US closes embassy, consulates in Pak AFP [ FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 2002 6:01:48 PM ]>WASHINGTON: The United States on Friday shuttered its diplomatic missions in Pakistan as well as the American Center in Islamabad after a deadly car bomb attack outside its consulate in Karachi, the State Department said. The embassy and American Centers were closed to the public immediately after the blast, as were the consulates in Lahore and Peshawar, Lynn Cassel, a department spokeswoman, said.The bombing -- which damaged the Karachi consulate and killed eight people, none of them US government employees -- slightly wounded a US Marine guard and...