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| Tuesday, 31 August 2004 |
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Pakistan nabs Musharraf assassination plot suspect ISLAMABAD, Monday (Reuters) Pakistani security forces have arrested a man suspected of involvement in a plot last year to kill President Pervez Musharraf and of links to the al Qaeda network, security officials said. Omar Rehman was detained with two relatives early on Sunday at his village home in North West Frontier province, about 150 km (95 miles) north of Islamabad, an intelligence official told Reuters. Weapons including automatic assault rifles were seized from them, the official said. No other details were immediately available. The arrests in the valley of Swat were the latest in a security swoop that has netted more than 70 Islamic militants linked to al Qaeda since the detention of a computer expert in July. Musharraf, a key ally of the United States escaped two attempts on his life in December in which at least 15 people were killed. Pakistani authorities have captured scores of people since the attacks including members of the armed forces but have yet to formally charge them. The security forces have launched a massive crackdown against al Qaeda-linked militants since last month's arrest of computer expert Mohammad Naeem Noor Khan who provided crucial information about al Qaeda's operatives in Pakistan and its plans to launch attacks in Britain and the United States. |
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