Bush: Musharraf trying to right missteps on terror
By Deb Riechmann | Associated Press
July 22, 2007
WASHINGTON - President Bush said Saturday that the United States must
continue fighting in Iraq and support Pakistan's battle against Al Qaeda
and other extremists, but said the Pakistani president's recent tactics
have failed in that effort.
In his weekly radio address, taped before he had a colonoscopy at the Camp
David presidential retreat in Maryland, Bush cited the latest National
Intelligence Estimate. It said Al Qaeda had managed to establish a "safe
haven" in the tribal areas of Pakistan bordering Afghanistan.
Bush noted that Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf reached an agreement
last fall that gave leaders in his nation's tribal areas more
responsibility for policing their territories. But the U.S. intelligence
report said that agreement had backfired and had actually given Al Qaeda
new opportunities to set up training camps, improve international
communications and bolster operations.
"Unfortunately, tribal leaders were unwilling and unable to go after Al
Qaeda or the Taliban," Bush said. "President Musharraf recognizes the
agreement has not been successful or well-enforced and is taking active
steps to correct it."
Violence has spread from Pakistan's tribal areas to the nation's capital
of Islamabad and elsewhere since last week, when militants abandoned the
2006 peace deal they signed with the government to stop attacks on troops
and officials. Suicide attacks, shootings and a siege and army raid on a
mosque in Islamabad have killed 289 people in Pakistan this month, raising
concern about the threat posed by Islamic extremists and the country's
political instability.
Musharraf may soon face another challenge.
On Saturday, Pakistan's chief justice resumed his official duties, a day
after Musharraf lost a bid to fire him, the biggest setback in his
eight-year rule.
The Supreme Court ruled Friday for the reinstatement of Iftikhar Mohammed
Chaudhry, who was suspended in March for alleged misconduct. It triggered
fresh calls for Musharraf, who seized power in a 1999 military coup, to
step down.
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23 Jul 2007 09:38:45 AM |
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"Docrodile" <swampth...@hellsbayou.net> wrote:
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Damn. I was thinking it would be something like
you trying to act normal. Now THAT would be
funny, monkey.
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23 Jul 2007 11:21:40 PM |
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"JTEM" <jtem01@gmail.com> wrote in message
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"Docrodile" <swampth...@hellsbayou.net> wrote:
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Damn. I was thinking it would be something like
you trying to act normal. Now THAT would be
funny, monkey.
Normality and humor are two qualities you don't possess. So, prance, lil'
fairy, prance! Prance for your master, your bi-sexual superior!!! :))~
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| User: "Woodswun" |
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26 Jul 2007 05:31:33 PM |
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On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 14:25:18 -0700, Docrodile wrote:
Bush: Musharraf trying to right missteps on terror
By Deb Riechmann | Associated Press
July 22, 2007
WASHINGTON - President Bush said Saturday that the United States must
continue fighting in Iraq and support Pakistan's battle against Al Qaeda
and other extremists, but said the Pakistani president's recent tactics
have failed in that effort.
In his weekly radio address, taped before he had a colonoscopy at the Camp
David presidential retreat in Maryland, Bush cited the latest National
Intelligence Estimate. It said Al Qaeda had managed to establish a "safe
haven" in the tribal areas of Pakistan bordering Afghanistan.
Is this news? I seem to recall complaints about al qaeda moving into the
safer environs of Pakistan shortly after we invaded Afghanistan, into
areas not entirely under the control of the Pakistan govt. I've never
heard news that they'd been successfully routed out.
Woods
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