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India-Pakistan
Pakistan is not a banana republic: Musharraf
2006-09-25
President General Pervez Musharraf on Sunday termed rumours of a coup in Pakistan as nonsense. “Pakistan is not a banana republic. Everything is normal. There is no coup,” he said while talking to reporters on Monday. Commenting on the rumours about his health, Musharraf said that doctors had declared him fit, adding that he had gone for a medical examination according to his programme. “I have not undergone any ETT check since 1994. I am normal, absolutely normal,” he said, adding that his visit to the hospital was private, but he was mistaken that it would remain a personal affair. Musharraf said that he was successful in maintaining secrecy about the book. When asked that some extracts of his book had been published in the international media before the launch, Musharraf said that it was expected since the book had reached bookstalls. He said that 80 percent of power supply had been restored in Pakistan and it will be 100 percent soon. He denied having information about Osama Bin Laden saying, “I do not comment on things I don’t know about”. He said that the proposed joint mechanism to fight terrorism was a test for both India and Pakistan
Posted by:john

#17  You say "ba-nan-ah", I say "bah-na-na", let's call the whole thing off blow the whole thing up.
Posted by: Zenster   2006-09-25 22:08  

#16  I'd leave the uninhabitable radioactive portion as a Muslim Holy Land/Designated Madrassah Property
Posted by: Frank G   2006-09-25 21:44  

#15  I still say the only solution to the Pakistan problem is to divide it equally between Afghanistan and India, along the Indus river. Nothing else will stop the nonsense that began the day Pakistan gained "independence".
Posted by: Old Patriot   2006-09-25 21:21  

#14  Absolutely Pakistan is not a banana republic.

It's a military dictatorship. Of the, um, banana-y type
Posted by: Badda bing ...   2006-09-25 20:47  

#13  Y'all are all wrong, since they're all "Bananas"......
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2006-09-25 20:44  

#12  It would be. You don't know how to grow f**kin' bananas !
Posted by: SOP35/Rat   2006-09-25 19:05  

#11  Hashish republic?
Posted by: xbalanke   2006-09-25 16:56  

#10  Yes we have no bananas's. Sorry somebody had to.
Posted by: Cheaderhead   2006-09-25 11:00  

#9  He is right.

Pakistan does not grow banannas.
Posted by: DarthVader   2006-09-25 09:45  

#8  It's really more of a plantain plutocracy.
Posted by: Seafarious   2006-09-25 09:42  

#7  Watched a comment on the supposed threat of nuking Iran. Famous Leaker of Interest (If I remember right) said: "I couldn't threatened to bomb them back to the Stone Age because big sections of Pakistan haven't entered the Stone Age yet. One just can't bomb them to a higher level."

Then again it might have been one of those snarky Nat Review guys.
Posted by: 3dc   2006-09-25 09:31  

#6  Â“I do not comment on things I donÂ’t know about”. and don't want to know about, He said
Posted by: Besoeker   2006-09-25 08:56  

#5  ...Nahh. It's a Hummus Republic.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2006-09-25 08:50  

#4  After all, bananas are un-Islamic.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2006-09-25 08:23  

#3  You know, he is right, Stone Age?
Posted by: Captain America   2006-09-25 07:58  

#2  At least banana republics are useful - they export bananas. They also don't destabilize the entire world with jihadi and nuclear technology exports.

Posted by: john   2006-09-25 07:55  

#1  Technically, I believe he's accurate. I think Pakistan's becoming a banana republic would be a step up.
Posted by: Swamp Blondie   2006-09-25 07:50  

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