The New York Times
Mon, April 05, 2010 -- 6:56 AM ET
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Militants Take Aim at U.S. Consulate in Pakistan
Militants mounted an assault against the United States
Consulate in Peshawar on Monday, using a powerful bomb and
rocket launchers in a multi-pronged attack, said a senior
Pakistani intelligence officer.
There were no casualties inside the consulate, the officer
said, several guards outside were killed. Pakistani media
reported that another eight were injured. A spokesman for the
American Embassy in Islamabad, the capital, confirmed the
attack.
A short time before the blasts in Peshawar, a bomb exploded
in Dir Province, killing at least 25 people, according to the
provincial information minister, Iftikhar Hussein.
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