Thickening plots

Oh the intrigue.

Contrary to claims made by Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf that a bomb blast at a bridge near Rawalpindi was directed specifically at him, highly placed sources here say that he may have engineered the incident to retain Washington's support as a key ally in the war against terror and to strengthen his hold on power.

Contrary to claims made by Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf that a bomb blast at a bridge near Rawalpindi was directed specifically at him, highly placed sources here say that he may have engineered the incident to retain Washington's support as a key ally in the war against terror and to strengthen his hold on power.

[Musharraf] said that such incidents were not new to him, adding that it was the third attempt on his life since he had assumed power in a bloodless coup on October 12, 1999.  article

I want to some time get to that bloodless coup. I have a sneaking suspicion that there was an American hand in it, since Mr. Musharraf seems to be considered America's ally, and without him we would face a rather disturbing situation. As there apparently was in the bloodless coup in Georgia recently. I've been reading that much of the Pakistani population is not all that keen on Mr. Musharraf.

It might be kind of interesting to have a look at the list of where America's hand is in coups around the world, and which ones are managed without bloodshed versus which ones involve lots of it.