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Market Bombings Kill at Least 36 in Pakistan

Dec 8, 2009
Two bomb blasts ripped through a busy market in Lahore, Pakistan, on Monday evening, killing at least 36 people and injuring about 100. The bombs were reportedly set off via remote control, and the explosions came on the heels of a suicide bombing in Peshawar that killed at least 10 earlier in the day.

Former Congressman Charged With Funding Terrorist

Jan 17, 2008
Mark Deli Siljander, a former Republican congressman, has been indicted for allegedly helping an Islamic charity fund Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, a vicious Afghan militant leader with ties to al-Qaida. According to the book "Charlie Wilson's War," Hekmatyar was the largest recipient of U.S. weapons during the Afghan war with the Soviets.