| Explosives used in an attempt to assassinate Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf a week ago were the same type as those used in the Bali bombings. And American intelligence agencies warned Pakistan after the HSBC Bank blast in Istanbul last month that foreign terrorists would try to enter Pakistan. The intelligence sources confirmed a report in a Pakistani newspaper that said C4 plastic explosive was used to blow up a bridge in Rawalpindi, near Islamabad, just after Musharraf’s motorcade had passed. Police say the Bali bombings last year, in which 202 people were killed, were the work of an al-Qaeda-linked south east Asian militant network. Investigators said C4 plastic explosive was used in one of the bombings which tore through a popular nightclub. President Musharraf said al-Qaeda and their local collaborators were at the front of the queue of those who wished to kill him. |