maulvi omar, a spokesman for the pakistani taliban, said his group the tehrik-e-taliban had carried out the attacks, which he said were in response to military operations against militants in the bajaur region which began on 6 august 2008 and has cost the lives of perhaps hundreds of civilians and forced some 300,000 people to flee from their homes. he warned that if the pakistani government continues operations there, "we will continue such attacks". he further stated that the "wah factory is a killer factory where arms are being produced to kill our women and children."