Posted on 01/04/2004 7:45:57 PM PST by neverdem
Edited on 04/23/2004 12:06:18 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Pakistan is the weak link in the war on terror.
In the war on terror, the world's weakest link is undoubtedly Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf. The general's close-call survival of two assassination attempts in two weeks suggests the Bush Administration needs a strategy that looks beyond his strongman rule.
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WARNING -- Explicit violence
http://paktribune.com/speakout/index.php?id=37&PHPSESSID=eed4739ffd5e091b020063d74ea37b80
The Daily Nation, released an image of one of the two suicide bombers who tried to assassinate President Musharraf. The force of the blast detached his face from his head and it flew up and fell of the roof of the nearby police station. He was identified as a bomber from the amount of explosive material on the face.
The image has sent a wave of shock among Pakistanis, who by-and-large, have condemned this attack.
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