Pakistan: 2 Suicide Blasts Aimed at Police Kill 15
The Attacks Coincided with a visit to Islamabad by White House National Security Adviser Jim Jones.
Militants have carried out numerous attacks have security forces over the past several years Thurs Undermine the public's confidence in the already-weak state. On Wednesday, a suicide bomber killed 10 police officers and seven Civilians in the Khyber tribal region near the Afghan border.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for Thursday's attacks, "Which were carried out by attackers on foot outside a gate to the police complex, but suspicion is Likely to Fall on the Pakistani Taliban.
The suicide bombings come amid growing certainty that the Militant group's top commander, Hakimullah Mehsud, died from wounds sustained in a U.S. Missile strike in mid-January. The Taliban have denied he is dead, but failed to offer proof that he is alive.Read More Story,http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/11/AR2010021101402.html
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