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Musharraf's Exit Leaves Alarming Power Vacuum

Washington frets as nuclear nation steps into unknown

By Jason Farago, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 19, 2008 4:46 AM CDT

(Newser) – Pervez Musharraf was once Washington's most important ally in the Muslim world, but the general-turned-civilian president of Pakistan had become an increasingly unreliable partner in the combat against Taliban and al-Qaeda insurgents, writes the New York Times. Now that Musharraf has resigned, the US will... Read full story »

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