An interesting fact about the Pearl Continental hotel that was just bombed and stormed by gunmen in Peshawar:
In Washington, two senior U.S. officials said the State Department had been in negotiations with the hotel’s owners to either purchase or sign a long-term lease to the facility to house a new American consulate in Peshawar. The officials said they were not aware of any sign that U.S. interest in the compound had played a role in its being targeted.
