2007年VOA标准英语-Deadly Violence in Pakistan Continues
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By Benjamin SandIslamabad
19 July 2007
Separate bomb blasts have killed more than 20 people in Pakistan Thursday - as the country braces1 for more violence. A wave of deadly attacks in recent days has left at least 140 people dead and Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on the defensive2. From Islamabad, VOA Correspondent Benjamin Sand reports.
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| The site of a bomb explosion in Hub near Karachi, Pakistan, 19 July 2007 |
Meanwhile a car bomber5 in northern Pakistan targeted a police training center in Hangu killing6 at least seven people.
Militants7 have vowed8 bloody9 revenge after government commandos stormed a radical10, pro-Taleban mosque11 in Islamabad last week.
State Minister of Information Tariq Azim says Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has no intention of backing down.
"He's as determined13 as ever. Suicide attacks will not deter12 him. He's as determined to fight terrorists as he always has been," Azim said.
Despite the surging violence, Mr. Musharraf Wednesday insisted he would not declare a state of emergency.
