- A bomb exploded moments after Pakistani President Gen.
Pervez Musharraf's motorcade passed a bridge near the capital Sunday, at
least the second attempt on his life since he enraged hard-liners in 2001
by backing the US-led war on terror in Afghanistan. No one was hurt.
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- Military trucks and armed soldiers immediately cordoned
off the area around a bridge in Rawalpindi as bomb experts and other investigators
sifted through rubble, witnesses said. The private GEO TV network reported
that the blast was caused by a remote-controlled bomb, but officials could
not immediately confirm that.
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- Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed told The Associated
Press that the president was returning to his home at Army House in Rawalpindi
from the city's airport after a visit to the southern city of Karachi.
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- Musharraf, the army chief, came to power in 1999 in a
bloodless coup, toppling an elected government.
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- He drew the wrath of hardline Islamic groups after he
abandoned the Taliban regime of neighboring Afghanistan and backed the
US-led war against Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda network following the Sept.
11 attacks.
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- There has been at least one previous attempt on his life.
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