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Sun, Apr 4, 2004 at 10:20:13 am PDT

Gunmen Storm Karachi Police Post, Kill 5.

KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) - At least 10 gunmen stormed into a police station in the southern Pakistan city of Karachi on Sunday, killing five policemen and wounding one after demanding the officers recite Islamic verses, police said.

The attackers escaped by car after the dawn shoot-out about five km (three miles) from the international airport in Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city and the scene of frequent religious violence. Police said one of the gunmen may have died.

The assault, one of the boldest on Karachi’s police in recent years, comes as tension is running high following a deadly raid by thousands of Pakistani troops on 400 to 500 suspected al Qaeda and other Islamist fighters last month.

The wounded policeman, Hasan Jatoi, told Reuters the clean-shaven assailants shot several officers in the head at close range after bursting into the small police post.

The gunmen told the policemen to recite Kalma, Muslim holy verses traditionally spoken before death, and then opened fire, he said. They shouted they would not spare any policeman.

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pat Sun, Apr 4, 2004 8:26:36am

Must be the Mossad.

logger phd Sun, Apr 4, 2004 8:26:55am

Crazy, it's like something out of the Wild West.

But why do americans always have to play the posse?

Dar ul Harbarian Sun, Apr 4, 2004 8:27:53am

QUAGMIRE!!!

Poitiers-Lepanto Sun, Apr 4, 2004 8:31:34am

#2 LoggerPhD

"But why do americans always have to play the posse?"

Manifest Destiny.

Austin Sun, Apr 4, 2004 8:36:44am

Whadya expect? Their country just got invaded!!!

err, never mind...that was Iraq.

Patrick Sun, Apr 4, 2004 8:37:41am

May they rot in hell when caught and executed.

zulubaby Sun, Apr 4, 2004 8:39:12am

At least 10 gunmen stormed into a police station in the southern Pakistan city of Karachi on Sunday, killing five policemen and wounding one after demanding the officers recite Islamic verses, police said.

I think it's the arrogance of the Islamists that infuriates me even more than their serial-killing tendencies.

Jakemeister Sun, Apr 4, 2004 8:40:12am

I don't want to sound like an LLL, but the gunmen were cleanshaven, which suggests maybe they weren't Islamic.

Austin Sun, Apr 4, 2004 8:40:48am

zionists are clean shaven.

logger phd Sun, Apr 4, 2004 8:41:28am

#8 Jakemeister

Maybe their faces weren't the only parts that were clean-shaven.

"Martyrdom," anyone?

ushie Sun, Apr 4, 2004 8:41:43am

"...and the scene of frequent religious violence."

This line makes it seem as though it's equally likely Methodists run into pharmacies there and shout. "Taste the hot sweet lead of bullet-shaped death, worshippers of Ganesh!"

Austin Sun, Apr 4, 2004 8:43:17am

"religious violence" = islam vs anybody who happens to be in their way.

logger phd Sun, Apr 4, 2004 8:43:39am

#11 ushie

I hope not! I think Ganesh is the coolest Hindu god.

ördög Sun, Apr 4, 2004 8:44:28am

#8 Jakemeister

Forcing to recite Kalma suggests otherwise. Perhaps some sort of reverse disguise?

Charles Sun, Apr 4, 2004 8:47:29am

There are very few people in Karachi who are not Islamic. The shaving may have been in preparation for dying a martyr's death.

Frank IBC, Abdu-'l-Mumit Sun, Apr 4, 2004 8:53:39am

Nothing new here. Karachi has been a murderous shithole for a long time. Lots of conflicts betwen Sunni and Shi'ah, and between locals and Muhajirun migrants from India following the partition in 1947. As well as between Muhajurun who are anti-government against those who are agents of the government.

Police said one of the gunmen may have died.

And the police expressed sympathy for the gunman's long battle with cancer.

/sarcasm

Jakemeister -

Cleanshaven

As were all of the 19 9/11 terrorists.

Frank IBC, Abdu-'l-Mumit Sun, Apr 4, 2004 8:55:40am

Cleanshaven

Many have assumed that the reporter is referring to the FACES of the attackers.

freedomsound Sun, Apr 4, 2004 8:57:18am

Predictable results when you let the terrorists parade freely through the streets...

...shooting broke out after thousands of al-Sadr supporters gathered outside the Spanish garrison

ushie Sun, Apr 4, 2004 9:03:56am

Logger, Ganesh is my favorite, too. Although aren't they all incarnations of Brahma, Visnu, and Siva?

Me, I'm against all worshippers of Ningilin, diety of the mongoose! Mongeese worshippers, fear my wrath!

Frank IBC, Abdu-'l-Mumit Sun, Apr 4, 2004 9:07:26am

Cleanshaven

Sorry, I just have this vision of a Shahid locked in the restroom of a plane, shaving his body while singing I Will Survive and jiggling his hips accordingly.

freedomsound Sun, Apr 4, 2004 9:12:22am

Israel to take over the territories of Syria, Jordan, Iraq and Saudi Arabia. Woohoo!

