Thursday, January 27, 2011

Pakistan's Very Own Hurt Locker


Pakistan’s Hurt Locker -- The Diplomat

Peshawar is a hotspot for suicide and IED attacks. Mustafa Qadri travels with the city’s bomb squad to find out how local police are coping.

In almost any other city in the world, last year would have sounded like a nightmare—25 bombings, including one at a marketplace in April that claimed more than two dozen lives. But this is Peshawar in Pakistan, and 2010 was a good year compared with 2009, when the city was hit by 154 incidents involving suicide bombers or improvised explosive devices (IEDs).

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My comment: The bravery of these men always amaze me.

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