The Religion Of Peace(tm) is alive and well in Pakistan these days.
From the New York Times:
More Than 100 Dead in Pakistan Blasts
Two bombs exploded Thursday night just seconds apart and feet from a truck carrying the returning opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, narrowly missing her but killing scores of people and bloodying a triumphal homecoming after eight years in exile.
Various reports said up to 126 were killed and some 150 were wounded, including civilians and party workers. In the initial chaos, however, the Interior Ministry could only confirm 70 deaths.
Ms. Bhutto, who had spent eight hours on the roof of the truck waving to supporters, had climbed inside the armored vehicle 10 minutes before the blast occurred just before midnight, said Rehman Malik, Ms. Bhutto's security adviser and close associate.
She was immediately taken to Bilawal House, her home in Karachi, ending her parade through the city to the tomb of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan.
Ms. Bhutto's arrival here around 2 p.m. local time on Thursday had drawn huge crowds, perhaps 200,000 or more, who danced on the tops of buses and surged forward as she inched her way through her home city.
The strong outpouring provided an emotional homecoming for Ms. Bhutto and political vindication of sorts for a woman twice turned out of office as prime minister, after being accused corruption and mismanagement.
It also demonstrated that Ms. Bhutto remained a decisive political force in Pakistan, even after her long absence, and marked what supporters and opponents alike agreed was a new political chapter for the nation.
And a bit of backstory on why Ms. Bhutto is returning just now:
The opposition leader's return was made possible after months of back-channel negotiations with Pakistan's president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, over a way for the two leaders to share power as Pakistan makes a transition from a military government.
Earlier this month, Ms. Bhutto's party did not join other opposition parties in boycotting presidential elections by the national and provincial assemblies. The move allowed General Musharraf to successfully engineer his re-election, though he still faces legal challenges in the Supreme Court over his eligibility.
For his part, General Musharraf issued an amnesty for Ms. Bhutto and others accused of corruption in recent years, and he agreed to resign his post as Chief of the Army Staff and serve his next term as a civilian.
The left likes to think that our 'aggression' in the Middle East is what is driving the terrorist attacks toward us. What they fail to see is that the Islamists are attacking every non-Muslim populations, this is going on worldwide and flying under the MSM radar.
Check out The Religion of Peace website for a list of the last two months of activity. Scroll down and keep scrolling and scrolling and scrolling. Over 450 separate incidents before I stopped counting -- in just two months...
