US diplomat targeted in Pakistan militant attack

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/27/pakistan.usa

· Armour-plated car saved consul-general in ambush
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• Saeed Shah in Islamabad
• The Guardian

A top US diplomat was ambushed yesterday by gunmen who opened fire on her armour-plated vehicle in Pakistan’s volatile north-western city of Peshawar. Lynne Tracy, America’s consul-general in the city, was unhurt, as were the other two US consular employees who were travelling with her.