This one files under the "sure hope it is a mistaken report" department:
Pakistani sources say that three truck bombs entered the capital
One hit the Marriott Hotel. They haven't found the other two yet.
Just to put this in perspective, the Marriott Hotel strike was roughly comparable to the Oklahoma City bombing in the U.S.A., but with far superior explosives composition.
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This probably isn't a primary source, but a compilation from other sources. Still, it does talk about the aluminum powder accelerant and suggests that if the same had been used at Oklahoma City, the blast would have been much worse. That is, the truck bomb at the Marriott was further away from the structure when it went off, having been kept away from the building by various barricades. The OKC bombing was so destructive because McVeigh was able to get the vehicle right up close to the building.
For others, who don't have LDG's world-wide directory of primary information sources, I used Google to search using the terms aluminum powder marriott. There are quite a few articles on the subject.
Thank you, mr.bill.
Yes, that link is a very good overview item.
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On to other items related to this story. Two reports have surfaced about possible arrests / pursuits of perpertrators.
RTT News claims a major arrest
ADN Kronos says a suspected mastermind identified
both reports surfaced on CT Blog Newslinks, but are single sourced at this point.
No reports on any second or third truck bomb have surfaced (yet?)
Bill Roggio once again does a superb job over at Long War Journal with background and current status on the 2 suspected leaders:
Neither are believed to be in custody now.
He does provide (unnamed) second sourcing from U.S. Intelligence sources that the two are the primary suspects, and why.
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