Islamic Terror Barbarism Again On Display

Al Qaeda and its many splinter groups continue targeting Muslims in its latest attacks in Pakistan and Iraq. First, there was a pair of bombings in Karachi, Pakistan. The first bomb blew up a bus carrying Shi'ite women and children for an Arbaeen procession. The second bomb targeting the hospital where the victims from the first blast were treated.

The first blast targeted a bus carrying worshippers, most of them women and children, killing 12 and wounding 49, officials said. The bomb was attached to a motorcycle and detonated as the bus drove to an Arbaeen procession, witnesses said. One witness said it may have been a suicide bombing, but that could not be confirmed.

The second bomb exploded outside the entrance to the emergency ward at Jinnah Hospital, which was packed with victims and relatives of those killed and wounded in the earlier attack. It was either hidden on a motorbike or in or close to an ambulance, a witness and a government official said.

Meanwhile, a bombing outside Baghdad killed Shi'ites attending Arbaeen commemorations:

A suicide attacker detonated a car bomb alongside a crowd of Shiite pilgrims walking to a holy city south of Baghdad, killing at least 27 people and wounding 70. It was the third deadly bombing this week against Shiites converging on the holy city of Karbala, where Imam Hussein was killed in battle in 632.