Militants assault three police compounds in Pakistan

Friday, October 16, 2009

LAHORE, Pakistan -- Islamist militants launched coordinated assaults on three police compounds in Pakistan's second largest city Thursday, the latest in a wave of attacks by insurgents bringing the war to the country's heartland ahead of an expected offensive against their Afghan border sanctuary.

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