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that he can win the white house. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. the taliban warn that this will not be the only death. they are claiming back to back suicide bombings at a pakistani training facility in northwest pakistan. at least 80 people were killed, most of them pakistani army recruits. reza is joining us live from islamabad with pretty horrendous crime. what are they saying where you are, reza? reporter: well, wolf, this was a coordinated attack designed to kill a lot of people and indeed it did just that. twin suicide attacks targeting hundreds of army recruits that had just finished an extended training session, about nine months. they were celebrating the night before. they came out of this facility early this morning, ready to go home, about to board some vans and that s when police say a suicide attacker came on the scene, and people were there to help and that s when police said another suicide attacker, and the aftermath was an awful see
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