Bombed Pakistan Hotel Was To Be Center Of US Spy Operation

The US was planning on buying the place to be the center of another one of those gargantuan embassies. Either the truck bomb in Peshawar was meant to lower the property value before the sale or it was a message to american spooks to stay the hell out.

"A massive truck bomb Tuesday struck the only luxury hotel in Peshawar, a volatile city in northwest Pakistan, killing at least 11 and injuring 70, with several foreign nationals among the victims.
The Pearl Continental Hotel has been a landmark in the capital of the North West Frontier Province, and it's frequented by foreigners on business and protected by tight security. Peshawar's elite also used the hotel as a meeting and dining place, and at least one provincial minister was among the injured.
McClatchy reported last month that the U.S. government was negotiating to buy the hotel, which would be used to accommodate the city's American consulate and house U.S. officials working in Peshawar. The talks were said to have been in their final stages."