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Three times, the enemies of Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf have attempted to take him out. They tried blowing up his motorcade twice last December. In August, police in Islamabad arrested 10 men who had an arsenal of rockets smuggled from the tribal territory along the Afghanistan border. According to the police, the plan was to launch murderous attacks during Independence Day celebrations on Aug. 14, hitting Musharraf, his Cabinet and the U.S. embassy. And that close shave came only 15 days after a suicide bomber tried to blow up Shaukat Aziz, a Musharraf ally who was sworn in as Prime...
...FORCED TO RESIGN. ZAFARAULLAH KHAN JAMALI, 60, Prime Minister of Pakistan, after 19 months in office; in Islamabad. The country's strongman President Pervez Musharraf was displeased with Jamali for failing to endorse his policies and shield him from an increasingly restive Parliament. Jamali will be replaced by ruling Pakistan Muslim League party president Chaudry Shujat Hussain, regarded as more obedient to Musharraf...
...Trouble with Tribesmen "Tribal Tribulations" [May 17] described Pakistan's abandoning of its campaign to flush out Islamic militants hiding in Waziristan, near Pakistan's western border with Afghanistan. You stated that "Pakistan's decision to pull back is leaving others to question again Islamabad's commitment to the war on terror." Although I support the war against terrorists and al-Qaeda, Pakistan should do what's best for Pakistan. After all, the U.S. does what is good for the U.S. Why are we Pakistanis expected to destroy our country and kill our own people to please...
...taken great risks to eradicate terrorism and extremism within his country as well as in Afghanistan. He has worked to alleviate poverty and bring about educational reforms and economic stability. So long as Musharraf acts with honesty, he will enjoy the overwhelming support of the people. Mohammad Rafique Islamabad...
...traditionally been a tough position to fill. Though not a complete solution to the CIA's problem of gathering human intelligence, the NOC program can help. It's extremely expensive and dangerous to build a credible non-official cover by planting someone in, say, a corporate executive post in Islamabad or as a cell phone salesman in Madrid - positions in which a CIA officer would have no diplomatic immunity from arrest by the host government and little protection from deadly retribution by terrorists. Worse, the CIA has faced major bureaucratic hurdles in setting up an infrastructure to ensure that...