Pakistan suicide blasts kill 15 before Sharif return

[Lone_Star_Dem]

Source: Reuters

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Two suicide car bomb attacks killed at least 15 people on Saturday in the Pakistani garrison town of Rawalpindi, the military said.

The two blasts, on the eve of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's return from exile, heightened fears of insecurity as Pakistan heads towards a general election in early January amid political convulsions under emergency rule.

One car rammed a ministry of defense bus taking personnel to work at an intelligence service office, while another bomber blew up his car at a checkpoint outside army headquarters.

Islamist militants have waged a suicide bomb campaign since the army stormed the Red Mosque in the capital, Islamabad, to crush an armed radical movement.

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[CJCRANE]

1. Didn't he return

a few weeks ago only to be shuffled onto the next flight out? (This was just before Benazir Bhutto returned).

[Lone_Star_Dem]

2. Yes. In early September

He never left the airport if I recall correctly. He landed, was taken into custody by the police and placed on a flight out Pakistan all within a two hour span.

[ohio2007]

3. While the civilized sections of Pakistan form political ranks to battle each other

the suicide bombers attack those same civilized parts of the country to assume power with a divide and conquer approach
then step into the power vacuum ?
An Afghanistan on steroids with nuke supplements.