Word: coupes
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With each side hoping to use a Clinton trip for one-upmanship in their rivalry, "this would be tricky even if Pakistan hadn't had a coup" last October, says a senior Administration official...
...belabor the painfully obvious, but when the Postmaster General leads the coup d'tat (they don't call him the Postmaster Pacifist, do they?) the Chinese government will surely seize on our moment of weakness to settle a few scores. Let's face facts: we sent "peacekeeping" battle groups to their missile tests near Taiwan; we "accidentally" bombed their embassy in Belgrade; we imported the "new, improved" Windows 2000 operating system to their country. As far as they'll consider the matter, we asked...
...Nawaz Sharif's lawyers, Iqbal Raad, was shot dead in broad daylight by unknown gunmen. Nawaz is being tried on charges of kidnapping and attempted murder, for allegedly attempting to prevent a plane carrying current military leader General Parvez Musharraf from landing - the event that triggered last year's coup. The Friday shooting came a day after Raad had begun to present Nawaz's defense, arguing that the coup plot against him originated after he met with President Clinton last June and agreed to withdraw Pakistani forces who had crossed into Indian territory at Kargil in the disputed territory...
...Although the Clinton administration had considered staying away from Pakistan in light of the coup and unhappiness in Washington over Islamabad's efforts in the fight against terrorism, the President elected to go in the belief that a personal relationship with General Musharraf could be critical to resolving future crises in an unstable region - as his personal relationship with Nawaz had helped end the Kargil standoff. The fact that President Clinton's old friend Nawaz is now saying General Musharraf launched his coup in retaliation for the Pakistani premier's doing Washington's bidding - and the assassination of his lawyer...
...fact that the current Pakistani leader, General Parvez Musharraf, took power in a military coup that ousted Nawaz may have created an obstacle to the meeting - at least at the level of appearances - but Washington has a long tradition of close cooperation with Pakistani strongmen, recognizing also perhaps that the prospects for stability may be greater under military rule than they were under Nawaz's corrupt civilian administration. President Clinton will go through the motions of urging a speedy return to civilian rule, but terrorism remains the most important point of contention between the U.S. and the country that remains...