Monday, September 22, 2008

Pakistan Leadership was Suppose to Dine at the Marriott

Whoever knew about the dinner between Pakistan's leadership scheduled to take place at the Marriott might be a mole for the taliban.BBC


Pakistan's top leaders were to have been in the Islamabad Marriott hotel when it was bombed - but changed venue at the last minute, officials say.

Interior ministry head Rehman Malik said the president, prime minister and military chiefs should have been there.[...]

A suicide bomb devastated the Marriot on Saturday, killing at least 53 people and wounding more than 266.

The Czech ambassador to Pakistan was also killed in the blast, it was confirmed on Sunday.
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President Asif Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani were planning to dine at the Marriott, Mr Malik said, before a late change of plan.

"The national assembly speaker had arranged a dinner for the entire leadership - for the president, prime minister and armed services chiefs - at the Marriott that day," Mr Malik told reporters.

"The president and the prime minister changed the venue to the prime minister's house. The function was not held at the Marriott, thus the whole leadership was saved."

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