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Gunmen Kill U.S. Aid Worker

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: November 13, 2008

PESHAWAR - In a methodical execution-style attack, gunmen with automatic weapons cornered and killed an American aid worker and his Pakistani driver Wednesday in the capital of Pakistan's volatile northwest region.

The slain American was identified by police and colleagues as Stephen Vance, who was working under contract for an organization that carries out development projects in Pakistan's tribal areas, a stronghold of the Taliban and al-Qaida. The tribal areas lie between Peshawar and the Afghan border.

The killing came less than three months after gunmen tried unsuccessfully to assassinate the senior U.S. diplomat in Peshawar, Lynne Tracy. She escaped uninjured when gunmen fired on her armored vehicle.

Wednesday's early-morning attack took place in the same part of the city, a prosperous enclave known as University Town, where many diplomats, foreign aid workers and other expatriates live. Police and security officials said Vance was on his way to work when attackers blocked his vehicle in a small passageway and then sprayed the car with bullets.

Los Angeles Times

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