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al-Qaeda behind Danish embassy bombing: web posting
Summary from the United Kingdom, from articles in English
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The Danish Prime Minister has called a car bomb that killed at least six people and wounded 30 others outside the Danish embassy in Pakistan this morning, an "attack against Denmark". (article 1)
No Danish citizens were injured by the bomb when it exploded, Per Stig Moeller, the Danish foreign minister said, but one Pakistani employee at the embassy died at the scene. (article 1)
Denmark previously cautioned its citizens against unnecessary travel to Pakistan but the new recommendation involves all trips to the country, Moeller said. (article 1)
Pakistan's top Taleban warlord Baitullah Mehsud is in peace talks with the authorities in an attempt to end fighting in the country's north-west. (article 2)
Other militant factions - accused of being involved in similar attacks in the past - have also recently engaged in talks with the government and the number of bombings in the country has reduced since the induction of a new government in March. (article 2)
Some Danish embassies around the world have been threatened since a cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad was reprinted in Danish newspapers in February. (article 2)
The BBC's Barbara Plett in Islamabad says suspicion for the attack has fallen on al-Qaeda, as the network's number two Ayman al-Zawahri denounced the cartoons in a recent video. (article 2)
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Source articles
- Bomb blast outside Danish embassy in Pakistan (timesonline.co.uk, 06/02/2008, 498 words)
- Bomb hits Pakistan Danish embassy (BBC News, 06/02/2008, 391 words)
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