Quote Originally Posted by Papewaio View Post
Attacking cricket might mean that this terrorist faction will have bitten off more then they can chew. I think they will have turned many against them in the process. Cricket is the national sport in Pakistan, right up there with field hockey. You don't win friends by slagging their sport, and you most certainly don't get recruits by attacking their favourite sport.
Exactly, it's interesting that the Pakistani authrorities (and the cricket world in general) seemed to think it was just about the only completely safe thing in Pakistan - although i'm sure the terrorists calculated the possible gain/loss potential