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Rid Pakistan of extremism
The Washington Times ^ | 8/5/2005 | Patrick Devenny

Posted on 08/05/2005 7:38:50 AM PDT by Mr.Clark

The past few months have not been kind to President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan. The downturn began when CIA Director Porter Goss effectively admitted that Osama Bin Laden was in Pakistan, where the United States was unable to capture him because of "national sovereignty" issues, which is agency-speak for "Pakistan is obstructing the effort." Another blow to Gen. Musharraf came with the recent arrest of Hamid Hayat, a California native who admitted to being trained in a terrorist camp outside Rawalpindi, where Gen. Musharraf makes his official residence. In reaction, a senior Pakistani government official stated "there are no training camps in Pakistan," a ridiculous assertion that was widely refuted by most veteran Pakistan watchers.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: musharraf; pakistan

1 posted on 08/05/2005 7:38:51 AM PDT by Mr.Clark
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To: Mr.Clark
The past few months have not been kind to President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan.

The past few years, Pakistan hasn't been kind to the US.

2 posted on 08/05/2005 7:43:46 AM PDT by mtbopfuyn (Legality does not dictate morality... Lavin)
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To: Mr.Clark

Musharraf is the only one in Pakistan who is not an extremist, as far as I can tell.


3 posted on 08/05/2005 7:47:04 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: Brilliant

It would seem that you may be asleep at the wheel...time to wake up.


4 posted on 08/07/2005 10:24:52 AM PDT by Aaron_A
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