
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
- Another horrific bomb attack targets Shias in Quetta, Pakistan
- Bombing targets the Hazara ethnic group in Quetta, Pakistan
- Federal Communications Commission warns of a zombie attack
- Administration moves to expand drone use within America
- Gun control opponents wonder about massive DHS ammunition buildup
- Hey Baby! Singapore wants you to have more kids
Another horrific bomb attack targets Shias in Quetta, Pakistan

Site of the vegetable market turned into a war zone in Quetta on Saturday (AFP)
A large water tanker, filled not with water but with 800 kg ofexplosives, exploded in a crowded vegetable market after it was placednear a pillar in a two-story building, causing the building tocollapse and killing at least 79 people, while injuring hundredsothers in Quetta, Pakistan. Many of the injured are in criticalcondition, and many others are still trapped beneath the collapsedbuilding. This is the second horrific bomb attack this year targetingShia Muslims in Quetta. The last one occurred on January 10, killingover 120. (See “13-Jan-13 World View — Shia families in Quetta Pakistan refuse to bury bombing victims”)
The al-Qaeda linked terror group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi has claimed creditfor both bombing in Quetta. As we’re written in the past,Lashkar-e-Jhangvi targets Shia and Sufi shrines in Pakistan andAfghanistan. In addition, it’s connected to Jundullah, a terroristgroup that has perpetrated major attacks on Shia mosques andRevolutionary Guard stations in southeastern Iran. The year 2012 wasthe bloodiest year ever for Shia Muslims targeted by Sunni Muslimterrorists, and already it seems that 2013 is going to be much worse.AFP
Bombing targets the Hazara ethnic group in Quetta, Pakistan
Although an absolute minority, the Hazaras are the third largestethnic group in Afghanistan, after the Pashtuns and Tajiks. Accordingto some reports, in 1998, the Taliban killed more than ten thousandsHazaras in Afghanistan’s northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif. Hazaras areShia Muslims who migrated to Pakistan from Afghanistan more than acentury ago. They’ve been the victims of discrimination and numerousatrocities, and mass killings in Pakistan have been on the increasesince 1999. After the January 10 bombings, furious Hazaras demandedthat Pakistan’s government in Islamabad provide protection to theHazaras, but no such protection has been provided.