US investigators to lead Peshawar blast probe
A Pakistani volunteer shows a number plate of the US embassy vehicle hit by a blast in Peshawar, Pakistan on Monday, Sept. 3, 2012. – AP
PESHAWAR: The US Federal Bureau of Investigation will lead the probe into a suicide car bomb attack on an American diplomatic car in Pakistan that killed two people, officials said Wednesday.
The FBI team will work alongside Pakistani investigators as they search for clues to who was behind Monday’s blast in the northwestern city of Peshawar, in which an attacker rammed his explosives-laden car into US consulate vehicle.
Two American and two Pakistani consulate employees were wounded in the bombing, the deadliest attack targeting Americans in the country in more than two years.
No group has yet claimed responsibility, but militants linked to the Taliban and al-Qaeda have targeted the consulate and its staff at least twice before since April 2010.
“An FBI team is leading the investigation of the Peshawar blast on behalf of the US government. We are closely coordinating with the Pakistan government,” a US official in Peshawar told AFP, confirming what US State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell told reporters in Washington on Tuesday.
FBI agents have arrived in Pakistan and will work with Pakistani counterparts to inspect the blast site and vehicles damaged in the explosion, diplomatic sources said.
US law required the FBI to investigate any attacks on US Government employees, regardless of where it is in the world. Us Pakistanis should stop with the conspiracy theories. Additionally, can we ever claim our police has investigated an incident and made its report public without any prejudice? Lets start with Liaquat Ali Khan’s assassination, and count the numerous “investigations” that sit in cold storages!
my dear bro the americans failed to catch the killer of JFK, how can they are better than us?!
If the terrorist wont seek Pakistani territory as hide out there wont be any drone attacks and if Pakistan will stop these terrorist (many of them foreigners ) from hiding in Pakistan for sure there wont be any drone attacks. So the job has to be done by some one.
How does ‘Lead’ translate into ‘Work alongside’?
There was no reason for the FBI agents to come to Pakistan to find out the culprits in the Peshawar attack, because they are the occupation forces in Afghanistan.
American FBI agents cannot compete with our police and intelligence service.Our team are expert in catching culprits using their third degree methods.
We need an expert advice and so FBI with their know how, they are quite welcome. More over they will quite unbiased.
As you sow, so shall you reap. More terrorist attacks, more drone attacks.
Even if drone strikes stop tomorrow – this will continue. These people want strict form of Sharia rule and their brand of Islam. Don’t blame others – look within and you will see why this is all happening.
As you sow, sow shell you reap! More Drone attacks. More Suicide attacks on Americans.
did it occur to you that the 2 dead were actually Pakistanis?
So there were no terrorists before Drone attack started
Yes according to the Indian logic. They were suppressing the uprising in golden temple.
“It is but a single step from the sublime to the ridiculous.”
Nope. They were all freedom fighters, taliban whatever you choose to name them. Since the mayhem they were causing was outside of Pakistan. These guys are terrorists.
Yes, there were, but not as many as there are now.