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Pakistan Suicide Blast Kills 11 at Mosque Memorial

Matt Cantor — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 03:37:00 CDT

A suicide bombing near Pakistan’s Red Mosque killed at least 11 and wounded more than 22, most of them police officers, the New York Times reports. Thousands were nearby yesterday to observe the anniversary of a showdown between militants and security forces which killed more than 100 people last year....

24 Killed in Pakistan Blasts

Katherine Thompson — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 04:57:25 CDT

A government-owned bus exploded early this morning in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, killing everyone on board, reports the Washington Post. While emergency crews were responding to the scene, a second bomb tore through a market area in the military city near the capital of Islamabad. The death toll currently stands at 24,...

No Terrorists at the Top of the Pops

Heather McPherson — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:41:09 CDT

A certain Pakistani pop song would be piffle if it were a love song, but it's not: it's an anti-terrorist ballad, an emblem of a “society-wide identity crisis,” and as such it has meaning, writes Salon ’s Andrew Leonard. Eight pop idols recorded the “We Are the World”-style ballad, and...

Red Mosque Inspires Clone

Heather McPherson — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 08:46:00 CDT

The Red Mosque has become a franchise: pro-Taliban militants have occupied a different shrine in northwestern Pakistan and renamed it after the Islamabad mosque where 102 people died after a protracted siege. The fighters also promise to build a girls' seminary to replace the one that was destroyed by Pakistani...

13 Dead in Red Mosque Blast

Sam Gale Rosen — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:57:37 CDT

Thirteen people were killed today by a bomb that rocked a hotel near the Pakistan's Red Mosque after Islamist students occupied the shrine—again—demanding the release of the mosque's pro-Taliban cleric. Workers had just finished repainting the mosque, in the wake of the bloody siege that ended in more...

Musharraf Faces Bumpy Road to Re-Election

Wesley Oliver — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 17:24:32 CDT

Pervez Musharraf is facing yet another hurdle: Benazir Bhutto says she will return to Pakistan to challenge his plans for another presidential term. The exiled ex-PM tells the Sunday Times she is considering abandoning talks with the increasingly unpopular Musharraf, embarrassed last week after the country's Supreme Court reinstated the...

Death Toll in Red Mosque Siege Tops 80

Dustin Lushing — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:13:50 CDT

Soldiers completed the takeover of the Red Mosque early today, removing the final militants who had occupied the Islamabad compound during an 8-day siege. At least 80 were killed and 33 wounded in the past week, including 50 radicals and 10 soldiers in the climactic 35-hour final assault. "Now it's...

Mosque Siege Ends; Cleric Dead

NewsDude — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 09:22:00 CDT

Pakistani army troops stormed Islamabad's Red Mosque early today, ending the siege that had dragged on for over a week and killing at least 50 militants and their leader, the highest-ranking cleric still within the compound. The interior ministry told the Times of London that Abdul Rashid Ghazi was attempting...

Radicals Kill Pakistani Colonel

Sam Biddle — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 11:00:14 CDT

A Pakistani colonel leading an attempt to breach the walls of a mosque where Islamic students are holed up has been shot and killed, the BBC reports. Since last Tuesday, when the standoff began, 20 people are believed to have died. Pakistan's President Musharraf has said the Islamic fighters "will...