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Suicide Attacker Blows Himself Up Near Mosque, No One but Attacker Killed Feb 28, 2004 The Associated Press ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A suspected suicide attacker blew himself up near a Shiite Muslim mosque in a city near the Pakistani capital on Saturday, Pakistani officials told The Associated Press. There were no apparent casualties other than the attacker, said Interior Ministry spokesman Abdur Rauf Chaudhry. The attacker detonated his explosives near a crowded mosque where worshippers were marking the holiday of Muharram, he said. Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed told AP that the situation was "under control." Muharram is a...