[lbo-talk] Musharraf faces big decision

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Thu Jul 19 17:34:48 PDT 2007


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Last Updated: Tuesday, 17 July 2007

Musharraf faces big decision http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6902368.stm

By Ahmed Rashid

Ahmed Rashid, guest journalist and writer on Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia, says Pakistan's leader faces a stark choice.

[The aftermath of the Red Mosque siege]

The storming of the Islamabad's Red Mosque last week, and the deaths of scores of Islamic militants has placed Pakistan and its leadership on the edge of a deadly precipice.

One wrong move and the already deeply polarized country could plunge into a permanent state of anarchic violence, bordering on civil war. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6902368.stm



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