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Since Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf threw in his lot with the U.S. after Sept. 11, he has been wrestling to gain control over the 10,000-strong ISI, a group of soldiers, field agents, sneaks and tens of thousands of additional informers so formidable and independent its critics call it "a kingdom within a state." The stakes for Musharraf and the U.S. are high. Transforming the organization from one that has abetted Islamic militancy to one that combats it is fundamental to both Washington and Islamabad as they struggle to impose moderation on a radicalized part of the world...
PAKISTAN Tainted Win President Pervez Musharraf claimed an overwhelming mandate to govern the country for another five years after results of a referendum gave him 95% of the vote. But the independent Human Rights Commission of Pakistan said that polling irregularities, including multiple voting, "exceeded our worst fears." Musharraf seized power in a military coup in October...
...Since Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf threw in his lot with the U.S. after Sept. 11, he has been wrestling to gain control over the 10,000-strong ISI. Transforming the organization from one that abetted Islamic militancy to one that combats it is fundamental to both Musharraf and the U.S. But it's a daunting task. Even by the shadowy standards of spy agencies, the ISI is notorious. It is commonly branded "a state within the state," or Pakistan's "invisible government." It has sponsored Muslim rebels in Indian-held Kashmir, and propped up the Taliban and by extension...
...Should Pervez Musharraf continue to rule Pakistan for the next five years? Yes No Not Sure...
...claims of Muslims driven out of Mecca by the Quraysh. Many Muslims in the Prophet’s time saw these concessions toward the Quraysh as humiliating, and yet the Prophet signed the treaty because his declared preference was for peace. It is thus not surprising that Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, in his speech immediately after September 11, appealed to the example of the Treaty of Hudaybiyah in asking the Taliban to go through the humiliating (though morally just) exercise of giving up Osama Bin Laden, and asking the Pakistani public to support America’s claims upon...