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...killed 15 people. The Egyptians surrounded the safe house in the Pakistani frontier city of Peshawar where Khadr, an Egyptian Canadian, was hiding. All that remained was to notify General Mehmood Ahmed, then Pakistan's chief spymaster, so that his spooks could burst in and arrest Khadr. Ahmed promised swift action...
...swift - but not in the way the Egyptians expected. That night the Pakistani security forces never turned up. Instead a car with diplomatic plates roared up to the Peshawar house. As the Egyptians watched, a gang of Taliban spilled out, grabbed Khadr and then drove him over the Khyber Pass to Afghanistan, beyond the Egyptians' reach. The Pakistani spy agency, known as Inter-Services Intelligence, had betrayed the Egyptians. "The next day the ISI called up and said, 'So sorry, the man gave us the slip,'" a diplomat recalls...
Facing low approval ratings and lower odds of election in November, Republican Acting Gov. Jane M. Swift dropped out of the primary race last month, leaving the door wide open for the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic mastermind Mitt Romney to enter the race as the Republican challenger...
However, with Romney in and Swift out, one of five democratic candidates will face a far more formidable challenge than they anticipated...
...senate president, Birmingham is working with Swift and House Speaker Thomas M. Finneran to close the budget...