US wants to isolate Pakistan: Hafiz Saeed

The Jamaat-al-Dawa head Hafiz Muhammad Saeed on Friday said the US was using Pakistan to accomplish Israel’s agenda in the region. Talking to newsmen here, he said to build greater Israel, the West and US wanted to destroy the Muslim world.
In the proposed expansion plan of Israel, he said, the areas of Syria, Jordan, Iraq and Saudi Arabian cities were also included and attack on Iraq was a bid to complete the agenda.

Jakester Sun, Apr 4, 2004 9:18:19am

Well, my comment about cleanshaven was to sharped you up to do battle with all the DUmmies from the DU!

Engineer Sun, Apr 4, 2004 9:21:40am

#21 freedomsound

Israel to take over the territories of Syria, Jordan, Iraq and Saudi Arabia. Woohoo!

Hey, let's start a web site selling those lands to Jews (no real sells). Wouldn't that drive them nuts?

freedomsound Sun, Apr 4, 2004 9:23:14am

The face of English jihad

"I believe I'm living in UK in the kingdom of God. I have no problem with the people. My problem is with man-made laws in the East and the West... I always say I would like to see the Islamic flag over 10 Downing Street. It's my dream over the whole world. But you can tell me: 'Sheikh Omar, you dreamer!' "

cba, madly getting ready for Seder Sun, Apr 4, 2004 9:25:05am

OT:
Just popping in quickly from our marathon cooking session to wish everyone who will be celebrating Pesach a happy, healthy, and safe Yom Tov and a wonderful Seder (or Seders, for those of us in the Diaspora).

freedomsound Sun, Apr 4, 2004 9:26:07am

#23 Engineer

Great idea! We could print up deeds written in Hebrew and Arabic and signed by the Islamic authorities in the different areas.

Jakester Sun, Apr 4, 2004 9:27:36am

to #21 freedomsound
go to the Hi Pakistan immigration page and look at the countries they give info for: US, UK, Canada, Australia. Notice, no wonderful Islamic countries listed.

Alon Sun, Apr 4, 2004 9:28:42am

DAMN THOSE BLOODY BUDDHISTS!

FreakyBoy Sun, Apr 4, 2004 9:37:36am

In a related story several time zones away, an understandably distraught husband expands the definition of islamic peace and tolerance:

Religion of Wife Scalping

Maximum jail time: 3 year.

freedomsound Sun, Apr 4, 2004 9:38:33am

#27 Jakester

Damn, but they are eager to expand dar Islam, huh.

Camel Prophet Sun, Apr 4, 2004 9:42:32am

The MQM - Sindh province's largest political party blames the attack on Jamaat-i-Islami, the [bigoted word]s whose American front leader - Muzammil Siddiqi - dictated "islam is peace" for GWB's slavish recitation on September 16, 2001 (a day of infamy):

[Link: www.mqm.com...]

On September 11, 2001, Pakistan had no foreign currency reserves; now that terror state has over $6 billion thanks to the "faith based" regime of GWB.

All but the brain-dead would believe that support for Seculars in islamania would serve American security interests. Yet, while wasting billions of American tax dollars to create conditions where Islamofascists can two-track into "political islam" and "jihad islam," 3 years of GWB has slaughtered all but a handful of Seculars in islamania. Malaysia's recent election degenerated into a contest between 2 depraved Islamofascist parties, both of which promote hate against America. In Pakistan, Musharaf's party - Pakistan Muslim League (Qaid e Azam) - runs Balochistan Province, with the Islamofascist' Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal, and PML-Q members join the MMA in "Death to America" chants in the provincial assembly. In the name of ersatz democracy, GWB policies are legitimating Islamofascism.

Punjabis form half of Pakistan's population and they are proponents of nuclear-jihad. Punjabis are effectively occupying the other ethnic based provinces, with the silent consent of GWB. At US taxpayer expense a Punjab Super State, loaded with Saudi financed ICBMs and based on aggressive-jihadism, is being created.

[Link: www.freesindh.org...]
[Link: www.balochvoice.com...]
[Link: balawaristan.net...]
[Link: www.infoplease.com...]

While India's muslim population has increased from 9-13% since Partition in 1947, Pakistan's Hindu population has decreased from 18% to ~1%. It is GWB policy to both facilitate Punjab ethnic cleansing in Pakistan, and encourage "faith based" obliteration of Secularism.

BUSH-POWELL'S "FAITH-BASED" SUBSIDY OF "POLITICAL ISLAM" IS TURNING US TAXPAYERS INTO PROPS FOR AMERICA'S MORTAL ENEMIES. "STAY THE COURSE?"

These [bigoted word]s are a heart beat away from controlling Pakistan's nuclear-jihad weapons:

[Link: jamaat.org...]

its jake Sun, Apr 4, 2004 10:12:28am

Two and a half years we've been in Afghanistan, and those terrorists are still stupid enough to freely give away their locations.

Frank IBC, Abdu-'l-Mumit Sun, Apr 4, 2004 10:15:32am

I'm still baffled as to why all the high-tech jobs are going to Bangalore and not Karachi.

/sarcasm

Julia the Horrible Sun, Apr 4, 2004 1:21:19pm

cba: cooking-your-way-to-heaven -

I hope you have a wonderful Pesach with your family.

Keep freedom alive.