Police arrested six suspected militants Monday, including the Pakistani aide of a Libyan al-Qaida operative accused of masterminding two assassination attempts a year ago against President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, an official said. Malik Tehsin, 31, was among the six men nabbed in the eastern city of Lahore, said Shafqaat Ahmed, a senior police superintendent. Ahmed told a news conference that Tehsin had arranged accommodations, transportation and other aid for Abu Faraj al-Libbi, a Libyan terror suspect who is among the most wanted men in Pakistan. Al-Libbi is accused of organizing the two attempts to assassinate Musharraf in December 2003. The Pakistani leader was unharmed, but 17 people died in the second attempt to blow up his motorcade in Rawalpindi, a city near the capital, Islamabad. Musharraf has become a marked man by Islamic extremists for his strong support of the U.S.-led war on terror in neighboring Afghanistan. |