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...that killed eight military personnel and wounded dozens more south of Islamabad, Thursday, brought this week's death toll in suicide bombings to 15. But the spate of increasingly violent attacks on targets associated with his regime is only one of the many threats confronting the embattled President Pervez Musharraf. Challenges to his authority from the courtrooms of the capital to the rebellious mountains of the northwest have once again raised the specter of a declaration of martial law in Pakistan...
...trigger for such a decision could be a Supreme Court finding against Musharraf in legal action brought two weeks ago against his right to run for president while remaining in command of the military. The court is expected to rule within days on those cases, and also on actions challenging the legitimacy of the amnesty Musharraf offered to Benazir Bhutto on corruption charges, in order to smooth his way to a power-sharing deal with popular former prime minister, whose return to Pakistan from exile last week was greeted by a massive terror attack. And the court appears...
...death toll is rising along with the political temperature. A bomber had struck on Tuesday as well, this time a stone's throw away from Musharraf's residence in the garrison town of Rawalpindi, where a police post was attacked, leaving seven dead. And this week's casualties pushed beyond 700 the total number killed since the summer in violence related to extremism. At least two dozen attacks have directly targeted the military, prompting it to issue orders for officers to avoid wearing their uniforms in public or traveling in vehicles bearing military number plates. Though no group has claimed...
...rising death toll has many questioning whether Musharraf, deemed by Washington to be a bulwark in the fight against terrorism, is capable of restoring stability. Musharraf, who was elected by the legislature to a second term as president last month, has promised to step down as army chief before taking the oath of office on November 15. But if the court rules against him, he could simply suspend the constitution and continue to govern as head of the military. While such a move would keep Musharraf in charge, it would effectively derail plans to create a more popular, civilian-based...
They want Musharraf dead. Osama bin Laden declared jihad against the leader in a video this September...