{"id":2959,"date":"2009-05-27T09:54:12","date_gmt":"2009-05-27T13:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/?p=2959"},"modified":"2009-05-27T09:54:12","modified_gmt":"2009-05-27T13:54:12","slug":"bombing-in-lahore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2009\/05\/27\/bombing-in-lahore\/","title":{"rendered":"Bombing in Lahore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dawn.com\/wps\/wcm\/connect\/dawn-content-library\/dawn\/news\/pakistan\/metropolitan\/04-explosion-on-lahore-mall-road-qs-02\">More death and destruction in Pakistan<\/a>, today:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Gunmen detonated a car bomb near police and intelligence agency offices on Lahore\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Fatima Jinnah road Wednesday, killing 23 people and wounding more than 100, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>At least four men with rifles stepped out from the car and opened fire on the intelligence agency building, then set off a massive blast when security guards returned fire, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Interior Minister Rehman Malik suggested the attack could be retaliation for the government&#8217;s military offensive to rout Taliban militants from the northwestern Swat Valley.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s heartbreaking, what this country has gone through.\u00c2\u00a0 What it seems to be destined to go through.\u00c2\u00a0 Like any other people, most folks there just want to live their lives in a quiet peace.\u00c2\u00a0 And like any other people, there is a tiny segment of sociopaths that seem willing to use death and destruction to achieve their own narrow interests.\u00c2\u00a0 I really hope Pakistan can find a way to limit the damage they can do.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[youtube]http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OjaNQFChkCY[\/youtube]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More death and destruction in Pakistan, today: Gunmen detonated a car bomb near police and intelligence agency offices on Lahore\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Fatima Jinnah road Wednesday, killing 23 people and wounding more than 100, officials said. 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