Pakistan president and generalissimo Pervez Musharraf has been attacked - again. This time gunmen opened fire on Mushie's aircraft over Rawalpindi.
Authorities recovered at least one anti-aircraft gun and one machinegun from a rooftop in the city. The nature of this assassination attempt points to inside collusion. Anti-aircraft guns are big and bulky. Moving and positioning them takes a lot of effort and would be almost impossible to conceal. The plotters would also need to know a) that Mushie was going to be taking a plane ride, b) the type of plane he'd be flying in, c) the route and destination, and d) the time that aircraft would be in a vulnerable position, say on final approach for landing where it could be both within range and much less maneuverable.
Meanwhile the siege of the Lal Masjid, or Red Mosque, in Islamabad continues. Government officials have rejected a surrender offer by Abdur Rashid Ghazi, the leader of the mosque rebellion, which included a demand that he not be prosecuted.
Ghazi told the Associated Press, “We will be martyred, but we will not surrender.” The siege continues marked by intermittent, half-hour long exchanges of automatic weapons fire.
Authorities recovered at least one anti-aircraft gun and one machinegun from a rooftop in the city. The nature of this assassination attempt points to inside collusion. Anti-aircraft guns are big and bulky. Moving and positioning them takes a lot of effort and would be almost impossible to conceal. The plotters would also need to know a) that Mushie was going to be taking a plane ride, b) the type of plane he'd be flying in, c) the route and destination, and d) the time that aircraft would be in a vulnerable position, say on final approach for landing where it could be both within range and much less maneuverable.
Meanwhile the siege of the Lal Masjid, or Red Mosque, in Islamabad continues. Government officials have rejected a surrender offer by Abdur Rashid Ghazi, the leader of the mosque rebellion, which included a demand that he not be prosecuted.
Ghazi told the Associated Press, “We will be martyred, but we will not surrender.” The siege continues marked by intermittent, half-hour long exchanges of automatic weapons fire.
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