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...partly because it is backed by the U.S., which is increasingly unpopular in Pakistan. Al-Qaeda militants and other extremists in the tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, meanwhile, are capitalizing on the discontent to launch a jihad against Musharraf's regime - in recent weeks, the country has been rocked by bomb blasts. Musharraf's political rivals sense his weakness. "If he thinks that by sending Sharif into exile he is going to save his own skin, he is sorely mistaken," says Imran Khan, the former cricket star who now heads an opposition party. "The whole country has no choice...
...train Pakistani commandos to capture Osama bin Laden: 60 soldiers started training, but the program was aborted when Sharif was deposed. Sharif's record in other areas is less than reassuring. His two stints as Prime Minister were marked by mismanagement and corruption. In 1998 he tested a nuclear bomb, earning the country devastating economic sanctions that were not lifted until 2001. He dismissed a Supreme Court chief justice--shades of Musharraf--and a President, and he promoted Islamic law. A senior Bush Administration official says Bhutto's party "has historically been more popular and closer to the moderate center...
Patriquin was Sattar's link to the U.S. military presence in his territory. The two got along quite well by all accounts. Sattar had even made Patriquin an honorary member of his own tribe. But a roadside bomb killed Patriquin and two other Americans, just as U.S. military officials and tribal leaders were seeing the beginnings of gains in their nascent partnership against insurgents...
...bought his line anyway. He's also an ad-lib adept. When one clutch of Catholic protesters recites the Our Father and Hail, Mary aloud during a rally, Moore asks them, "You're not gonna do the whole rosary, are ya?" and then the more pertinent, "What did Jesus bomb?" The movie leaves little doubt that if Kerry had been half the campaigner Moore is, he'd be in the White House, not the political outhouse, today...
Nevertheless, an alliance between Iran and Nicaragua could pose practical security problems for the U.S. "[Terrorist activities] could be much harder to detect than the Cuban Missile Crisis," says Jett. who notes that in the 1960s satellite photos detected the danger, but today a nuclear bomb can be hidden in a suitcase and go undetected. Neither Managua or Tehran has much to gain by an Iranian military presence, says Jett. "I would think they would just keep it covert and low key to the extent that they...