Islamabad In Lockdown For Bush Visit

As Protests Flare Up Across Pakistan, Capital City In Promised Ironclad Secure State

(CBS/AP) 
Despite the attack, security and terrorism expert Neil Livingstone says it's safe for the president to be in Pakistan as long as the right precautions are taken.

"It is safe being in a very dangerous country but the keys are speed and unpredictability," Livingstone told CBS News' The Early Show. "He's going to go into Islamabad for a very short period of time. It's going to be unpredictable. When Clinton went there six years ago there were so many vehicles in the convoy, nobody knew where the president was at all. It was like a show game. They'll do the same thing for President Bush on this."

Mr. Bush has promised to raise with Musharraf the need to do more to hunt down al Qaeda members. He also will talk about the need for additional democratic reforms. Musharraf seized power seven years ago in a bloodless coup and has reneged on his promise to relinquish his military post.

But a public show of solidarity for the Pakistani leader, who has survived repeated assassination attempts in part because of his support for the U.S. war on terror, was likely to take center stage in the two leaders' meetings.

Another key goal of the Pakistan stop is to boost the United States' image among Muslims by showcasing American contributions after a devastating earthquake in Pakistan in October.

In Rawalpindi, near where Mr. Bush's plane landed Friday evening, about 1,000 demonstrators had earlier trampled the American flag and chanted "killer go back" and "death to America." Police dispersed them with swinging batons.

Demonstrators also were prevalent in India, where Mr. Bush left after a landmark nuclear deal that is the centerpiece of America's new romance with this 1 billion-strong democracy, the world's largest.

In a speech Friday in New Delhi, Mr. Bush said Americans should not respond to this nation's exploding economy by closing itself off to global trade.

"The United States will not give into the protectionists and lose these opportunities," Mr. Bush said in a speech at Purana Qila, a historic fort. "For the sake of workers in both our countries, America will trade with confidence."

Mr. Bush told a crowd if several hundred people from a brightly lit stage that he's been "dazzled" by India.

"The United States and India, separated by half the globe, are closer than ever before, and the partnership between our free nations has the power to transform the world," he said.

As for the arrest of Khan, a former Pakistan cricket captain, the protest leader was leaving a friend's home after dinner at around 1 a.m. (2000 GMT Friday) when he was served with a detention order, said Akbar S. Babar, a spokesman for Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf or Movement for Justice party.

Khan was driven in a convoy of four police vehicles to his home on the banks of a lake near the Pakistani capital, he said.

An official at the local police station said at least 10 police were posted outside Khan's home but he could not confirm his house arrest. The official declined to be named as he wasn't authorized to speak to media.

Earlier this week, Khan had announced he would lead a rally against Bush, marching to Islamabad from the neighboring city of Rawalpindi. He declared that the U.S. leader was "a symbol of repression whose policies have led to violation of human rights on a massive scale." He also criticized Mr. Bush's "support for dictatorship in Pakistan," a reference to Musharraf, who seized power in a bloodless coup in 1999.