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February 18, 2013

Shiites Urge Protections After 85 Killed in Pakistan Bombing 
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Sectarian discord is growing in Pakistan in the aftermath of a massive
bombing. At least 85 people were killed in the city of Qetta on Saturday
in an attack carried out by the extremist Sunni group,
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi. Pakistani Shiite groups have threatened to march on
the capital Islamabad unless the Pakistani government deploys the
military to Qetta and other Shiite areas.

 

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