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Archive for September 21st, 2008

PAKISTAN: Al-Qaeda seen behind Pakistan carnage

Posted by warvictims on September 21, 2008

by AFP

ISLAMABAD (AFP) — Rescue teams hunted for survivors Sunday in the ruins of Islamabad’s Marriott Hotel, where a massive truck bomb killed at least 60 people in what officials said looked like the work of Al-Qaeda.

Around 200 more were wounded in the suicide attack Saturday night in the heart of the capital, which came just hours after Pakistan’s new president gave his inaugural address to parliament and vowed to stamp out terrorism. Read the rest of this entry »

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