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2003-10-03 India-Pakistan
Pakistan: FBI rules the roost
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Posted by Steve 2003-10-03 3:24:26 PM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 The FBI controlling the security apparatus of a foreign government? Whatever this Asia Times writer is smoking, it's worth its weight in gold. This is the product of the collective imaginations of Pakistani Islamists. They're saying that Pakistan's security services are under the thumb of the FBI in order to delegitimize Musharraf. For the Islamists to simply say that Musharraf has had enough of the radicalism won't cut it - they need to make it sound like he is a puppet dancing to a foreign power's tune.

The danger to Musharraf is real, however. Like the Roman emperors, Musharraf was selected by his troops to lead the country - he can just as easily be un-selected in favor of another pretender to the throne. He needs to keep his supporters satisfied, and one hopes that not too many of the important ones are Islamists.
Posted by Zhang Fei  2003-10-3 4:26:55 PM||   2003-10-3 4:26:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 But under heavy US pressure, PIA’s reservation system is now hosted in Texas through the Sabre Group

Which is probably outsourced to India, oh the irony.
Posted by rg117 2003-10-3 9:28:49 PM||   2003-10-3 9:28:49 PM|| Front Page Top

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