Pakistani policemen remove the body of a suicide bomber after police shot him in Islamabad on November 8, 2009. Pakistani police shot dead a would-be suicide bomber who advanced towards a checkpoint in the capital Islamabad shouting 'Allah Akhbar!', senior officials said. Pakistan is on high security alert in a bid to thwart militant attacks, which have killed more than 2,400 people during a wave of Al-Qaeda and Taliban-linked bombings since July 2007. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 week ago

Pakistani policemen remove the body of a suicide bomber after police shot him in Islamabad on November 8, 2009. Pakistani police shot dead a would-be suicide bomber who advanced towards a checkpoint in the capital Islamabad shouting 'Allah Akhbar!', senior officials said. Pakistan is on high security alert in a bid to thwart militant attacks, which have killed more than 2,400 people during a wave of Al-Qaeda and Taliban-linked bombings since July 2007.

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  6. Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden addresses a news conference in Afghanistan in this May 26, 1998 file photo. Bin Laden urged European nations in an new audio tape aired on September 25, 2009 to withdraw their troops from Afghanistan.
  7. Al-Qaida's No. 2, Ayman al-Zawahri, speaks during a new 106-minute long video released Tuesday Sept. 22, 2009 predicting President Barack Obama's downfall at the hands of the Muslim world."America has come in a new, hypocritical face. Smiling at us, but stabbing us with the same dagger that Bush used," said Al-Qaida No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri in the message.
  8. American-born al Qaeda militant Adam Gadahn appears in a still image from a video released September 22, 2009 by al-Qaeda's as-Sahab entitled, "The West ... and the Dark Tunnel" in this handout image provided by IntelCenter.
  9. In this photo taken on Monday, Sept. 7, 2009, Taliban commander Baz Mohammed, center, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at his headquarters in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan. Mohammed, a commander in a pro-government militia, is supported by the government as both share a common enemy, the Pakistan Taliban serving under the replacement of their chief Baitullah Mehshud, killed during a CIA missile strike last month.
  10. In this photo taken on Monday, Sept. 7, 2009, Taliban commander Baz Mohammed, center, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at his headquarters in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan. Mohammed, a commander in a pro-government militia, is supported by the government as both share a common enemy, the Pakistan Taliban serving under the replacement of their chief Baitullah Mehshud, killed during a CIA missile strike last month.
  11. Internally displaced Pakistani tribal people, who fled their villages due to ongoing fighting between Pakistani security forces and Taliban militants, wait for relief food in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009.
  12. Internally displaced Pakistani tribal women and their children, who fled their villages due to ongoing fighting between Pakistani security forces and Taliban militants, visit a doctor in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009.
  13. Internally displaced Pakistani tribal men, who fled their villages due to ongoing fighting between Pakistani security forces and Taliban militants, wait for relief food in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009.
  14. Pakistani policemen escort suspected Taliban militants upon arrival at a court in Karachi on November 17, 2009. Pakistani police arrested seven suspected Taliban militants last week accused of plotting suicide attacks in the nation's financial capital Karachi. The court remanded the accused to the police for a week.
  15. PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN - NOVEMBER 17: A view of the screen showing the film 'Zakham' at the Shabistan Cinema on November 17, 2009 in Peshawar, Pakistan. Peshawar, the bustling frontier city on the edge of the mountainous western tribal regions, has become the main target of insurgent violence as a form of retaliation for Pakistan's Army offensive in South Waziristan against the Taliban. The threat of continued attacks is keeping day labourers and other workers away from the crowded city. This is affecting the livelihood of the workers in the region, leaving them with less disposable income than in the past, and has had a knock on effect according to Shabistan Cinema owner Mr Aftab Hamada Sabrey. The cinema has seen a decline in attendance from 80 percent to 5 percent, forcing the owner to look at other options including transforming the once lively cinema into a shopping plaza.
  16. PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN - NOVEMBER 17: A cinema worker looks out to the street as he waits for customers to arrive for a screening of 'Zakham' at the Shabistan Cinema on November 17, 2009 in Peshawar, Pakistan. Peshawar, the bustling frontier city on the edge of the mountainous western tribal regions, has become the main target of insurgent violence as a form of retaliation for Pakistan's Army offensive in South Waziristan against the Taliban. The threat of continued attacks is keeping day labourers and other workers away from the crowded city. This is affecting the livelihood of the workers in the region, leaving them with less disposable income than in the past, and has had a knock on effect according to Shabistan Cinema owner Mr Aftab Hamada Sabrey. The cinema has seen a decline in attendance from 80 percent to 5 percent, forcing the owner to look at other options including transforming the once lively cinema into a shopping plaza.

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