Four rockets reportedly found near Karachi airport

KARACHI, Pakistan - Police found four rockets Monday aimed at part of Karachi International Airport used by the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan, officials said. <br> <br> Waqar Mulan, an airport security official, said the Chinese-made rockets were equipped with homemade launchers and a timing device for automatic firing. <br> <br> He said a passer-by discovered the rockets and summoned police. The city&#39;s bomb squad defused them, Mulan added. <br> <br> The rockets were aimed at the airport&#39;s Terminal One, which is used as a transport and supply hub for the U.S.-led coalition in support of operations in Afghanistan. <br> <br> They were found about a half mile from the terminal in the city&#39;s Gulistan-e-Jahaur neighborhood, which has been a center of violence between rival Sunni and Shiite Muslims. <br> <br> Police said the rockets were similar to one fired Saturday at the home of a Shiite Muslim, in which one person was injured. <br> <br> Karachi is a center of Muslim extremist movements that have vowed to oppose President Pervez Musharraf&#39;s crackdown on Islamic radicals and his support of the war against terrorism. <br> <br> Wall Street Journal correspondent Daniel Pearl was kidnapped here Jan. 23 and his whereabouts remain unknown. <br> <br> A prominent Islamic radical, Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, was arrested in the kidnapping and has admitted his involvement. <br> <br> <br>

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