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...report "Riding The Tiger" about Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's beleaguered tenure [Jan. 12], we incorrectly reported that the Pakistani Senate chairman, who would run the country if the President were assassinated, was Illahi Bakhush. He is Mohammad Mian Soomro...
Edwards milks what credentials he does have, mentioning that he serves on the Senate Intelligence Committee and never missing the chance to cite his meeting with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, who is conveniently one of the leaders George W. Bush couldn't name four years ago. In fact, he has more experience than candidates Carter, Reagan, Clinton or the present incumbent had, but in the post-9/11 world, that still may not be enough. All Edwards can do is fall back on faith that experience is not the key to winning. "Voters don't elect a resume," he told...
Plotting terrorism from a Pakistani prison; why Tony Blair is in trouble; the Salvation Army's mixed blessing; cell phones as guns; gay couples barred from an Atlanta golf club...
...reported on the assassination attempts on Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf [Jan. 12]. Today the ranks of Pakistan's army are brimming with selfstyled Islamist officers who maintain strong connections with the mullahs. Despite the rhetoric of moderation, Musharraf continues to seek support from anti-U.S. Islamic parties. The threat from within the ranks of Pakistan's armed forces is as strong as the external threat from Islamic hard-liners. If Musharraf falls, there is no guarantee that a moderate general would take over. MUHAMMAD A. KHAN Lahore, Pakistan...
...When a Pakistani judge ordered the death penalty for Ahmad Omar Saeed Sheikh in July 2002 for the murder of U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl, the Islamic militant was defiant. In court Sheikh had his lawyer read a threat to Pakistan's President: "Let's see who dies first, me or Musharraf." Now, after two bomb attempts in December on President Pervez Musharraf's life, investigators are treating Sheikh's warning as more than just bravado. Most of the dozen or so plotters who twice placed bombs on Musharraf's motorcade route belonged to Jaish-e-Muhammad, an outlawed militant group...