US behind madrassa bombing

Pakistan throws the US under the Taleban bus.

THE bombing of a Pakistani madrasah last month, in which 82 students were killed, was carried out by the United States, a Pakistani official has admitted, writes Christina Lamb....

“We thought it would be less damaging if we said we did it rather than the US,” said a key aide to President Pervez Musharraf. “But there was a lot of collateral damage and we’ve requested the Americans not to do it again.”

There really wasn't any doubt, but as the Pakistanis try to turn the pressure off themselves, they've put the target on the US pointing the tribes west across the border. As Afghanistan grows more out of control, this (to use Don Rumsfeld's favorite minimization) is decidedly not helpful.