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Sep 24, 2008 11:11 am US/Pacific

U.S. Bans Personnel From Big Pakistan Hotels

NEW YORK (AP) ―

Click to enlarge 1 of 1: Pakistani policemen arrive outside the burning facade of The Marriott Hotel in Islamabad on Sept. 20, 2008, following a powerful bomb blast. (File)
Aamir Qureshi

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The State Department is prohibiting all U.S. government personnel from staying at or even visiting major hotels in Pakistan's capital and two other cities, and is telling them to stay away from restaurants there.

The order follows last weekend's deadly truck bombing of the Marriott hotel in Islamabad and applies to hotels in Karachi and Peshawar. It was issued late Tuesday amid fears that further attacks may be imminent against Western targets in Islamabad.

A notice from the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad urges American citizens working or visiting there to take similar precautions.

The Marriott attack killed 53 people, among them the Czech ambassador and two U.S. Defense Department employees. The blast wounded about 270 others.