Suspect in Plot to Kill President Is Captured
From Times Wire Reports
Pakistani security forces arrested a man suspected of links to Al Qaeda and involvement in a plot last year to kill President Pervez Musharraf.
Omar Rehman was detained in North-West Frontier Province, about 95 miles north of the capital, Islamabad. Automatic assault rifles and other weapons were seized, an official said. No other details were immediately available.
Musharraf escaped two attempts on his life in December in which 15 people were killed.
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