Shh keep it quiet (update)

The BBC like every news agency did eventually give this story the coverage it deserved during the day although unlike most it has tried its best to play down the Islamic terrorist angle.

"There is no word on the identities or motives of the gunmen, who escaped. No arrests have been made so far.

However officials said the incident bore similarities to deadly attacks in Mumbai in India last November.

The Mumbai bombings were blamed on Pakistan-based Islamic militants."

What a curious choice of word, "blamed"; most odd.


Even the BBC's "Who carried out the Lahore attack?" page is oddly worded:

"The Indian authorities blamed that attack - and the Mumbai assault - on a Pakistan-based militant group, Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).

After some procrastination, the Pakistani authorities also endorsed the Indian claim in relation to the Mumbai attacks, saying at least nine men affiliated with LeT had sailed out from its southern port city, Karachi, to attack the Indian financial hub.

It has arrested several top LeT leaders in connection with that attack.

Could it be, then, that the LeT has turned back on Pakistan to even scores?

LeT is one of a number of militant groups that are believed to have been raised, trained and funded by the Pakistani security apparatus to fight Indian troops in the disputed region of Kashmir.

It is generally considered to be sympathetic to Pakistani security interests in the region - and analysts doubt that it would try to destabilise a Pakistani government unless it had been given a nod from within the security establishment. "

The BBC most peculiar?