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Pervez Musharraf, the president of Pakistan is to visit Europe this week. I wonder if that is a good idea. At this crucial time perhaps he should stay in charge of the shop. The Islamists were bound to succeed in their assassination attempts on the life of Benizir Bhutto. It wasn't if, but when.
They are equally determined to kill Musharraf. He will live longer if he stays in Pakistan surrounded by his own pretorian guard. From The Sunday Times today:
SPANISH police say they have foiled an attempt by Islamic extremists to carry out bomb attacks coinciding with a state visit to Europe by Pervez Musharraf, the president of Pakistan.
Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba, the Spanish interior minister, said that five homes and a mosque in central Barcelona had been raided and a quantity of bomb-making material had been seized, including four detonators. Twelve Pakistanis and two Indians were arrested on Friday.
Rubalcaba said police acted on a tip-off from “another secret service” and discovered that some of those detained were about to purchase explosives.
The arrests were made just days before a visit to Europe this week by Musharraf. He is due to go to France and the UK and attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
The minister said that he could not reveal more about the police operation which was continuing but the National Intelligence Centre (CNI), the Spanish secret service, had warned at least four other European countries to prepare for “imminent attacks”.
A source at the CNI told El Pais, the Spanish newspaper, that the countries facing the immediate threat were France, Britain and Portugal.
In my view a dictatorship is the only way to keep the Islamists from taking over Pakistan. Another thought; can democracy effectively stop the Islamification of the West? Please discuss.
(cross posted with CommonSense)
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Saving Musharraf
Pervez Musharraf, the president of Pakistan is to visit Europe this week. I wonder if that is a good idea. At this crucial time perhaps he should stay in charge of the shop. The Islamists were bound to succeed in their assassination attempts on the life of Benizir Bhutto. It wasn't if, but when.
They are equally determined to kill Musharraf. He will live longer if he stays in Pakistan surrounded by his own pretorian guard. From The Sunday Times today:
SPANISH police say they have foiled an attempt by Islamic extremists to carry out bomb attacks coinciding with a state visit to Europe by Pervez Musharraf, the president of Pakistan.
Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba, the Spanish interior minister, said that five homes and a mosque in central Barcelona had been raided and a quantity of bomb-making material had been seized, including four detonators. Twelve Pakistanis and two Indians were arrested on Friday.
Rubalcaba said police acted on a tip-off from “another secret service” and discovered that some of those detained were about to purchase explosives.
The arrests were made just days before a visit to Europe this week by Musharraf. He is due to go to France and the UK and attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
The minister said that he could not reveal more about the police operation which was continuing but the National Intelligence Centre (CNI), the Spanish secret service, had warned at least four other European countries to prepare for “imminent attacks”.
A source at the CNI told El Pais, the Spanish newspaper, that the countries facing the immediate threat were France, Britain and Portugal.
In my view a dictatorship is the only way to keep the Islamists from taking over Pakistan. Another thought; can democracy effectively stop the Islamification of the West? Please discuss.
(cross posted with CommonSense)
- Fuck Your Sovereignty, Mushy
We did what you and the Pakistanis refused (and prevented others from) to do for ten years. Maybe you would have preferred we just drop something in the ten kiloton range on that compound? Washington Times: Musharraf: Bin Laden mission violated Pakistan...
- Shortcut To Nuclear Caliphate - Pakistan
MMA, Taliban, Al Qaeda, or a Musharraf Reichstag fire assassination attempt? As aides say at 8:30 AM EST she is dead, the attack, the REPEATED attacks on Ms Bhutto make it clear what is at stake in the nation with nuclear weapons and the living...
- If Bin Laden Told Them To Jump Off A Bridge, Would They? ... Uh, Never Mind, Don't Even Bother To Answer That Question
As if on cue, Pakistani Islamists are agitating for Musharraf to be run from office: ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Hundreds of Islamists chanting slogans against Pakistan's military leader rallied outside the Supreme Court on Friday as judges heard petitions...
- Michael Scheuer May Have Been A Sleeplesy Vigilant Anti Bin Laden Analyst, But He Is A Moron, And Maybe That's The Tale
No better ally for US than Musharraf: ex-CIA official In the 'we're doomed' chapter of world politics....we have an analyst who blames israel first AND is a protocols of zion light believer.... Islamabad, Jan. 1 (PTI): A former Central Intelligence...
- And Then ... Pakistan's Musharraf Losing Power To Pro-al Qaida Officers
This story is 100% polar opposite to the one published in STRATFOR yesterday, whic claims we have a hot pursuit agreement n Waziristan - which I don't believe ..GERTZ AGAIN is the soruce Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf risks a collapse of his...