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When a massive bomb took out the face of the Marriott Hotel Thursday morning in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, rocking the nearby US consulate and killing US diplomatic officer David Foy along with at least four others, the explosion could be heard from houses more than six miles away...
...bomb's impact could be felt as far away as the country's capital, 700 miles to the north, where security measures have been at an all time high in anticipation of US President George W. Bush-expected to arrive in Islamabad at 9:30 pm Friday...
...Once he saw Foy's diplomatic vehicle pass through the security barrier, the man jumped into his car and rammed it into the 4X4, detonating a bomb with a force strong enough to obliterate both vehicles, shatter every window of the 10-story hotel's western face and send nearby military jeeps flying 50 feet over concrete barriers. More than 50 people have been reported gravely injured and television footage shows clothing, limbs and debris from the blast tangled in telephone and electricity wires...
...nuclear attack. The thesis of the movie was something like a “nuclear attack might happen at any moment, so we should all be prepared.” At the same time, videos were made by various military agencies showing the structural impact of nuclear bomb blasts; these movies suggest that ducking and covering would not, in fact, have been a very effective technique.What lessons we might draw from clips like these is a question beyond the scope of this column, but it’s interesting to consider that, thanks to the collaborative efforts...
...Larijani: These are two separate issues. We are not looking for a nuclear bomb. We are looking for a peaceful nuclear program...