Friday, December 26, 2003

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Musharraf seems to have been a bit lucky over the last few weeks:

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan - Suicide attackers detonated two massive bombs as President Pervez Musharraf's convoy passed on a congested road Thursday, killing 14 people and getting close enough to crack the windshield on his limousine in the second attempt on his life in 11 days.

Musharraf, 60, was unhurt, but the attack — just a few hundred yards from the site of the previous bombing — raised troubling questions about the Pakistani leader's ability to hold on to power and keep an Islamic radical movement at bay. It came a day after Musharraf made a deal with hard-line Islamic political parties to step down as army chief by the end of next year.


Musharraf is in a bad situation. A situation of his own making, but a bad situation none the less. He is fighting the islamofascist fight against his own leadership, in a country that is a breeding ground for islamic fundamentalism. It's important to us to ensure this guy keeps power, and their nukes in control, and is not overthrown by a zealot. Should a fundamentalist take power, India may have no other options then gear up for nuclear war.



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