Al-Qaeda attacks foiled
21/08/2004 21:07  - (SA)  

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Islamabad - Pakistani security agencies have arrested nearly a dozen al-Qaeda linked terror suspects who had plotted to attack key sites including military headquarters, the US embassy and parliament, officials said late on Saturday.

The arrested men included locals and foreigners, interior minister Faisal Saleh Hayat told AFP.

The arrests were made around the country's Independence Day that was celebrated on August 14 amid tight security.

Some of the attacks were to be launched during the Independence Day celebrations while the others were planned for other days, Hayat said.

"We have arrested close to a dozen militants including some foreigners and have aborted their plot to create widespread mayhem in the country," he said.

Hayat did not identify the arrested men but said some of them were suspected to have links with Osama bin Laden's terror network.

"The security agencies have also recovered a large cache of sophisticated weapons which were to be used in the attacks," the minister said.

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