Searching for motives in the bombing that killed more than 50 in Islamabad
On Saturday, a truck bomb blew up the entrance to the Marriott hotel in Islamabad. At least 50 people were killed, 250 were injured. Though analysts suspect that that this attack was a warning to the new leadership of Pakistan to end its collaboration with the United States in targeting militants along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, South Asian and military affairs analyst Christine Fair sees things differently. Guest: Christine Fair, South Asian and military affairs analyst at RAND Corp.
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