White House condemns Peshawar attack
The White House strongly condemned a militant attack on the U.S.
consulate in the Pakistani city of Peshawar on Monday, Reuters
reported.
Pakistani Taliban militants claimed responsibility for the attack
in which militants using a car bomb and firing weapons attacked the
consulate. Eight people including three militants were killed but
no one in the U.S. mission was hurt.
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said the U.S. response was one
of "great concern."
"We strongly condemn the violence and the actions," Gibbs told
reporters when asked about the attack.
"And I would point out that ... extremists in Pakistan have
succeeded in killing Pakistanis, which I think hardens the view
that has led to gains that have been made over the course of the
year against extremism by native Pakistanis."
The violence underscored the danger posed by militants in
nuclear-armed U.S. ally Pakistan after a year of military
offensives which have dealt the Islamists significant
setbacks.*
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