Taliban claim suicide bombing that killed 6 in Pakistan

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    The Taliban are claiming responsibility for a suicide car bombing Saturday that struck a military housing area in northwest Pakistan, a spokesman for the group said.

    The attack, which authorities say killed six Pakistani soldiers, was "revenge" for the killing of the group's fighters, Ihsanullah Ihsan, a spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban, told CNN by telephone.

    The attack occurred when the explosive-laden car rammed into a house in the city of Bannu, a senior police official told CNN.

    Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/24/world/asia/pakistan-violence/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
     

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