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ISLAMABAD: Pakistani officials suspect that Friday’s attack outside the US consulate in Karachi was carried out by a freshly minted coalition of militant organisations drawn from the remnants of extremist groups scattered during a crackdown Musharraf ordered earlier this year. The new coalition of militant groups is called Lashkar-e-Omar, formed by guerrilla fighters in January after leaders of several extremist groups had been arrested. According to the Pakistani officials, Lashkar-e-Omar was formed by the survivors of three militant Islamic groups targeted by Musharraf: Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Muhammad and the Sunni Muslim group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi. The officials said the three Islamic groups, as well...