rssPakistan Suicide Bomber Strikes Outside (Probable) Nuclear Facility
Friday, October 23, 2009 at 12:41 pm
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As far as I’m aware, this is a first:
A suicide bomber attacked a suspected nuclear-weapons site Friday in Pakistan, raising fears about the security of the nuclear arsenal, while two other terrorist blasts made it another bloody day in the country’s struggle against extremism.
Police say the bomber was “intercepted at the first checkpost.” But still…
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Comment posted October 23, 2009 @ 9:12 pm
Not really a first, unfortunately — a schoolbus on the facility was bombed in December 2007, and a bus carrying workers at a neighboring munitions factory was bombed in August 2008.
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