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Explosion at Pakistan Marriott hotel kills 40
By ASIF SHAHZAD – AFP, September 20, 2008
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — A massive suicide truck bomb devastated the heavily guarded Marriott Hotel in Pakistan's capital Saturday, killing at least 40 people and wounding at least 100. Officials feared there were dozens more dead inside the burning building.
The blast targeting the U.S. hotel chain appeared to be one of the largest terrorist attacks ever in Pakistan, leaving a vast crater some 30 feet deep in front of the main building, where rescuers ferried a stream of bloodied bodies.
The five-story Marriott had been a favorite place for foreigners as well as Pakistani politicians and business people to stay and socialize in Islamabad despite repeated militant attacks.
The attack came just hours after President Asif Ali Zardari made his first address to Parliament and days ahead of the new leader's meeting with President Bush Tuesday in New York on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly.
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Also See:
Some of the deadliest terror attacks in Pakistan - International Herald Tribune
At Least 40 Are Killed in Blast at Pakistan Hotel - New York Times
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