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In response to recent pressure from the U.S. to “do more” in the war on terror, Pakistan's ambassador to the U.S. warns that too much of that kind of pressure could imperil the presidency of Pervez Musharraf and empower militant Islamists within Pakistan. From the Beeb: Ambassador Mehmud Ali Durrani told the BBC that recent [...]
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From the standpoint of U.S. national security, the real front on the war on terror may be in the frontier provinces of Pakistan — Pakistan's protestations to the contrary not withstanding. An excerpt from the Feb. 19 NYT story: Senior leaders of Al Qaeda operating from Pakistan have re-established significant control over their once-battered worldwide [...]
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