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Links To Marriott Bombing News
September 22, 2008
Here's a list of links from across the Web to news of the horrible loss of life at the Islamabad Marriott on Saturday ... (For information about hotel employees or guests staying at the Islamabad Marriott, call the Marriott Family Assistance Hotline at +1-866-211-4610 or +1-402-390-3265.)
Read Marriott International's official statement ...
In his blog, Bill Marriott calls the event a "senseless tragedy" ...
Investigators search for clues ...
The Pakistan government believes the bomber acted alone ...
Meanwhile, some experts suspect the Taliban is to blame ...
And U.S. intelligence officials are pointing to Al-Qaida ...
Surveillance video indicates that security succeeded in initially stopping the truck at the front gate, but that guards seemed confused about what to do next before the truck exploded ...
The blast killed the entire Marriott security staff ...
Government leaders were scheduled to dine at the hotel at the time of the bombing, but secretly moved the event to the prime minister's home ...
Pakistan offers US$220,000 reward for information leading to arrests ...
A Pakistan government official calls the bombing "Our 9/11" ...
The same hotel was targeted back in January, with less tragic results ...
Take a photographic tour of the property, pre-bombing ...
A former guest recalls the Islamabad Marriott as a real-life version of the fictional Rick's Café from the movie "Casablanca" ...
And another frequent guest calls the hotel an "oasis" of comfort and security for Westerners ...
Here's the hotel's TripAdvisor page, if you're curious ...
Posted by Adam Kirby on September 22, 2008 | Comments (4)
In response to: Links To Marriott Bombing News
bmorgens commented:
"The bomber acted along". Are these government officials tying to tell us that one man planned, loaded the truck by himself, armed the explosives?
In response to: Links To Marriott Bombing News
Ric Garrido commented:
Thank you for compiling so many links to news resources for interested readers. I recall being sleepless one night waiting for a 7am flight out of Singapore and turning on the TV to see news of the Kuta district bombing on Bali, Indonesia in 2002. There was such emotion and concern locally in Singapore and when I arrived back home to California the story was half a world away in depth and interest. A year later I went to Bali and the hotel industry workers and communities around the western hotel district were still economically reeling from the attack. These tragedies have long-lasting impacts on the local people of the region in terms of the loss of the workers who in many instances supported their extended family and the economic devastation of the community.
In response to: Links To Marriott Bombing News
Jenaque commented:
The news is tragic. Another proof of the unsolvable misery that is brought to the world by badly-planned war games of the USA. The links may be good. But the happy profile photo of the writer SMILING...??? is NOT suitable to this article.
In response to: Links To Marriott Bombing News
Adam Kirby commented:
Jenaque: Unfortunately, within the construct of my blog, my photo appears on every posting automatically. It's unavoidable. I realize it looks inappropriate in this context, but there's nothing I can do about it, so please forgive it.