Pakistan's opposition female lawmakers wait for permission to enter in the Lal Masjid or Red mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, July 6, 2007. The head of a radical mosque besieged by government forces rejected calls for an unconditional surrender, saying he and his die-hard followers were ready for martyrdom. At dusk, a half dozen explosions rocked the area around the Lal Masjid, or Red Mosque, shooting debris high above the tree tops along with plumes of smoke and red dust. The third day of the siege also began with explosions and gunfire, but troops appeared to be holding back from a potentially bloody assault. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)