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Osama bin Laden may not have the religious authority to issue a fatwa, but for some in Pakistan, his declaration of war against President Pervez Musharraf carries the same weight as a papal excommunication. More importantly, though, bin Laden's denunciation of General Musharraf as an "apostate leader" is a jihadist echo of the charge by secular opponents that the general's efforts to hold on to power are illegitimate...
...stood outside on the street, waving banners and shouting "Long Live Benazir." Earlier, the crowd had erupted into the favored protest chant of the past six months: "Go Musharraf Go," an awkward moment indeed for party leaders currently negotiating a possible power sharing deal with the loathed President General Pervez Musharraf...
...become disillusioned with their leadership, and the more America gives support to that government which is failing the Pakistani people, the closer the time comes that someone picks up a flag and says, 'follow me, we are going to fight the Americans.' As President of Pakistan, as military leader, Pervez Musharraf is history. And if Americans try to reverse the course of history then it will be to their own disadvantage...
Like a Shakespearean tragedy, the final chapter of General Pervez Musharraf's reign began with an echo of the original sin of its first pages: the October 1999 coup by which he overthrew Nawaz Sharif, the democratically elected Prime Minister. Sharif's highly publicized return from exile on Sept. 10 lasted just four hours; Musharraf had him deported again. But if the general's first expulsion of Sharif--then an unloved head of an inept and corrupt government--brought Musharraf to power amid widespread acclaim, the second may well hasten the President's downfall...
What's next? [President Pervez Musharraf] has fired the pistol shot for an open revolt. This will not be just a run up in the streets, but will have implications for times to come. If he thinks that he can unconstitutionally and unlawfully abduct Nawaz Sharif and send him back to Jeddah [in Saudi Arabia], well, there are very serious ramifications which we will watch unfold in the coming days and weeks. It cannot happen that he can sidestep a political contest for presidential elections by cutting a deal with Benazir Bhutto, and sideline Nawaz Sharif and other parties...