Posted on 06/23/2013 2:52:01 AM PDT by deks
Gunmen have killed 10 people, including nine foreign tourists after storming a hotel in far northern Pakistan.
Officials say five are from Ukraine, one from Russia and three from China. A Pakistani guide also died in the attack.
It happened at the base camp of Nanga Parbat, the world's ninth highest mountain, in Gilgit-Baltistan.
It is the first such attack on tourists in the region. The Pakistani Taliban has told the BBC it was responsible.
A spokesman for Tehrik-e-Taliban said the attack was in retaliation for the killing of its second-in-command, Waliur Rehman, who died in a suspected US drone strike in May.
Part of the Himalayan Range, Nanga Parbat, standing at 8,126m (26,660ft), is popular with trekkers and mountaineers, especially during June and July.
The assault is seen as a significant blow for Pakistan's already struggling tourist industry...
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
I guess it’s time to give the Islamic Republic of Pakistan another multi-million dollar money and arms gift package from U.S. taxpayers so that it can “fight terrorism”. /sarc.
I guess all the hotel rooms in Bangladesh were already sold out.
Some folks are in bad need of a course in situational awareness.
Especially Obama who believes that there are 57 states in the U.S. and that Hawaii is in Asia.
Tourists in Pakistan? Trying to retrace Obama’s root? Dumb..Darwin award, so stupidly sad.
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