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...contacts between military commanders on both sides. For now, Washington can maintain that line about Pakistan because that country's two highest military leaders have close ties to the U.S. or Britain. General Pervez Musharraf, who is also President, was trained in England, and his likely military successor General Ashfaq Pervez Kiyani was trained in the U.S. Soon, however, that trust and fellow-feeling will no longer be available...
...worry is that Musharraf may not have enough time to do all this. His approval ratings in Pakistan are at an all-time low. By Monday, rumors were spreading of a coup that would oust Musharraf. One had Pakistan's new Vice Chief of Army Staff, General Ashfaq Kyani, taking his place. But officials in Washington are not putting much stock in those rumors. For one, Kyani is an old comrade of Musharraf's. Furthermore, military uprisings against Musharraf, they say, are a perpetual rumor in Pakistani politics and impossible to substantiate. It is a testament to the woeful state...
...scene was the 2007 Individual Championships. Suchde had stormed through the preliminary rounds of the 32-man tournament as the No. 3 seed, dropping just one game in the first three rounds before knocking off top-seeded Baset Ashfaq of Trinity in the semifinals to reach the championship match for the second consecutive year. Suchde’s opponent: Princeton’s rising star, sophomore Mauricio Sanchez...
Suchde had amassed an impressive resume this season, playing in the top position all year. On the way to the finals, Suchde only dropped two games all season. He also ousted the top seed Basset Ashfaq of national champion Trinity in straight games...
...very disappointed that I didn’t win,” Oren said. “[If Suchde and I had met in the finals], we both would have wanted to win really badly. It would have been very competitive.” Suchde bounced top-seeded Baset Ashfaq of Trinity from the field with a decisive three-game win in his own semifinal. Ashfaq had eliminated Harvard senior Garnett Booth in the second round. Sophomore Verdi DiSesa was granted the top seed in the “B” draw, but was upset by Bill Hatch...