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Pakistan Election: Pakistan Bomb Kills 6 as Government Plans
Tighter Vote Security Oct. 30 -- Six people died in a suicide bombing in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, a day after the government proposed tighter security for elections following an assassination attempt on former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. The bomber exploded a device today when police at a checkpoint tried to prevent him from entering a golf club run by the military, police said. Three of those killed were police officers and 10 people were hurt. The scene is 3 kilometers (2 miles) from the residence of President Pervez Musharraf, who is also head of the military, and the army's headquarters. ``We had intelligence reports that bombers could carry out attacks in Rawalpindi, and so we had tightened security and set up several police checkpoints in the city,'' police official Saud Aziz said in Rawalpindi, which is administered by the army. The Oct. 19 double suicide bombings that targeted Bhutto's convoy in Karachi killed at least 136 people and prompted the government to propose restrictions on election campaigning by the Pakistan Peoples Party leader and other candidates. A Washington - based election monitoring group, the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, said last week that violence may increase with the approach of the vote, due by Jan.15. More than 450 people have been killed in bombings, including suicide attacks, in Pakistan since security forces stormed the Red Mosque in Islamabad in July, ending a challenge to the government by clerics seeking to impose Islamic law in the capital. Security Officials Bhutto has said that Pakistani security officials aligned with Islamic extremists may have been complicit in the attack on her convoy. Bhutto, the first woman prime minister of a Muslim state, holds a moderate view of Islam and maintains contacts with the Bush administration, making her a potential target for militants. Bhutto was unharmed in the attack, which came hours after she returned to Pakistan to lead her party in the elections. She spent eight years in self-imposed exile in London and Dubai to avoid corruption charges in Pakistan that have now been lifted by the government. The plan to prevent election-related bloodshed will ensure the ``life and security'' of people taking part in political rallies, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz told reporters yesterday in Islamabad. The draft has been sent to political parties for their comments, Aziz added, without providing further details. All parties, including the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid-i-Azam, will be bound by the plan, he said. Election Rallies Opposition parties have expressed concern that any restriction on election rallies and processions will limit their ability to campaign effectively. Bhutto said last week she will limit mass election rallies and campaign by telephone to avoid a repeat of the violence. Today, Bhutto spokesman Farhatullah Babar said elections ``without public rallies would be farcical,'' adding that the party hadn't received the security plan from the government. The National Democratic Institute for International Affairs said it is ``urgent for the government, Election Commission and political parties to take immediate steps toward providing a safer electoral environment,'' according to a report last week. ``If the integrity of the elections is seriously compromised and not seen as representative of the will of the people, the nation could face increased civil conflict,'' the group said. Today's bombing is the third attack in Rawalpindi in less than two months. Two bomb blasts killed 25 people on Sept. 4 in the city. In 2003, Musharraf escaped two bomb attacks in the city that he said were carried out by militants linked to al-Qaeda. Pakistani security forces have been fighting militants, who oppose Musharraf's support for the U.S.-led war on terrorism, in the northwestern tribal areas bordering Afghanistan since 2003. The government accuses the militants of supporting the Taliban and Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network.
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