Forty people killed in Islamabad Marriott bombing |
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Sep 21st, 2008, 02:56
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Sep 21st, 2008, 19:36
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| Here's a link to a big Pakistani newspaper about the bomb blast: http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=55918 |
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Sep 21st, 2008, 22:18
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| Death tolls for disasters, both man-made and natural, always rise from early estimates, but given the size of the bomb and the scale of the damage, it is a wonder that hundreds were not killed. |
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Sep 21st, 2008, 22:39
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| Structural Member  Join Date: May 2008 Location: Back in Jolly ol' Blighty!
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| Awful thing to happen. From the size of the crater there must have been a substantial amount of high explosive involved. That the terrorists felt they could "waste" so much on one single attack does not bode well for the future. |
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Sep 21st, 2008, 22:50
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| Around a ton, apparently. I don't think they come this big very often. The IRA had one or two truck-sized bombs in London. |
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Sep 21st, 2008, 22:51
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| Maha Guru Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: India
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| Almost a quintol of explosives... |
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