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September 20, 2008 2:33 PM Subscribe
This post was deleted for the following reason: Seems like this could be presented in much better fashion with some actual context for what went down and how it's important. -- cortex
Was it ... The Casbah?
posted by An Infinity Of Monkeys at 2:48 PM on September 20, 2008
posted by An Infinity Of Monkeys at 2:48 PM on September 20, 2008
Metafilter is not "news headline filter".
posted by Class Goat at 2:50 PM on September 20, 2008
posted by Class Goat at 2:50 PM on September 20, 2008
CNNfilter? BBCfilter? Reutersfilter? CBSnewsfilter?
posted by longsleeves at 2:51 PM on September 20, 2008
posted by longsleeves at 2:51 PM on September 20, 2008
Something tells me the above four posters don't have any Pakistani friends. Or friends who visit Pakistan from abroad.
posted by SeizeTheDay at 2:53 PM on September 20, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by SeizeTheDay at 2:53 PM on September 20, 2008 [1 favorite]
I'm surprised you didn't mention that it was a Marriott hotel, the token familiarity necessary to grab the reader's attention.
posted by furtive at 2:55 PM on September 20, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by furtive at 2:55 PM on September 20, 2008 [1 favorite]
I was not making light of the tragedy, but I already have http://bbc.co.uk bookmarked.
posted by Optamystic at 2:56 PM on September 20, 2008
posted by Optamystic at 2:56 PM on September 20, 2008
I lived with a Pakistani family here in the US for two years. I still make dhal sometimes.
posted by longsleeves at 3:00 PM on September 20, 2008
posted by longsleeves at 3:00 PM on September 20, 2008
I wasn't sure if people would say I was advertising for Marriott, furtive... but you are absolutely correct. It was attacked because it's an American chain... some think they were actually aiming for the new president but were deterred by the security there (so they went for the nearest target, the Marriott).
I only posted this because this bombing is going to be the start/end of something politically... for the US and the west.
The suicide bombing yesterday of Islamabad's Marriott hotel, the city's most prominent American business, may increase tensions between the U.S. and Pakistan over how aggressively to combat terrorism.
The attack, which killed at least 50 and injured 250 near the capital's main government buildings, came hours after President Asif Ali Zardari pledged to resist violations of the country's sovereignty as the U.S. attempts to subdue Taliban and al-Qaeda militants along the border with Afghanistan...
``This attack will create more of a disconnect in terms of how the U.S. looks at terrorism in Pakistan and how Pakistan looks at it,'' said Hassan Abbas, a former security official and now a researcher on Pakistani politics at Harvard University, said by telephone.
``The U.S. will see terrorism in Pakistan getting stronger and they will think if Pakistan can't control it then they will take control of it. Pakistan will be thinking that U.S. involvement over the past years has led to this reaction,'' Abbas said.
posted by chuckdarwin at 3:02 PM on September 20, 2008
I only posted this because this bombing is going to be the start/end of something politically... for the US and the west.
The suicide bombing yesterday of Islamabad's Marriott hotel, the city's most prominent American business, may increase tensions between the U.S. and Pakistan over how aggressively to combat terrorism.
The attack, which killed at least 50 and injured 250 near the capital's main government buildings, came hours after President Asif Ali Zardari pledged to resist violations of the country's sovereignty as the U.S. attempts to subdue Taliban and al-Qaeda militants along the border with Afghanistan...
``This attack will create more of a disconnect in terms of how the U.S. looks at terrorism in Pakistan and how Pakistan looks at it,'' said Hassan Abbas, a former security official and now a researcher on Pakistani politics at Harvard University, said by telephone.
``The U.S. will see terrorism in Pakistan getting stronger and they will think if Pakistan can't control it then they will take control of it. Pakistan will be thinking that U.S. involvement over the past years has led to this reaction,'' Abbas said.
posted by chuckdarwin at 3:02 PM on September 20, 2008
Context is good.
posted by Optamystic at 3:06 PM on September 20, 2008
posted by Optamystic at 3:06 PM on September 20, 2008
I only posted this because this bombing is going to be the start/end of something politically... for the US and the west.
then you should back this up with something stronger than BBC, Bloomberg, and YouTube. it happened several hours ago, an eternity in internet/satellite TV time, so this is neither OMFGBREAKINGNEWSBREAKINGNOW nor news analysis.
posted by matteo at 3:08 PM on September 20, 2008
then you should back this up with something stronger than BBC, Bloomberg, and YouTube. it happened several hours ago, an eternity in internet/satellite TV time, so this is neither OMFGBREAKINGNEWSBREAKINGNOW nor news analysis.
posted by matteo at 3:08 PM on September 20, 2008
You don't say. How did I miss this?
posted by fourcheesemac at 3:09 PM on September 20, 2008
posted by fourcheesemac at 3:09 PM on September 20, 2008
I was not making light of the tragedy, but I already have http://bbc.co.uk bookmarked.
Like most sane folks, I expect... I would not have posted this if it wasn't going to become a big story. The body count isn't the story (although it's tragic); the political statement is.
posted by chuckdarwin at 3:09 PM on September 20, 2008
Like most sane folks, I expect... I would not have posted this if it wasn't going to become a big story. The body count isn't the story (although it's tragic); the political statement is.
posted by chuckdarwin at 3:09 PM on September 20, 2008
*shrug* Make your own post and ask cortex to nuke this one. In any event, this bombing is going to be one of the key turning points in this narrative (Islamic extremism vs The West).
posted by chuckdarwin at 3:15 PM on September 20, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by chuckdarwin at 3:15 PM on September 20, 2008 [1 favorite]
I'm not sure how it's different than any of the other bombings and assassinations in Pakistan.
posted by empath at 3:19 PM on September 20, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by empath at 3:19 PM on September 20, 2008 [1 favorite]
La difference:
US military advisors in dozens may soon be heading for Pakistan to train its army in counter insurgency and the specialised warfare course could begin in matter of weeks, according to a top US military commander.
"The US and Pakistan have cleared remaining obstacles, so the long delayed team may arrive in Islamabad within weeks", Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff was quoted by Los Angeles Times on his return from a key visit to Pakistan.
posted by chuckdarwin at 3:23 PM on September 20, 2008
US military advisors in dozens may soon be heading for Pakistan to train its army in counter insurgency and the specialised warfare course could begin in matter of weeks, according to a top US military commander.
"The US and Pakistan have cleared remaining obstacles, so the long delayed team may arrive in Islamabad within weeks", Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff was quoted by Los Angeles Times on his return from a key visit to Pakistan.
posted by chuckdarwin at 3:23 PM on September 20, 2008
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