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**opelayday** · 05-28-2009, 06:26 PM

Bombed again
May 27th 2009
From Economist.com

Pakistan is increasingly vulnerable to terrorism

AT LEAST 23 people died in Pakistan on Wednesday May 27th when a car bomb exploded in Lahore, damaging buildings used by the Inter-Services Intelligence agency, the ISI. Violence in the country has escalated since the government, prodded by America, stepped up efforts to combat the Taliban who operate mostly in areas near to the border with Afghanistan. Last year some 2,300 people died in terrorist attacks in the country, according to America's National Counter-terrorism Centre. Only Iraq was more bloody. More people were kidnapped last year by terrorists in Pakistan than in any other country. Some 1,264 hostages were taken, 340% more than in 2007.

05-28-2009, 06:26 PM	#20
opelayday Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 537 Senior Member	Bombed again May 27th 2009 From Economist.com Pakistan is increasingly vulnerable to terrorism AT LEAST 23 people died in Pakistan on Wednesday May 27th when a car bomb exploded in Lahore, damaging buildings used by the Inter-Services Intelligence agency, the ISI. Violence in the country has escalated since the government, prodded by America, stepped up efforts to combat the Taliban who operate mostly in areas near to the border with Afghanistan. Last year some 2,300 people died in terrorist attacks in the country, according to America's National Counter-terrorism Centre. Only Iraq was more bloody. More people were kidnapped last year by terrorists in Pakistan than in any other country. Some 1,264 hostages were taken, 340% more than in 2007.
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