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Posted by Kindgo (Member # 2) on :

Hmm... Islam clearly means "peace" to CNN, but I think they fail to read their own news reports.

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http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiap...tack/index.html

KARACHI, Pakistan (CNN) -- In the latest incident of anti-Christian violence in Pakistan, gunmen have killed seven workers at a Christian charity office in Karachi, binding the hands and mouths of some before shooting them at close range.

According to police, the attackers entered the offices of the Organization for Peace and Justice, a Christian welfare group -- known in Pakistan as Adara Aman-o-Insaf -- around 10 a.m. (0400 GMT) on Wednesday.

Five of those killed had their hands bound before they were shot in the morning raid, police said of the fifth such attack since October 2001.

"All of the victims were shot at close range," said Brigadier Mukhtar Ahmed, Home Secretary for Sindh Province.

One other person was wounded in the raid. All were Pakistani Christians

The gunmen have fled and have not been found, police say.

Investigators are questioning an office worker who was beaten up, but not shot by the gunmen.

Wednesday's attack comes one day after police began stripping signs identifying churches in private homes and placing sandbags outside Christian sites after finding evidence that militants were planning to blow up at least two other churches in Karachi.

They found maps of two churches and a Christian school, along with weapons and explosives, when they arrested two suspected Islamic militants in Karachi.

Since President Pervez Musharraf began supporting the U.S. anti-terror campaign last year, and reigning in some of the country's Muslim extremists, violent raids on Christian sites have killed 30 people and wounded about 100.

While Islamabad says these attacks have prompted them to beef up security, some Christians say authorities in the predominately Muslim country want to diminish the visibility of non-Muslims.

There has been no visible attempt to remove crosses or disguise larger Christian buildings.

Christians make up a small minority in Pakistan, where about 97 percent of the population is Muslim.

-- CNN Islamabad Bureau Chief Ash-har Quraishi contributed to this story