Foiled suicide attack on Pakistani troops kills 17 civilians

[Turborama]

Source: Thaindian News

At least 17 civilians, including five schoolchildren, were killed and several others were injured Saturday in a foiled suicide attack on paramilitary troops in Pakistan’s restive tribal region, a media report said.
Soldiers fired at an explosives-laden vehicle chasing their convoy in a busy market in Miranshah, the main town of North Waziristan district that borders Afghanistan.

The shots caused the vehicle to explode, killing 17 passersby, including five schoolchildren, Geo television channel reported.

It was not immediately clear whether the security personnel suffered any casualties.

The explosion came hours after a suspected US drone strike killed 13 people, including Taliban and al Qaeda militants, in the Datta Khel area, 35 km west of Miranshah.

Read more: http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world-news/foiled-suicide-attack-on-pakistani-troops-kills-17-civilians_100175520.html

[Xipe Totec]

1. This is a new meaning of the word "foiled" I was not previously aware of

17 civilians killed?!


My God, imagine if he had succeeded!

[Danger Mouse]

2. So the brave soldiers sacrificed the lives of children to save their own?

Give those heroes some medals!!

[excess_3]

3. you would have done, exactly what? .n/t

[Danger Mouse]

6. Ideally, died like a fucking man.

Of course, I wasn't in that situation, so I can't say for sure I would've...but who knows?

[ohio2007]

7. You know what Patton would have said about your ideals ?

Well,
he wouldn't have been happy with your decision that seriously burdened your fellow soldiers.

[Danger Mouse]

8. I'd have made a lousy soldier, then...

unwilling to sacrifice civilians to protect my own life.

[ohio2007]

11. don't give up your day job

;)

[ShortnFiery]

4. Perhaps sending DRONES in to indiscriminately bomb villages to get one or two Taliban is not

such a "good thing" after all? BLOW BACK galore. We know that whenever you bomb a village, you are often killing MORE innocents than the evildoers, i.e., now ID'd as The Taliban and Al Qaeda - all 100 flavors.

[Regret My New Name]

10. On a similar note.

Perhaps strapping bombs to yourself and attempting to blow stuff up in busy marketplace, often times killing more innocents than the-other-evildoers, is not a good idea...

In this case, the ones who blew up were playing a similar role to those drone pilots you mentioned.
:)

[ohio2007]

5. "The shots caused the vehicle to explode, killing 17 "

The shots caused the vehicle to explode, killing 17 .



maybe if explosives were better protected....the explosion would have gone off on a preferred target like


the fully retreating Pak military........

[Regret My New Name]

9. Foiled?