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...Road to Democracy? Re "Pakistan's Reluctant Hero" [June 25-July 2]: The tussle between suspended Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry and President Pervez Musharraf seems to augur well for the country's pro-democracy movement. At least the sacked Chief Justice has been able to convince the democracy lovers that there is light at the end of the tunnel, that it's not impossible to end the rule of dictators backed by men in military uniform. Now it's time for other pro-democracy leaders to get under one umbrella and offer a progressive vision...
...bullet-riddled body was carted out of the basement of the sprawling mosque and madrasah, or seminary, complex where he and scores of heavily armed militants had battled Pakistani security forces for eight days. Ghazi is dead, but he may well come to haunt the President, General Pervez Musharraf, and the country...
...assault on the Red Mosque, which began on July 3, was an operation to root out extremists angry with Musharraf's unwillingness to Islamicize Pakistan and with his pro-West policies in the war on terror. On the surface, Musharraf won. By Wednesday, July 11, the death toll was at least 50 militants (as well as 14 soldiers), and the army was mopping up small pockets of resistance inside the compound. Yet the siege could become the first salvo in a divisive war for Pakistan's soul: to be a traditional, Shari'a-based society, or a modern, moderate Muslim...
...Musharraf knew he was playing with fire by attacking a mosque and risking civilian casualties. The authorities weren't saying how many noncombatants had been killed, but, given the vicious, close-quarter fighting and the thousands of students, including women and children, inside the complex, the miracle was that more people...
...Were Musharraf to call for parliamentary elections early, as some analysts suggest he might, the president-general could hope that his party, the Pakistan Muslim League, would be able to capitalize on a popularity spike caused by his successful resolution of the Red Mosque crisis. A PML majority would ensure Musharraf another term with a clear mandate, though it wouldn't dispel the constitutional questions over him being both Chief of Army Staff and President. It's a risky strategy, and so is the ongoing siege at the Red Mosque. Dividends will depend on how many, and what kind...