Philippines president 'targeted by terror plot' amid coup concern

An alleged plot by al-Qaida-linked militants to assassinate President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has sparked cancellation of her planned visit to the Philippines’ premier military academy this weekend.

Philippines president 'targeted by terror plot' amid coup concern

An alleged plot by al-Qaida-linked militants to assassinate President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has sparked cancellation of her planned visit to the Philippines’ premier military academy this weekend.

Brigadier General Romeo Prestoza, head of the Presidential Security Group, said “other people” and foreign embassies also were targets of planned terror bombings.

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