Pakistan: Ramifications of the Muharram Attacks

A suicide bomber's deadly attack on a crowded Karachi street was the third in a series of bombings designed to take advantage of heightened sectarian tensions during the month of Muharram. In this series of attacks, Islamist militants (the most-likely suspects) have demonstrated that they have a reach all the way to Karachi, but the timing and nature of the attacks have shown weaknesses in the militants' capabilities.