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Generational Dynamics Web Log for 26-Dec-2010
26-Dec-10 News -- Female suicide bomber kills 43 people in Pakistan

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26-Dec-10 News -- Female suicide bomber kills 43 people in Pakistan

North Korean soldiers give bizarre TV interview

Female suicide bomber kills 43 people in Pakistan

The Pakistani people are constantly being told that the Taliban terrorists have been defeated, and that terrorism is coming to an end, but there continue to be terrorist attacks almost every week, and sometimes several times a week.

Many of them are "small," in that "only" a few people are killed, but Saturday's terrorist attack in the tribal areas of northwest Pakistan was one of the worst and most dangerous in some time.

A female suicide bomber, wearning a burqa, approached a checkpoint where there were hundreds of people, many of whom had been homeless for months because of terrorism and floods, waiting to receive food from the World Food Program (WFP).

She threw grenades at police in order to get past the checkpoint, then she ran into the crowd of hundreds of people and exploded her suicide vest, according to The News (Pakistan). 43 people were killed, and a hundred more were injured.

The Pakistan Taliban militant group, Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), claimed responsibility for the attack, claiming that the target was people from the Salarzai tribe who, he alleged, had been siding with the government against Taliban terrorists.

Security analysts are saying that the use of a woman as a suicide bomber is a change of tactics that would turn into a dangerous trend if militants used more female bombers, according to Dawn. Over 250 suicide attacks have been carried out since 2006, but this is the first time a female suicide bomber has been used. Some militant groups have claimed to be training squads of female bombers.

The use of female suicide bombers complicates security arrangements because a burga can easily hide a bomb vest, and so it's impossible to differentiate between a bomber and an ordinary woman.

From the point of view of Generational Dynamics, Pakistan and India are headed for a genocidal ethnic and religious war, refighting the war between Muslims and Hindus that followed Partition, the 1947 partitioning of the Indian subcontinent into Pakistan and India. The increase in Taliban terrorist bombings in Pakistan appears to be part of the scenario leading to that war.

North Korean soldiers give bizarre TV interview

North Korea is still facing widespread international condemnation for killing four South Korean citizens by means of artillery shells directed at Yeonpyeong Island on November 23.

In an effort to justify the attack to the North Korean people, the soldiers who took part in the artillery attack took part in a bizarre, bellicose TV appearance on Saturday.

Here's an al-Jazeera video describing the North Korean tv show:

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As the two year anniversary of the Israeli war with Hamas in Gaza approaches, Hamas leaders are saying that they are willing to maintain the ceasefire agreement with Israel. However, they warned that they're prepared for a new war if Israel starts one. They also accused Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian Authority of forging a "devilish alliance" with Israel to target Palestinians in the West Bank. Jerusalem Post

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said that there would be no Israelis in a Palestinian state. He announced on Saturday that when a Palestinian state is established, "We won't agree to the presence of one Israeli in it." He was commenting on unconfirmed reports suggesting that Israeli West Bank security forces might be part of a a Palestinian government. Jerusalem Post

Relations between Israel and Turkey have been frozen since the incident last spring when Israeli forces confronted a naval flotilla attempting to break the Gaza blockade, resulting in the deaths of nine Turkish citizens. Several weeks ago there had been talk of a reconciliation agreement between Israel and Turkey, where Israel would apologize to Turkey and provide compensation for the famlies of the Turkish citizens who died. However, negotiations over the reconciliation agreement have stalled because of opposition by Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman and Defense Minister Ehud Barak, both of whom oppose an Israeli apology. Haaretz

Yemen is embarking on a major new initiative in its war on terror against Al-Qaeda on the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), headquartered in Yemen. The new initiative will receive support from the U.S., the U.K. and Saudi Arabia. CNN

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