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Pakistan Army Terror Squad Targeted in Bombing
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A Pakistani special forces unit charged with fighting al Qaeda was targeted today in a suicide bombing, killing at least 15 soldiers.
Officials said a suicide bomber detonated himself inside the dining hall of an army base as soldiers were sitting down to dinner.
The base located in Haripur District, about 37 miles from Islamabad, is home to the Special Services Group (SSG), an elite unit similar to the United States' Green Berets.
The unit hunts for terrorists along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf was once a commando in SSG himself and still uses members of the elite unit for his personal protection detail.
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The local media are speculating that today's bombing was an inside job as Pakistan's army bases are heavily secured. It would be difficult, they say, for terrorist groups to gain access to the base, let alone the mess hall.
No one has yet claimed responsibility for the blast, which is under investigation, according to Pakistani authorities.
The SSG is currently locked in fierce fighting with pro-Taliban and al Qaeda militants in the restive North Waziristan region.
More than 200 people have been killed across Pakistan so far in 2007 as violence between the military and extremist groups escalates.
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September 13, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (5)
its not a dining hall, when soldiers eat on a military base it's called a "mess hall"
Posted by: john | Sep 13, 2007 10:20:51 PM
I think the headline should read "Anti-Terror Squad." Duh...........
Posted by: jim jones | Sep 14, 2007 12:26:44 PM
Entire Pakistani military is sympathetic to al-quaida and talibaan's hardline and violent islam. Entire Pakistani Inter Intelligence Service is protecting al-quaida and talibaan's leadership. It's time for US to give a stern warning to Pakistan that give us Osama, Jawahiri, Mullah Omar and crush talibaan and al-quaida otherwise no aid. Democrats' plan to tie Pakistani aid to it's progress against al-quaida and talibaan is a good step in the right direction and US's national interest.
Posted by: Tom Weisman | Sep 14, 2007 10:37:40 PM
We need to start showing who are the people behind all of this hate for men and families. As reported by Jeffery Zaslow on Wall Street Journal. We see your report and glad that you are trying to get behind this matter. That Bill O'Reilly has bash you guys so much and praised the ones that are committing more heinous crimes on families. This site shows pictures as well as John Walsh and Mark Lunsford exposing our children to Weapons, Sex, Drugs and Booze. Then our politicians would ask that we follow these men.
Christ and Children First
Posted by: JOHN | Sep 17, 2007 7:38:02 PM
Wow, JOHN, that is just DEEP, man...
Posted by: Jazz | Sep 17, 2007 8:00:43 PM
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