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Suicide Bomber Kills 10 Recruits in Pakistan

Posted Dec 17, 07 8:49 AM CST in World 

(Newser) – A suicide bomber killed 10 army recruits today near a Pakistani military school in the first major attack since Pervez Musharraf lifted emergency rule Saturday, saying that the government had “broken the back” of insurgents in the northwest. The school in Kohat was attacked regularly until Musharraf declared martial law on Nov. 3, citing widespread violence and an unruly judiciary.

More than 400 people have been killed in suicide attacks in Pakistan over the last few months, reports Reuters, mostly in the mountainous northwest, which borders Afghanistan and is a haven for militant groups. Meanwhile protesters clashed with police again today as they continued to call for the release of judges deposed by Musharraf and held under house arrest.

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Chief of a Pakistan's largest Islamic party Jamat-e-Islami Qazi Hussain Ahmed, center, arrive at the city court to address the members of Islamabad Bar Association, Monday, Dec. 17, 2007 in Islamabad,...   (Associated Press)
An ambulance rushes towards the suicide bombing site in Kohat, Pakistan on Friday, July 20, 2007. A suicide attacker detonated a bomb at a mosque in an army cantonment in the Pakistani northwestern town,...   (Associated Press)
Map locates Kohat, Pakistan, where a bomb attack killed 10 on Dec. 17, 2007.   (Associated Press)
In this picture released by Pakistan Press Information Department, President Pervez Musharraf delivers his nationally televised address, Saturday, Dec. 15, 2007 in Islamabad, Pakistan. Musharraf said...   (Associated Press)
Pakistani police officers charge women protesters during a rally, Monday, Dec. 17, 2007 in Islamabad, Pakistan. Riot police used tear gas and swung batons to disperse about 300 demostrators marching toward...   (Associated Press)
Pakistani police officers charge women protestors during a rally, Monday, Dec. 17, 2007 in Islamabad, Pakistan. Riot police used tear gas and swung batons to disperse about 300 demostrators marching toward...   (Associated Press)
Chief of a Pakistan's largest Islamic party Jamat-e-Islami Qazi Hussain Ahmed, center, arrive at the city court to address the members of Islamabad Bar Association, Monday, Dec. 17, 2007 in Islamabad,...   (Associated Press)
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