Pakistani Taliban launch suicide attack on Iranian consulate in Peshawar

[mota bhai 2,675]

Two security guards have been killed and more than a dozen people wounded in a suicide bombing outside the Iranian consulate in Peshawar in northwest Pakistan, police have said.

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"It was a suicide blast. A man walked up to the checkpost outside the foreign mission after parking his car nearby. The man blew himself up when he was stopped by security men," a local police officer told Reuters news agency.

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A spokesman for Mast Gul, once acclaimed in Pakistan for his role fighting Indian rule in Kashmir, claimed to be behind the attack. Gul is linked to an armed group affiliated with the Pakistani Taliban, who are fighting to topple the government.

"We sent a suicide bomber to target the Iranian consulate and Iranians inside the building," the spokesman said.

"They unfortunately remained safe. We will continue to target Iranian installations and the Shia community everywhere," he added.

The attack on the Iranian consulate came as the government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif tries to engage the Taliban in peace talks.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2014/02/iran-consulate-targeted-pakistan-blast-2014224144632879369.html

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

More proof Muslims are not monolithic.

[mota bhai 2,675]

You think anyone needed proof that Shias and Sunnis are a thing?

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

You think anyone needed proof that Shias and Sunnis are a thing?

You hear it everyday, How Iran is behind this or that, but Persians don't even like Arabs. However, they hate the Jews more.

[GandD 5,966]

Nope, suicide bombings are isolated to occupying forces only. Nothing to do with religious affiliation.

[mota bhai 2,675]

Nope, suicide bombings are isolated to occupying forces only. Nothing to do with religious affiliation.

The Pakistani Taliban want to cleanse Pakistan of Shias. That's what's going on here. The Shia intellectuals in Pakistan provide the backbone for Pakistani-nationalism, something the Taliban finds anathema.

[GandD 5,966]

The Pakistani Taliban want to cleanse Pakistan of Shias. That's what's going on here. The Shia intellectuals in Pakistan provide the backbone for Pakistani-nationalism, something the Taliban finds anathema.

Nope, religion has nothing to do with suicide bombings. I've been told this.

But seriously, yes, this is another example of someone using religion to mobilize a fleet of humans that fear no death and are 100% dedicated. This is the dangerous side to religion, no fear of death.