When did we invade Pakistan?

Or US as whipping boy, part 3027.

A suicide bomber detonated in the middle of a Shiite religious festival today, killing at least 20:

The motive was not immediately clear, but there are frequent sectarian attacks in this Islamic country by extremist elements of the Sunni and minority Shiite sects.

Apparently, this is intra-Islamic fighting, but:

Shiite worshippers, weeping and moaning, beat their chests in grief. Some clashed with police after officers charged the crowd with their batons to clear the way for ambulances.

Many also chanted, "Down with America!"

Well, naturally.

And, though it has nothing to do with the story, the reporter sums up with:

Later Friday, radical Islamic groups planned rallies in Islamabad and other cities in Pakistan to protest the alleged desecration of the Quran by interrogators at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Sigh.