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Army foils militants' plan to target Amarnath
pilgrims: Bomb defused

     Jammu: Army on Monday foiled militants bid to target the Amarnath yatra by defusing an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway. According to sources, militants had planted the high intensity IED in Panthal area to target a convoy of the Amarnath Yatra. The cavalcade of 53 vehicles, which is carrying 1,703 pilgrims, was resumed after one hour-long halt at Panthal, 155 kms from Jammu. With today's batch, a total of 7,793 pilgrims have left Jammu for the Shrine since the beginning of the Yatra on June 15. The yatra remained suspended for three days due to bad weather prevailing in Kashmir valley before resuming on June 19.
-June 22, 2009

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