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Trombly was originally arrested for assault and battery on a police officer, resisting arrest, procuring alcohol for minors and public drinking...
Supporting U.S. military action in Afghanistan may have been easy for Pakistan's General Pervez Musharraf compared with the war he's declared at home. The arrest of more than 1,500 Islamist militants since Saturday and the outlawing of five of their key organizations underlines the seriousness of Musharraf's pledge to rein in what he called an extremist "state-within-a-state." But to really do this requires riding a tiger twenty years in the making...
...There were few signs Monday of popular discontent over the crackdown - not least, perhaps, because the organizational leadership of the radical groups was either under arrest or on the run. But the enthusiastic support for the general who named himself president after seizing power two years ago among newspapers traditionally critical of military rule suggests that Musharraf has solid support among middle class Pakistanis for stopping the "Talibanization" of Pakistan. Although the General's actions have been prompted in large part by the Indian military buildup on his borders and threats of war unless Islamabad reined in Pakistan-based terror...
...free him and two comrades. To protect the lives of the 155 passengers, New Delhi acquiesced. And now, India believes, Azhar, 34, as head of Jaish-e-Muhammad (Army of Muhammad), is partly responsible for the Dec. 13 attack on its Parliament by five suicidal militants. It was his arrest--and that of Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, leader of the other party India blames, Lashkar-e-Taiba (Army of the Pure)--that New Delhi demanded and won from Pakistan last week...
Trombly was originally arrested for assault and battery on a police officer, resisting arrest, procuring alcohol for minors and public drinking. But all charges against the Cabot House resident were dropped less than a month after his arraignment because of insufficient evidence...