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MANILA, Philippines — Security officials on Thursday reported uncovering plots to kill President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and bomb foreign embassies, just as opposition leaders were calling for more protests urging the unpopular Philippines leader to resign.
Brig. Gen. Romeo Prestoza, head of the Presidential Security Group, said the al-Qaeda- linked Abu Sayyaf group and its allies were behind the planned attacks.
Few details were announced. That sparked opposition claims the government was using scare tactics in hopes of curtailing an anti-Arroyo demonstration today in Manila’s financial district and a Sunday prayer rally involving the Roman Catholic Church and a democracy icon, former President Corazon Aquino.
