Pakistan suicide bomber kills six

A suspected suicide bomber has killed six people outside Pakistan's main air force maintenance facility.

Police said the attack took place near the Kamra aeronautical complex, 60km (35 miles) from the capital, Islamabad.

The bomber blew himself up when he was stopped at a checkpoint outside the complex. Among the dead were two security officials.

The attack comes as the Pakistani army continues its drive against Taliban bases in South Waziristan.

A wave of attacks on Pakistani cities has killed nearly 185 people during the month of October alone.

"It was a suicide attack, which killed six people, including four civilians and two Pakistan air force personnel," news agency AFP quoted district police chief Fakhar Sultan as saying.

"We have found a mutilated face, as well as other body parts, including legs and arms of the bomber," he said.

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“Taliban strike near nuclear facility in Pakistan’s Punjab”
By BILL ROGGIO
October 22, 2009 10:45 PM

SNIPPET: “A Taliban suicide bomber has killed seven people near a nuclear weapons complex in Pakistan’s Punjab province.

The suicide bomber detonated outside a security checkpoint near the Kamra Air Weapon Complex in the district of Attock, Geo News reported. Three security personnel and four civilians were killed in the blast, and 12 more were wounded.

The attack is the latest in a string of suicide strikes and military assaults by the Taliban against Pakistan’s security forces, the government, and civilians. Today the Taliban assassinated a senior general and his driver near the general’s home in Islamabad. Yesterday the Taliban conducted a dual suicide attack at Islamic International University in Islamabad. The Taliban have announced they are at war with the state so long as South Waziristan remains under military siege.

The Kamra Air Weapon Complex is one of three military industrial production facilities in the Wah Cantt, according to Global Security. The Pakistani Ordnance Factories, a collection of 14 factories that produce arms and ammunition for the Pakistani armed forces, and Heavy Industries Taxila are also contained within the Wah Cantt. More than 40,000 Pakistanis are employed at the factories.

Kamra is believed to be connected with Pakistan’s nuclear weapons program. The Pakistani Ordnance Factories are believed to store nuclear weapons at a “screwdriver level” - meaning the components are stored disassembled and can be assembled within hours of needed use.”

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