Suicide bomber kills 28, wounds 150 at mosque in NW Pakistan

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By RIAZ KHAN 12 minutes ago

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber struck Monday inside a mosque within a police compound in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing at least 28 people and wounding as many as 150 worshippers, most of them policemen, officials said.

The bombing drew nationwide condemnation from opposition political parties and government officials. Ghulam Ali, the provincial governor in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where Peshawar is the capital, said there were fears the death toll could rise even further.

Most of the casualties were policemen and police officers — the targeted mosque is located within a sprawling compound, which also serves as the city’s police headquarters. Police said between 300 to 350 worshipers were inside the mosque when the bomber detonated his explosives.

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the bombing, said Saddique Khan, a senior police official in Peshawar, but the Pakistani Taliban have been blamed in similar suicide attacks in the past.



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[Roy Rolling]

1. When does it end?

Is there a winner yet? Is there a “Best Religion” award winner yet?

What better way to encourage an afterlife than by making it a hell on Earth?

Kinda sounds like a self-fulfilling prophecy. No actual God would be so stupid and cruel.

[Backseat Driver]

3. Hey, the Dude is just confused...but what's in a name:

You know, a rose by any other name, thing. It gets frustrating swiveling around one's head every time some name is called upon to smite the wicked...or save the righteous "life" force (insert name here). Maybe the earthling Sufi whirling dervishes have it right with all that spinning--it's a good representation of all that pent up energy distribution relief, a torus demonstration! OK--so "dance it out" might also apply...worked for Meredith Gray and company, a never-ending field of motion.

God, Yahweh/Adonai, and Allah are all supposedly the same creator dude! One named God took the time to have a relationship of sorts with a "good" woman, though not all that necessary to Yahweh/Adonai who just wanted someone else to feel his creative pain in the neck and, as a result, had the mercy to have a little male heir named Jesus, and the one named Allah only wanted to give divine academic lectures to a prophet, Mohammed. Because he didn't want to be seen, he ordered no one to look in a mirror or draw what might be a wicked self-image--therefore, just stick to geometric shapes, but, yeah, I like pi, thanks

[purr-rat beauty]

2. joke's on them

after they blow themselves up they won't find themselves in some deserving utopia....

they'll find themselves on top of the roof, across the street, stuck to the wall

these people are fucking horrific idiots.

KILL YOURSELF and leave everyone behind happy.

[SomewhereInTheMiddle]

4. Was the mosque the target or were the police?

The headline seems to suggest this was just a normal mosque, but that is not the case.

"Most of the casualties were policemen and police officers — the targeted mosque is located within a sprawling compound, which also serves as the city’s police headquarters."

I wonder if this was religious based or if it was some group specifically targeting the police where they are the most vulnerable.

[JI7]

5. The police were most likely the target since this area has

been taken over by the Taliban which does not recognize the Pakistan govt as it's govt.

There have also been many attacks on Pakistan soldiers.