Human Flower Project
Death and Independence in Pakistan
October has been a harrowing month in Pakistan. Suicide bombings in northwest Pakistan alone have killed 150 people in the past two weeks.
Today a housing complex for government employees was bombed.
Maj Gen. Athar Abbas, Pakistan military spokesman, told the Washington Post that the offensive must maintain its independence from American interests. “‘We told the Americans, stay away. Let us do it.’ To demonstrate that independence, the Pakistanis asked the United States to halt its highly effective Predator drone attacks over South Waziristan.’ ‘Public support is more important,’ explains one military official.”
A Pakistani Sikh placed a floral tribue in Lahore, Oct. 14
honoring one of the soldiers killed in an attack on army
headquarters in Rawalpindi.
Photo: Getty