Pakistan foils capital bomb plot; missiles kill 3

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Police arrested two would-be suicide bombers planning to attack a mosque and a government building in Pakistan’s capital today, as local officials said another suspected U.S. missile strike near the Afghan border killed three alleged insurgents. Al-Qaida and Taliban militants seeking to topple Pakistan’s U.S.-allied government have carried out scores of attacks across the country, killing thousands. The military has responded by launching offensives in the remote northwest where the insurgents are based, and the U.S. has increased its barrage of missile attacks on those strongholds out of reach of the Pakistani army.