On Thursday, foreign ministry spokesman Abdul Basit called the missile strikes "counterproductive."

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Abdul Basit,the spokesman for Pakistan's Foreign Ministry.

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"We say that all options are there and must be put on the table, " said Abdul Basit Sieda, the group's leader.

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But Abdul Basit Tariq, the imam, says the row died down a bit after the mosque opened in October, with the mayor of Berlin present.

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The study by Grant Graziani, Wilbert van der Klaauw, and Basit Zafar of the New York Fed staff was based on two surveys of about 200 workers.

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