Posted AT 2:39 AM EDT on 12/07/07
Pakistanis bury dead from battle for mosque
ISLAMABAD — Pakistanis buried bodies on Thursday from among more than 70 followers of a revolutionary cleric, a day after commandos killed the last few gunmen hiding in the ruins of the Lal Masjid, or Red Mosque, in Islamabad.
Anger at the government's action ran deep in tribal parts of northwest Pakistan, though sentiment in most of the country sided with President Pervez Musharraf's decision to send in the army.
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