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August 4, 2010

Al-Qaeda Meddles While Karachi Burns

Syed Saleem Shahzad, Asia Times

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The assassination has reopened deep faultlines in Karachi, the country's main financial and industrial city, where over the past six months targeted killings on ethnic as well as sectarian lines have been frequent, with 165 people killed.

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