Bombing the hand that feeds them
Published by Avi Green on Monday, October 05, 2009 at 9:21 AM.
In Pakistan, a suicide bomber blew himself up at - guess where? - a UN office. From ADN Kronos (Hat tip: Jihad Watch):
The really sad part here is that the UN is unlikely to learn any lesson from this, that no matter how appeasing they are of terrorists, it will not get them to respect them in any way.
Islamabad, 5 October (AKI) - By Syed Saleem Shahzad - At least four people died and five others were injured on Monday after a suicide attacker blew up his explosives at the offices of the United Nations World Food Programme in the Pakistani capital Islamabad.Why are they living there at all? What is so great about a country like that, unless these Americans they say are living there happen to be of Pakistani descent?
Those killed in the blast include two Pakistani women identified as Farzana Barkat, an office assistant and Gulrukh Tahir, a receptionist as well as Boton Ahmed Ali, an Iraqi national and information and communication technology officer.
Pakistani national Abid Rehman, a senior finance assistance was also killed in the blast. All are WFP staff members.
There was no claim of responsibility for the attack, which appears to be a warning to the government about an upcoming military operation in the lawless South Waziristan tribal area in northwest Pakistan.
The blast took place outside the heavily fortified WFP offices in a residential area of the city near the home of Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari.
The deputy Executive Director of WFP, Amir Abdulla, sent his condolences to the families of the victims, describing it as "a terrible tragedy for WFP, and for the whole humanitarian community in Pakistan."
"I wish to express my deepest condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of those dedicated WFP staff members who were killed or injured in this terrible attack," said WFP Executive Director, Josette Sheeran.
The neighbourhood has already been identified as a high-risk area after Pakistani interior minister Rahman Malik recently confirmed that it is home to almost all of the 200 Americans currently living in Islamabad.
The really sad part here is that the UN is unlikely to learn any lesson from this, that no matter how appeasing they are of terrorists, it will not get them to respect them in any way.
