Thursday, January 14, 2010

Mayhem in Pakistan

NYT:
The number of Pakistani civilians killed in militant attacks rose by a third in 2009 over the previous year, according to a new research report....Militants carried out 87 suicide attacks in 2009, up from 63 the previous year,.... The bombings, which tend to inflict harm over a wide area, also helped account for a 60 percent rise in injuries, to 7,334.