A TV presenter prepares for a live broadcast from the scene of a bombing
in Islamabad, Pakistan on September 20, 2008.
A truck filled with explosives detonated in front of the Marriott Hotel killing at least 54 and injuring hundreds of people,mostly Pakistanis. The bombing occurred hours after President Asif Ali Zardari first speech to parliament. The Pakistani government is a major partner in the US War on Terror and is facing major internal strife with a failing economy, a nationalist insurgency,deteriorating relations with India as well as Taliban and Al Qaeda operating within the country's tribal regions. Both of which organisations have been suspected of carrying out the attack.