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                 Pakistani Security Forces on Alert for Attack

   Pakistani security forces are on high alert for a potential militant
   attack on high-profile targets in the capital, Islamabad.
   Authorities tightened security throughout the city on Sunday and sent
   Pakistani air force and navy commandos into the adjacent Margalla Hills
   area to search for militants behind the suspected plot.
   Officials said intelligence warnings of a possible attack prompted the
   alert.
   Pakistan police told local media the security operation will continue
   for several days.
   Militants carried out a major assault on a Pakistani prison in the
   northwestern town of Dera Ismail Khan last week, freeing about 250
   prisoners, including fellow fighters. It is not clear if the prison
   break contributed to the security threat in Islamabad.
   The United States also has warned of a potential terrorist strike in or
   emanating from the Arabian Gulf in the coming weeks.
   It said that threat prompted it to close more than 20 diplomatic
   missions in Muslim-majority nations in North Africa, the Middle East
   and South Asia on Sunday as a precaution. Some of those missions
   re-opened on Monday. U.S. diplomatic compounds in Pakistan were not
   included in the closures.
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