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Currently, the funding arrives either in the form of military equipment or as virtually unfettered cash, for Musharraf's government to do with as it pleases. But the options are limited. The U.S. might get the Musharraf government to focus on counter-terrorism by cutting off money that would otherwise go toward paying down Pakistan's debt. However, that might just help Musharraf's military in silencing the opposition. Pakistan watchers are concerned that U.S. money is being diverted from counter-terrorism to anti-democratic crackdowns like this...
...assistance programs to Pakistan, but added, "we are mindful not to do anything that would undermine counter-terrorism efforts." With those efforts so closely tied to Pakistan's military, most experts in Washington expected the U.S. to make little more than superficial changes to the cash flow heading into Musharraf's coffers...
...meantime, Musharraf has suspended the constitution, blacked out domestic TV news broadcasts and arrested lawyers, human rights advocates and opposition political party figures. State-run Pakistan Television on Monday said Musharraf had assured ambassadors he was "determined to remove my uniform once we correct these pillars - the judiciary, the executive and the parliament." Musharraf's Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz reiterated on Monday that the election would be held on schedule...
Some observers in the U.S. and Pakistan are still holding out the possibility that Musharraf's main reason for imposing martial law was to rid himself of his bête noir, the "literalist" Supreme Court led by chief justice Iftikar Chaudhry, who is now under house arrest. That tribunal not only posed a danger to the validity of Musharraf's election as president in early October but also to the U.S. deal forged with opposition leader Benazir Bhutto that allowed her to return to Pakistan from exile as a symbol of resurgent democracy. With the persnickety high court "cleansed...
...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...