The statement said the faction led by Mr. Hayyee also in 2002 had sent parcel bombs to senior Pakistani police officers.

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The attack was claimed by a mysterious group, the Informal Anarchist Federation (FAI), which had previously confined itself to dispatching parcel bombs.

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Last October, the discovery of parcel bombs being sent from Yemen to synagogues in the U.S. altered the view of cargo security indelibly.

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