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13 Dead in Red Mosque Blast

Islamist students occupy Islamabad mosque -- again

By Sam Gale Rosen,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 27, 2007 8:57 AM CDT
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(Newser) – 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 than 100 deaths, the BBC reports.

Protesters threw stones at police, painted "Red Mosque" on the mosque's dome, and raised a black flag symbolizing jihad. They prevented a different, government-appointed cleric from leading prayers. "I was never interested in taking up this job and after today I will never do it," grumbled the cleric as he was escorted from the building.

Pakistani religious students and protesters throw rocks at police outside the Red Mosque or Lal Masjid in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, July 27, 2007. Hundreds of religious students occupied Islamabad's Red Mosque on Friday, raising a black flag and demanding the return of its pro-Taliban cleric, two weeks after a bloody...
Pakistani religious students and protesters throw rocks at police outside the Red Mosque or Lal Masjid in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, July 27, 2007. Hundreds of religious students occupied Islamabad's...   (Associated Press)
Religious students wave a black flag after taking over the Red Mosque or Lal Masjid in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, July 27, 2007. Hundreds of religious students occupied Islamabad's Red Mosque on Friday, raising a black flag and demanding the return of its pro-Taliban cleric, two weeks after a bloody army...
Religious students wave a black flag after taking over the Red Mosque or Lal Masjid in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, July 27, 2007. Hundreds of religious students occupied Islamabad's Red Mosque on Friday,...   (Associated Press)
An injured police officer stands as rescue workers search for bodies at the site of a bomb explosion in Islamabad, Pakistan on Friday, July 27, 2007. A large explosion went off in a hotel near Islamabad's Red Mosque on Friday, killing at least four people and injuring 30 others, police...
An injured police officer stands as rescue workers search for bodies at the site of a bomb explosion in Islamabad, Pakistan on Friday, July 27, 2007. A large explosion went off in a hotel near Islamabad's...   (Associated Press)
A man write on the Lal Masjid or Red Mosque after painting the mosque red in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, July 27, 2007. Hundreds of religious students occupied Islamabad's Red Mosque on Friday, raising a black flag and demanding the return of its pro-Taliban cleric, two weeks after a bloody army...
A man write on the Lal Masjid or Red Mosque after painting the mosque red in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, July 27, 2007. Hundreds of religious students occupied Islamabad's Red Mosque on Friday, raising...   (Associated Press)
Protesters demand the return of cleric Abdul Aziz to lead prayers in the Red Mosque or Lal Masjid in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, July 27, 2007. Hundreds of religious students occupied Islamabad's Red Mosque on Friday, raising a black flag and demanding the return of its pro-Taliban cleric, two weeks after...
Protesters demand the return of cleric Abdul Aziz to lead prayers in the Red Mosque or Lal Masjid in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, July 27, 2007. Hundreds of religious students occupied Islamabad's Red...   (Associated Press)
Pakistani religious students stand outside the Red Mosque or Lal Masjid which is partially painted red by religious students in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, July 27, 2007. Hundreds of religious students occupied Islamabad's Red Mosque on Friday, raising a black flag and demanding the return of its pro-Taliban cleric, two weeks...
Pakistani religious students stand outside the Red Mosque or Lal Masjid which is partially painted red by religious students in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, July 27, 2007. Hundreds of religious students...   (Associated Press)
An unidentified religious student shows the remains of rocket grenades he found from the rubble of the Jamia Hafsa seminary allegedly used by government forces during their operation against religious militants, adjacent to the Red Mosque or Lal Masjid in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, July 27, 2007. Hundreds of religious students...
An unidentified religious student shows the remains of rocket grenades he found from the rubble of the Jamia Hafsa seminary allegedly used by government forces during their operation against religious...   (Associated Press)
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