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al-Qaeda behind Danish embassy bombing: web posting
Summary from Canada, from articles in English
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A web posting late Wednesday purportedly by al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for the suicide attack against Denmark's embassy in Pakistan that left six people dead. (article 1)
The statement said Monday's bombing in Islamabad was carried out to fulfill the promise of terror mastermind Osama bin Laden to exact revenge over the reprinting in Danish papers of a cartoon of Islam's Prophet Muhammad. (article 1)
The statement was signed by an al-Qaeda commander in Afghanistan, Mustafa Abul-Yazid, and dated Tuesday, but its authenticity couldn't immediately be verified. (article 1)
Many suicide bombings in Pakistan are believed to have been planned in its semiautonomous tribal regions along the Afghan border, where al-Qaeda and Taliban militants have found sanctuary and which are the focus of peace efforts. (article 1)
(Anjum Naveed/Associated Press) At least six people died and dozens of others were injured following a massive explosion near the Danish Embassy in Islamabad that officials suspect was caused by a car bomb. (article 2)
Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller said the blast in Pakistan's capital killed one embassy worker and a male custodian, and injured three other people. (article 2)
The embassy is there to have a co-operation between the Pakistani population and Denmark, and that means they are destroying that Moeller said. (article 2)
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- al-Qaeda behind Danish embassy bombing: web posting (cbc.ca, 06/04/2008, 213 words)
- Blast near Danish Embassy in Pakistan kills 6 (cbc.ca, 06/02/2008, 760 words)
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