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Pakistan Snubs US Offer to Probe Hotel Blast

By Kate Rockwood,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 21, 2008 8:29 PM CDT

(Newser) – Pakistan rejected Washington's offer today to probe a suicide bombing that killed 53 at a hotel in Islamabad, USA Today reports. “We do not need help,” a government advisor said. “We are competent. We reject it.” The US said FBI agents could track the terrorists who carried out yesterday's bombing, one of several recent terror strikes in Pakistan.

Pakistan army troops arrive to conduct a rescue operation at Saturday's truck bombing site at Marriott Hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008.
Pakistan army troops arrive to conduct a rescue operation at Saturday's truck bombing site at Marriott Hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008.   (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
Members of a Pakistani investigation team collect evidence from the site of Saturday's massive truck bombing at the Marriott hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008.
Members of a Pakistani investigation team collect evidence from the site of Saturday's massive truck bombing at the Marriott hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008.   (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
Members of a Pakistani investigation team collect evidences from the site of Saturday's massive truck bombing at the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008.
Members of a Pakistani investigation team collect evidences from the site of Saturday's massive truck bombing at the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008.   (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
Rescue workers are seen at Saturday's truck bombing site at Marriott Hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008.
Rescue workers are seen at Saturday's truck bombing site at Marriott Hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008.   (AP Photo)
Pakistan army troops arrive to conduct a rescue operation at the site of Saturday's massive truck bombing at Marriott hotel  in Islamabad, Pakistan Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008.
Pakistan army troops arrive to conduct a rescue operation at the site of Saturday's massive truck bombing at Marriott hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008.   (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
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