jeffersons Ghost]

3. kick

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