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Generational Dynamics Web Log for 4-Mar-2009
Cricketing world in shock after attack on Sri Lanka team in Pakistan

Web Log - March, 2009

Cricketing world in shock after attack on Sri Lanka team in Pakistan

Lashkar-e-Taiba is suspected in the brutal attack in Lahore, just three months after the sophisticated and horrendous three day, 60-hour assault on Mumbai that killed 150 people and wounded hundreds more.

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The attack on the Sri Lanka cricket team in Lahore on Tuesday is thought to be just as sophisticated. Twelve terrorists carrying rocket launchers and grenades targeted a team bus 500 yards from the Gaddafi stadium in Lahore, where Sri Lanka was due to face Pakistan yesterday in a well-publicized and greatly anticipated cricket match. The attack left two Sri Lankan players in need of hospital care.

The attack ended in a gunfight between the terrorists and the security forces guarding the Sri Lanka team, but incredibly, all twelve terrorists were able to escape on foot. All twelve are still at large.

While little known in the United States, cricket is one of the most popular games in the world. The attack has thrown the cricket world into chaos. Part of the 2011 World Cup was scheduled to be played in Pakistan, and that decision is now in doubt. Worldwide, cricketers are now in fear of being targeted.

The attack is incredibly humiliating to the people of Pakistan. Cricket teams from India and several other countries had refused to play in Pakistan because of the danger of a terrorist attack. Sri Lanka finally agreed, returning a favor from the past when Pakistan came to Sri Lanka to play, after other countries refused because of the Sri Lanka civil war.

Little more is known at this time about the attack.

It was just a week ago that a desperate Pakistan government capitulated to the Taliban in Swat Valley, agreeing to implement Sharia law in exchange for a hoped-for end to terrorist attacks. For some time, Pakistan has been considered by many to be the most dangerous country in the world, and Tuesday's attack only adds to that reputation.

(Comments: For reader comments, questions and discussion, as well as more frequent updates on this subject, see the Afghanistan, Pakistan and India thread of the Generational Dynamics forum.) (4-Mar-2009) Permanent Link
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