A suicide bomber driving a truck bomb completely destroyed a police station, killing three policemen and a soldier, Wednesday, May 25 in Peshawar, Pakistan, the Taliban allied with al-Qaida claiming their fourth attack to avenge the death of Osama bin Laden. At least twenty-three people were injured, and rescuers were trying to locate four to five other victims in the rubble.
The Taliban vowed on the day of death of the leader of al-Qaida there are more than three weeks, to intensify their bombing campaign, which has already claimed nearly 4,400 dead in less than four years in this countries allied with Washington in its "war against terrorism." They had promised to address in particular the security forces, accusing Islamabad and his army of complicity in the deadly U.S.
raid on Bin Laden May 2 in the north. At dawn, "a suicide bomber rushed his car packed with explosives against the police department of criminal police in the military district" in Peshawar, North West, said a police officer, ensuring that 'three-story building was completely destroyed.
"Three policemen and one soldier were killed," said police chief of Peshawar, the capital of the province of Pakhtunkhwa-Khyber, near the tribal stronghold of Taliban and Al Qaeda. Police also cited 23 wounded, at least nine policemen being. According to these sources, the car bomb, a van, contained between 250 and 300 kg of explosives and pieces of carcasses were thrown up to 300 meters.
The early morning report says relatively light for an attack as devastating. "At this hour, there are usually ten to fifteen people in my office," said a police officer. The U.S. consulate is located a few hundred yards from the police, in the heart of this army cantonment, an area inhabited by the officers and their families, supposed to be under high security.
The Taliban Movement of Pakistan (TTP), allied to Al Qaeda, claimed the attack less than three hours later. "We will accelerate the pace of such attacks to avenge the death of Osama bin Laden," he told the by telephone from an undisclosed location, Ehsanullah Ehsan, the spokesman for the TTP.
"These attacks will continue until the cessation of U.S. drone attacks and army operations in tribal areas" of Pakistan, he also ensured. The TTP had sworn to avenge the death of bin Laden intensifying its campaign of attacks extremely deadly since the summer of 2007 when, in unison with bin Laden himself, he had declared jihad on Islamabad for its support in Washington its "war against terrorism" since late 2001.
On the night of Sunday to Monday, four to six suicide bombers had killed ten of the TTP and destroyed two military planes in an attack on an army air base in Karachi, Pakistan's commercial capital, in the South. Bin Laden to avenge, TTP had also claimed a double suicide bombing on May 13 before a training center for police Shabqadar (North West), who had 98 deaths, mostly police cadets.
Then on Friday, the Taliban detonated a bomb at passing cars to diplomats from the U.S. consulate in Peshawar, killing a bystander and wounding two Americans slightly. Again in retaliation for the removal of the head of al-Qaida. 
The Taliban vowed on the day of death of the leader of al-Qaida there are more than three weeks, to intensify their bombing campaign, which has already claimed nearly 4,400 dead in less than four years in this countries allied with Washington in its "war against terrorism." They had promised to address in particular the security forces, accusing Islamabad and his army of complicity in the deadly U.S.
raid on Bin Laden May 2 in the north. At dawn, "a suicide bomber rushed his car packed with explosives against the police department of criminal police in the military district" in Peshawar, North West, said a police officer, ensuring that 'three-story building was completely destroyed.
"Three policemen and one soldier were killed," said police chief of Peshawar, the capital of the province of Pakhtunkhwa-Khyber, near the tribal stronghold of Taliban and Al Qaeda. Police also cited 23 wounded, at least nine policemen being. According to these sources, the car bomb, a van, contained between 250 and 300 kg of explosives and pieces of carcasses were thrown up to 300 meters.
The early morning report says relatively light for an attack as devastating. "At this hour, there are usually ten to fifteen people in my office," said a police officer. The U.S. consulate is located a few hundred yards from the police, in the heart of this army cantonment, an area inhabited by the officers and their families, supposed to be under high security.
The Taliban Movement of Pakistan (TTP), allied to Al Qaeda, claimed the attack less than three hours later. "We will accelerate the pace of such attacks to avenge the death of Osama bin Laden," he told the by telephone from an undisclosed location, Ehsanullah Ehsan, the spokesman for the TTP.
"These attacks will continue until the cessation of U.S. drone attacks and army operations in tribal areas" of Pakistan, he also ensured. The TTP had sworn to avenge the death of bin Laden intensifying its campaign of attacks extremely deadly since the summer of 2007 when, in unison with bin Laden himself, he had declared jihad on Islamabad for its support in Washington its "war against terrorism" since late 2001.
On the night of Sunday to Monday, four to six suicide bombers had killed ten of the TTP and destroyed two military planes in an attack on an army air base in Karachi, Pakistan's commercial capital, in the South. Bin Laden to avenge, TTP had also claimed a double suicide bombing on May 13 before a training center for police Shabqadar (North West), who had 98 deaths, mostly police cadets.
Then on Friday, the Taliban detonated a bomb at passing cars to diplomats from the U.S. consulate in Peshawar, killing a bystander and wounding two Americans slightly. Again in retaliation for the removal of the head of al-Qaida.
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