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Vol. 5 Num 1127 Wed. August 01, 2007  
   
International


'New Red Mosque' rebels threaten suicide attacks
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Pakistani pro-Taliban militants who seized a historic shrine shout slogans as they stand inside the shrine in Lakaro village in the lawless Mohmand tribal district bordering Afghanistan, some 60km northwest of Peshawar on Monday. Pro-Taliban militants who seized a historic shrine and named it after Islamabad's radical Red Mosque said they would resist with suicide bombing if Pakistani troops tried to flash them out. PHOTO: AFP