Portrait of the Terrorist Attack as a Media Event

As you’ve probably read this morning, the Pakistani Taliban executed a complex attack — using suicide car bombers and gunmen — on the American consulate in Peshawar. The Taliban didn’t get past a consulate checkpoint. Nor did their team manage to kill any Americans. But they did bring their More…

Huge Bomb Blast in Peshawar

Not much news yet, but militants detonated a bomb at the Pearl Continental Hotel in Peshawar. At least five people are dead and another 25 are injured. Dawn reports:

[Northwest Frontier Province] Information Minister, Mian Iftikhar told DawnNews that the government ‘would continue to target militants,’ and that they

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