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Besieged Musharraf in 'Dangerous Mindset'

Posted Feb 23, 08 7:10 AM CST in World 

(Newser) – Is Pervez Musharraf paranoid, or is everyone out to get him? After his party's hammering in this week's election, the answer seems to be both, the Guardian reports. "He's been sulking," said a senior party official of the Pakistani president. "He's retreated into a mental bunker. It's a dangerous mindset to be in at this point in time. He could decide to hit back."

Victorious opposition parties have closed ranks against Musharraf and are trying to build a majority big enough to force the president from power, but he's vowed to hang on until his five-year term expires. Musharraf's political base has eroded but the under-fire president still has one key ally: the White House is said to be pushing hard for a deal that would keep him around.

Source Guardian (UK)

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Pakistan Peoples Party's co-chairman and husband of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, Asif Ali Zardari, left, shakes hand with Pakistan's Muslim League-N party chief Nawaz Sharif, center, at a press...   (Associated Press)
A Pakistani man, holding a poster of deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry, tries to pull away barbed wire as demonstrators protest against the government of Gen. Pervez Musharraf outside the...   (Associated Press)
A Pakistani lawyer shouts slogans against President Musharraf's government during a protest in Lahore, Pakistan, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008. Pakistan's deposed chief justice rallied supporters from house...   (Associated Press)
Pakistani lawyers burn an effigy of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf during a protest in Lahore, Pakistan, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008. Pakistan's deposed chief justice rallied supporters from house arrest...   (Associated Press)
Pakistani lawyers burn an effigy of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf during a protest in Lahore, Pakistan, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008. Pakistan's deposed chief justice rallied supporters from house arrest...   (Associated Press)
Pakistani lawyers march as they shout slogans against Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf during a protest in Lahore, Pakistan, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008. Pakistan's deposed chief justice rallied supporters...   (Associated Press)
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