ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A Pakistani soldier was hanged Saturday after being convicted of participating in a failed assassination plot against President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, a military spokesman said.Islam Sadiqqui was among several soldiers arrested after al-Qaida operatives and domestic militants - including army officers - tried to blow up Musharraf's motorcade near the capital, Islamabad, on Dec. 14, 2003.
11 days later, at least 16 people - mostly the president's police guards - were killed and several others wounded when suicide bombers tried to ram two explosive-laden vehicles into Musharraf's limousine. The president again survived.
Months after the attacks, Musharraf revealed that some junior army and air force personnel, domestic militants and top al-Qaida leader Abu Farraj al-Libbi were involved in the attempts to kill him for helping the United States in its war against terrorism.
Al-Libbi, described by U.S. and Pakistani officials as al-Qaida's No. 3 after Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahri, was arrested in May in northwestern Pakistan and later handed over to U.S. authorities.
| Yessh! A real number 3, not one of those imitations you've heard about! |
| "Not a chance, Sadiqqui, you're gonna swing!" |