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Video: Blast rocks Pakistan hotel
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Dozens die in attack on Islamabad hotel
It was a massive blast – killing dozens and injuring hundreds in the heart of Islamabad, Pakistan’s capital.
The explosion at the US-owned Marriott hotel comes after Pakistan’s new government vowed to increase the pressure on al-Qaeda-linked fighters.
Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistan’s president, says he will rid his country of what he calls “the cancer of terrorism”.
Al Jazeera’s Imran Khan reports.
Published On 21 Sep 2008
21 Sep 2008