Car Bomb Kills 20 In Northwest Pakistan

Residents gather at the site of a bomb explosion in Peshawar, December 5, 2008.
(Ali Imam/Reuters)

From Yahoo News/Reuters:

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – A car bomb killed at least 20 people and wounded scores in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Friday, officials said.

The blast occurred near an assembly hall of minority Shi'ite Muslims in a crowded part of the city. One building collapsed in flames and several others were badly damaged and on fire.

"It shook the entire area like an earthquake," said resident Rahim Gul as he tried to remove rubble with his bare hands. "It was a huge and terrible explosion. As we reached here it was all burning. There was rubble all around."

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My Comment: Pakistan's civil war is now hitting it's cities.

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