Bomb Kills Gov’t Official, Family In Nw Pakistan (ap)

A Pakistani paramilitary soldier stands guard as another with a snuffer dog searches area ahead of Shiite Muslims procession on the eighth day of the mourning month of Muharram, Saturday, Dec. 26, 2009 in Lahore, Pakistan. Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar is observed around the world for ten days of mourning in remembrance of martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Mohammed. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)AP – A bomb ripped through a government official’s house in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, killing him and his five family members in an attack that police said was in retaliation for military operations targeting Taliban in the area.

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