Islamist attack Chicom facility in Pakistan

The Times:
Militants try to storm Chinese consulate in Pakistan

Militant gunmen attempted to storm the Chinese consulate in Karachi this morning, sparking a furious battle with police and threatening a new wave of terrorist attacks targeting Beijing’s growing presence in Pakistan.

The terrorists hurled grenades at a checkpoint outside the consulate, which lies in an affluent neighbourhood of Pakistan’s biggest city. Security forces held off the attack after a gun battle, which left two policemen and the three militants dead.
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It is not clear whether China's crackdown on Islam had anything to do with the radical Islamists attack.  At their heart, radical Islamists are religious bigots who are intolerant of those who reject Islam.  Pakistan is infested with several different strains of radical Islam.

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