Pakistan official says 10 alleged militants killed (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Tue, 09/23/2008 - 1:07am

Pakistani policemen stand in front of a crater left by a powerful bomb blast that devestated the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad.<br /><br />Pakistani investigators have scrambled to track down an Islamabad-based Al-Qaeda cell believed to have carried out the attack, security officials have said.(AFP/Pedro Ugarte)AP - Pakistani security forces killed 10 more suspected insurgents as part of a major military offensive near the Afghan border that has spawned retaliatory attacks by the Pakistani Taliban.



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