Hillary Clinton Condems Pakistan Suicide Attack
January 2, 2010 by Trend PK
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WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton denounced the suicide car bombing on Friday at a volleyball game in Pakistan that left at least 88 people dead.
“The United States strongly condemns today’s terrorist attack on civilians in Pakistan, and we offer our condolences to the families of the victims and all the people of Pakistan,” Clinton said in a statement.
Her comments come after a man detonated a vehicle packed with explosives as fans gathered to watch two teams face off at a volleyball tournament in the village of Shah Hasan Khan, near the Taliban stronghold of South Waziristan.
“The Pakistani people have seen terrorists target schools, markets, mosques, and now a volleyball game,” she said.
Clinton vowed to support the Pakistani people, as Washington urges Islamabad to do more to rout Al-Qaeda sanctuaries and dismantle havens of militants who cross the border and attack US and NATO troops stationed in Afghanistan.
“The United States will continue to stand with the people of Pakistan in their efforts to chart their own future free from fear and intimidation, and will support their efforts to combat violent extremism and bolster democracy,” she said.
Hillary Clinton Condems Pakistan Suicide Attack was first posted on January 2, 2010 at 11:19 am.
Danish Police Arrest Man Trying to kill Cartoonist
January 2, 2010 by Trend PK
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Danish Police Arrest Man Trying to kill Cartoonist: Danish police said that they shot and wounded a Somali man with al Qaeda links when he tried to break into the home of a cartoonist whose 2005 caricatures of Prophet Mohammad outraged many Muslims.
The 28 year old man, armed with a knife and axe, failed to get into Kurt Westergaard’s home in the town of Aarhus and was shot in the leg and hand after he threw the axe at a policeman, a police spokesman said. The man, who was now under arrest, had “close ties to the Somali terror organisation al-Shabaab as well as to al-Qaeda leaders in East Africa,” the Danish Security and Intelligence Service PET said in a statement. According to Danish media reports, there were 3 attackers involved in the incident. Westergaard was not hurt in the incident, a police spokesman told. In February 2006, as Muslims reacted against the caricutrues, Danish ambassies in Damiscuss and Beirut were also destroyed and set ablaze; where as many people were also killed during protests in Nigeria, Libiya and Pakistan.
Danish Police Arrest Man Trying to kill Cartoonist was first posted on January 2, 2010 at 11:47 am.
