JIHAD WATCH:New violence at reopened Pakistan mosque

ISLAMABAD,Pakistan-A suspected suicide bomber killed 13 people at a hotel near Islamabad's Red Mosque on Friday as the government reopened the religious complex for the first time since a bloody army raid ousted Islamic militants from the site.Hundreds of students clashed with security forces outside the mosque and occupied it for several hours before being dispersed.They denounced President Gen. Pervez Musharraf and demanded the return of a pro-Taliban cleric who was detained during the siege earlier this month.The bomb struck the Muzaffar Hotel,in a downtown market area about a quarter mile from the mosque.Local television showed victims,many of them bleeding or badly burned,with their clothing in tatters,being carried from the wreckage to waiting
ambulances.Amir Mehmood,a witness said he saw blood,body parts,and shreds of a Punjab police uniform inside the hotel.Khalid Pervez,Islamabad's top administrator,said 13 people were killed,including seven police,and 71 were wounded.Kamal Shah,another top Interior Ministry official,said initial reports suggested it was a suicide attack targeting police.Authoritiesrecovered human remains that led them to suspect the bombing had been carried out by a suicide attacker,a senior police officer said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.There was no claim of responsibility,but Islamic militants will be suspected in what is the latest in a series of attacks in Pakistan since the July 10 army raid at the mosque left at least 102 people dead.Neighboring shops and food stalls also were hit by the blast.The bombing came soon after police fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters who called for hard-line cleric Abdul Aziz lead the prayers at the mosque.The demonstrators threw stones at an armored personnel carrier and dozens of police in riot gear on a road outside the mosque.
After the demonstrators disregarded calls to disperse peacefully,police fired tear gas,scattering the crowd."Musharraf is a dog! He is worse than a dog! He should resign!"students shouted.
Over mosque loudspeakers,protesters vowed to "take revenge for the blood of martyrs."The students had forced a government-appointed cleric assigned to lead prayers to retreat,and a cleric from a seminary associated with the mosque eventually led the prayers.Police later retook control of the mosque,said Zafar Iqbal,the city police chief. Some protesters resisted and about 50 people were arrested.The mosque's clerics had used thousands of its students in an aggressive campaign to impose Taliban-style Islamic law in the capital. The campaign, which included kidnapping alleged Chinese prostitutes and threatening suicide attacks to defend the fortified mosque,raised concern about the spread of Islamic extremism in Pakistan."Ghazi,your blood will lead to a revolution,"the protesters chanted.
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