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...TIME's photo essay "Bomb Blast Hits Peshawar Hotel...
...least 100 people have been killed in a series of attacks by suspected Taliban militants, including a blast in Peshawar (above) that left 50 dead and the suicide-bombing of a military convoy near the Swat Valley in which 41 perished. But it was the Oct. 10 assault on the heavily guarded army headquarters in Rawalpindi that left Pakistanis shaken. Militants occupied the building--the equivalent of the U.S. Pentagon--for 22 hours before commandos freed 39 hostages, capturing one perpetrator and killing nine others. Analysts called the attack "unprecedented...
...recent incident was in December 2008, when the agencies feuded over a Woodburn, Ore., bombing in which a device outside a bank killed a local bomb technician and a police chief. In June 2007, agents fought in front of state and local bomb-squad personnel at a blast site in the Mojave Desert. The ATF claimed it was notified too late for agents to work the scene, while the FBI claimed that ATF responded late, then wanted to take over the scene. Other recent incidents took place in Baltimore, Phoenix, New York City and San Diego...
...really sure why, but I’m rallying against all of these patterns with a pattern of my own. Last week, however, my pattern was interrupted. I had the normal sandwich, this time with a Baja Blast Mountain Dew® and I sat down on my bench. I was halfway through my sandwich, on the bench with my headphones on, when a kid somewhere between 5-11 years old sat next to me. I can’t really tell how old kids are because, other than a summer camp counselor gig after senior year, I try to stay...
...Blast Targets Aid Workers...