Islamabad, July 17: Pakistani Police and security agencies are questioning two Iraqis in connection with the March 17 grenade attack on a church in Islamabad in which two Americans and three others were killed, an official said today. The official, Munawar Ali, refused to say why the Iraqis has been picked up for questioning in the attack but said authorities had received permission from a court to hold them.

Ali described the Iraqis as uncooperative but refused to elaborate.

An interior ministry official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the Iraqis were detained Sunday in Islamabad. The attack on the Protestant church in Islamabad's diplomatic quarter prompted the United States to withdraw nonessential diplomatic staff and family members of embassy employees.
Bureau Report