GLOBAL JIHAD:Two Days of Homicide Attacks Kill 70 in Pakistan

PESHAWAR, Pakistan-Militants in northwest Pakistan disavowed a peace pact with the government and launched two days of homicide attacks and bombings that killed at least 70 people, dramatically escalating the violence in the Al Qaeda infiltrated region.The attacks Sunday and Saturday followed strident calls by extremists to avenge the government's bloody storming of Islamabad's Red Mosque and a declaration of jihad, or holy war, by at least one pro-Taliban cleric.Termination of the peace treaty, the hopeful handiwork of President Gen. Pervez Musharraf,puts even greater pressure on the military leader as he struggles with both Islamic extremists and a gathering pro-democracy movement.There is concern in Pakistan that the gathering sense of crisis could prompt Musharraf to cancel elections later this year and declare a state of emergency-despite his repeated denials.However, Musharraf can also use the turbulence to convince Washington, his key backer, that he remains a vital bulwark against extremists in the Islamic world's only declared nuclear state.
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