Word: pakistanis
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...coverage of Pakistan is very one-sided [July 21]. You say the country is reeling from rising radicalism and a slumping economy. You call it a failing state, a terrorist sanctuary and a serious threat to the security of the U.S., despite the fact that in February's election, Pakistanis rejected religious extremism and said yes to democracy and the rule of law. All economies are in a slump. Radicalism, terrorism and extremism are rife from Colombia to Sri Lanka. And I fail to understand how a small group of extremists in a corner of one Pakistani province...
...than 50 suicide bombings in Pakistan in 2007. Al-Qaeda is taking full advantage of the weakness of Pakistan's new government to recruit, train and arm more jihadis. This will boost its chances of hitting targets in the U.S. or Europe. Western nations must pressure and help the Pakistani government to crack down on al-Qaeda and the Taliban, its identical twin. Iftikhar Qureshi, SYDNEY
...Pakistani Prime Minister was in Washington Monday promising not to allow Pakistan to become al-Qaeda's new rear base. As everyone knows, it's too late for that - bin Laden and almost every other important terrorist we're after are comfortably holed up there. For the last seven years Bush has begged, cajoled, threatened, and bribed the Pakistanis to do something about al-Qaeda. But nothing has worked...
...Pakistan, the visit is widely seen as important, and it has been heavily followed by the media. It will be the first time that the Bush Administration will welcome a civilian leader of the Pakistani government. "Until now, President Bush has only ever dealt with President [Pervez] Musharraf," says Masood. "Gilani will try and present himself as a democratic alternative and win support for the new dispensation. The United States has always preferred dictators over democrats, and a lot of that has to do with the geostrategic importance that Pakistan...
Much of this exasperation, echoed by Western diplomats in Islamabad, stems from the government's decision to negotiate a series of peace deals with the Pakistani Taliban in the rugged tribal areas and across swathes of the North-West Frontier Province. "It is clear that the deals have led to a rise in cross-border attacks," says a senior Western diplomat, echoing other critics, "and [those in Islamabad] just seem to be turning a blind eye to them...