Pakistan*~

MODEL/MEDIA LOG
Type of media: global news

Date/time spent: December 4, 2009
It was about: RAWALPINDI, Pakistan - Three suicide bombers fired on worshipers then blew themselves up at a mosque near Pakistan's military headquarters after Friday prayers, killing 40 people, including many army officials, police said. The mosque is frequented by military officials in the town of Rawalpindi, home to Pakistan's military establishment and only a 30-minute drive from the capital Islamabad. The brazen attack in what should be one of the most secure areas of Pakistan was the latest challenge by militants against the writ of the state. A local television station said people were executed in cold blood. Pakistan is fighting Taliban fighters blamed for bombings that have killed hundreds of people since an offensive was launched on their stronghold South Waziristan in October. The nuclear-armed country faces mounting U.S. pressure to root out Islamist militants operating along forbidding border areas to help in the war against the Taliban in Afghanistan. The violence will pressure President Asif Ali Zardari to do more to neutralise the threat from the stubborn Taliban insurgency. But he is an increasingly unpopular figure who has been at odds with the all-powerful military, which sets national security policy. "There is a possibility that some of them may still be hiding in the vicinity," said military spokesman Major General Athar Abbas. It was the second brazen assault on the area since October, when suspected Taliban gunmen wearing army uniforms attacked the army compound, killing three hostages and two army commandos.

What I found most interesting: what I found interesting is that I honestly don’t see why all these battles are going on. If everyone would put their big egos aside a lot of innocent lives would have been saved. In some of the other countries like Pakistan, even young kids are being trained to kill. Most of them were taken away from their parents. Why fight? Why war? In the end does it really solve anything? Fathers, Mothers, Children dying for no reason. Most of this started after 9/11, and ever since that day most of the wars going on because of that. Countless money been spent on weapons etc.