[lbo-talk] New Al Qaeda plot to kill Musharraf foiled

joanna 123hop at comcast.net
Sat May 14 14:30:47 PDT 2005


The short answer is No. But I thought Musharraf was playing both sides of the fence on this one. That's why, it seems like the assassination attempts are more about reassuring his US supporters that he's still the man...

But, you know, if they're real, they're real.

Joanna

Chris Doss wrote:


>Joanna,
>
>I live in the former Soviet Union. We know what
>Islamism is. You have had one spectacular event
>(9/11)that you can dismiss as a fluke. For people in
>Uzbekistan, Chechnya and Pakistan what Islamism means
>is loud and clear. It means Taliban.
>I realize that the instinctive leftie reaction is that
>all attacks against oppressive governments must have
>good-heartedness at their base, but it just isn't so.
>
>Islamism, in the Talibanist sense of the term, is the
>ideological basis for most Central Asian "liberation"
>movements. Do you really want these people to come to
>power?
>
>They're real all right.
>
>--- joanna <123hop at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>
>
>>Assuming you believe that these foiled plots are
>>real.
>>
>>Joanna
>>
>>Chris Doss wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>Man, Musharraf has got to be the bravest dictator
>>>ever.
>>>
>>>--- uvj at vsnl.com wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>HindustanTimes.com
>>>>
>>>>Friday, May 6, 2005
>>>>
>>>>Pakistan foils new Al-Qaeda plot to kill Musharraf
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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