Posted on 11/03/2007 6:05:50 AM PDT by Global2010
OK Freepers...
Dice and slice...this breaking news.
Pakistan has declared a State of Emergency.
Seat Belt time...cinch them tight.
I’m thinking that Al Q is in cahoots with those trying to topple him- and you may be right about him letting Bhutto back in. going to be out of the loop for awhile this morning- have to go out- ping me to any new developments? Thanks!
India might pre-emptively strike if that happens.
Saturday, November 03, 2007
Militants parade 48 captured soldiers
* Soldiers freed after being given Rs 500 each
* Freed soldiers say they won’t fight against Muslim brothers
* Police vacate Khawazakhela police station, Taliban burn Charbagh PS
CHARBAGH: Militants loyal to pro-Taliban cleric Maulana Fazlullah paraded on Friday 48 men said to be paramilitary troops who surrendered during a week of fierce clashes.
Masked followers of Fazlullah brandished assault rifles, rocket launchers and Swati swords as they
displayed the men to the media in Swat.
Military and government spokesmen had earlier denied that any troops were captured. They were not immediately available to comment on Friday’s display.
Freed richer: “They (militants) told us that we would not be harmed if we surrender. If not, then the entire population from the village below will climb up the hill and may kill you,” a soldier told reporters. The men were given Rs 500 each and freed later on Friday, reported AFP.
The kidnapped officials told BBC that they do not want to fight with their Muslim brothers who are fighting for the implementation of Sharia, reported Online.
Police evacuate: Officials vacated the Khawazakhela police station and shifted to the Madian police station, while the Taliban set fire to the Charbagh police station, Saleem Athar added. The police also vacated the Matta police station and shifted to another location.
Meanwhile, local Taliban have captured three vehicles of the Malakand Area Development Project from the Chukrial and Biha
areas in Matta tehsil of Swat. staff report/agencies
More articles here:
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?date=11/3/2007%207:42:54%20PM
Martial law not acceptable: US
No comment, says Aziz
No martial law, says Qayyum
No martial law, says Azeem
BB meets Dar in Dubai: Emergency will not benefit the people: Benazir
Militants parade 48 captured soldiers
Fazlullah sets three conditions for talks
Army operation last resort: Orakzai
Musharraf rejects Centcom chief’s offer of troops
SC changes hearing schedule for Musharraf petitions
PIA cancels flights as engineers stop work
Alert time...where are the Nukes....
Nothing like a little unrest in a nuclear armed nation.
I wonder how far the likes of India (or someone else . . ahem . . the U.S.) would let this deteriorate before they took preventitive measures
“Not important but May 12 is my B day.”
Happy birthday now in the likely event I forget! :)
Re. the Pres. of the Supreme Court Bar Association, he was no fan of Mushi. I don’t think he is an Islamist though. Anybody know?
My guess is that we hit bin Laden with that drone air strike yesterday and Mushie’s locking down the country before all hell breaks loose.
Freedom ain’t free
But, it spreads like fire
Looks like one more dictatorship
May feed the funeral pyre
“Musharrif or Bhutto?”
Pakistan going to democracy will cause the Islamowhackos to eventually take control. Mushman needs America now. He is going to take out Al Queada with the blackout going on.
Then retire.
Things are heating up there. Not a safe place for anyone.
Mushie may have gotten so hot intel re al Qaeda targeting him, his family and his government.
The best way to be al Qaeda is to take the battle to them like our current surge. The first battles are fierce and bloody, and as al Qaeda serial killers get thinned out and the local turn against them, their survivors have to run away.
Denying izlamic countries WMD is paramount. Doesn’t matter if they appear reasonable/ moderate etc outside today.
In that sense, the real ‘permanent’ solution to Pakistan is to break the country up into its constituent provinces (shouldn’t be too difficult to engineer with India’s help), defang nuke capability outta all of them, support and crush local tribal chieftains/warlords as may arise (Pak doesn’t have oil anyway), agent orangize the poppy fields in the heroin capital of the world to defund the terror+drug trade and send in bombing runs on training camps as and when they spring up - no boots on the ground (except special ops perhaps), no humanitarian reconstruction BS ... we should pretty much solve Pakistan this way.
Else, some madcap jihadist will get hold of some WMD someday and take out some western population center. The coming war then would do all the above and far more anyway. Bad set of choices but gotta stitch one now to save many more later, IMO.
Arsenal keys . . .
I think you may be right.
Looks as though the Airbag is about to deploy?
from the link you posted:
Text of ‘Proclamation of emergency’
ISLAMABAD, Nov 3 (APP): Following is the text of the Proclamation of Emergency declared by Chief of the Army Staff General Pervez Musharraf on Saturday:
“WHEREAS there is visible ascendancy in the activities of extremists and incidents of terrorist attacks, including suicide bombings, IED explosions, rocket firing and bomb explosions and the banding together of some militant groups have taken such activities to an unprecedented level of violent intensity posing a grave threat to the life and property of the citizens of Pakistan;
WHEREAS there has also been a spate of attacks on State infrastructure and on law enforcement agencies;
WHEREAS some members of the judiciary are working at cross purposes with the executive nd legislature in the fight against terrorism and extremism thereby weakening the Government and the nation’s resolve and diluting the efficacy of its actions to control this menace;
WHEREAS there has been increasing interference by some members of the judiciary in government policy, adversely affecting economic growth, in particular;
WHEREAS constant interference in executive functions, including but not limited to the control of terrorist activity, economic policy, price controls, downsizing of corporations and urban planning, has weakened the writ of the government; the police force has been completely demoralized and is fast losing its efficacy to fight terrorism and Intelligence Agencies have been thwarted in their activities and prevented from pursuing terrorists;
WHEREAS some hard core militants, extremists, terrorists and suicide bombers, who were arrested and being investigated were ordered to be released. The persons so released have subsequently been involved in heinous terrorist activities, resulting in loss of human life and property. Militants across the country have, thus, been encouraged while law enforcement agencies subdued;
WHEREAS some judges by overstepping the limits of judicial authority have taken over the executive and legislative functions;
WHEREAS the Government is committed to the independence of the judiciary and the rule of law and holds the superior judiciary in high esteem, it is nonetheless of paramount importance that the Honourable Judges confine the scope of their activity to the judicial function and not assume charge of administration;
WHEREAS an important Constitutional institution, the Supreme Judicial Council, has been made entirely irrelevant and non est by a recent order and judges have, thus, made themselves immune from inquiry into their conduct and put themselves beyond accountability;
WHEREAS the humiliating treatment meted to government officials by some members of the judiciary on a routine basis during court proceedings has demoralized the civil bureaucracy and senior government functionaries, to avoid being harassed, prefer inaction;
WHEREAS the law and order situation in the country as well as the economy have been adversely affected and trichotomy of powers eroded;
WHEREAS a situation has thus arisen where the Government of the country cannot be carried on in accordance with the Constitution and as the Constitution provides no solution for this situation, there is no way out except through emergent and extraordinary measures;
AND WHEREAS the situation has been reviewed in meetings with the Prime Minister, Governors of all four Provinces, and with Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, Chiefs of the Armed Forces, Vice-Chief of Army Staff and Corps Commanders of the Pakistan Army;
NOW, THEREFORE, in pursuance of the deliberations and decisions of the said meetings, I General Pervez Musharraf, Chief of the Army Staff, proclaim Emergency throughout Pakistan.
2. I hereby order and proclaim that the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan shall remain in abeyance.
3. This Proclamation shall come into force at once.”
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