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  • August 2007

    • Musharraf Backs Down From Emergency Rule

      Reuters  |  Aug 9, 07 12:53 PM CDT

      Musharraf Backs Down From Emergency Rule

      (Newser) - After wide speculation that he would invoke emergency measures to deal with mounting violence and instability, Pakistan's president put out word today that he will stay the course on elections, Reuters reports. Beset by Islamic militants, constitutional challenges and declining poll numbers, Pervez Musharraf was thought to be on the verge of delaying elections and curbing media rights. More »

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      Pakistan  • al-Qaeda  • Pervez Musharraf  • Taliban  • Condoleezza Rice  • election  • War on Terror  • Pakistan elections  • state of emergency  • Islamic extremism

    • Pakistan Braces for State of Emergency

      Guardian (UK)  |  Aug 9, 07 4:47 AM CDT

      Pakistan Braces for State of Emergency

      (Newser) - Pervez Musharraf held a meeting this morning to discuss the declaration of a state of emergency in Pakistan, says the Guardian . Although the government claimed that recent suicide attacks and recent belligerent talk from the White House—not to speak of the Barack Obama campaign—may necessitate emergency measures, opponents of Musharraf saw the move as a last-ditch effort to stay in power. More »

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      Pakistan  • Pervez Musharraf  • Benazir Bhutto  • state of emergency  • suicide attack

    • Musharraf Bails on Karzai Meeting

      Associated Press  |  Aug 8, 07 2:16 PM CDT

      Musharraf Bails on Karzai Meeting

      (Newser) - Pervez Musharraf has backed out of meetings with his Afghan counterpart in an abrupt snub that initially shocked Washington. Musharraf told Hamid Karzai he has other “engagements" at home in Pakistan and can't attend the meeting of tribal leaders intended to discuss military violence. The US is looking into the announcement, but says it's sure the general-president had "good and compelling reasons." More »

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      Pakistan  • Afghanistan  • Pervez Musharraf  • Taliban  • United States  • Hamid Karzai  • Islamabad  • Islamic extremism  • jirga  • tribal leaders

    • Karzai to Meet With Musharraf

      CNN  |  Aug 5, 07 6:29 PM CDT

      Karzai to Meet With Musharraf

      (Newser) - Facing mounting US pressure to extinguish the Taliban and capture Osama bin Laden, dueling presidents Pervez Musharraf and Hamid Karzai will meet this week to discuss anti-terrorism efforts, CNN reports. Karzai has criticized his Pakistani counterpart for failed efforts to crack down on terrorism, but today the Afghan leader praised him for “some very strong measures” against extremists. More »

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      Pakistan  • Afghanistan  • terrorism  • Pervez Musharraf  • Taliban  • Osama bin Laden  • Hamid Karzai

    • Obama Talks Tough on Pakistan

      Associated Press  |  Aug 1, 07 2:24 PM CDT

      Obama Talks Tough on Pakistan

      (Newser) - Barack Obama said in a speech today he’d be tougher than Bush on Pakistan, and that he'd like to see the US troops that ought to be withdrawn from Iraq redeployed in Afghanistan and across the border in Pakistan—with or without an invitation, the AP reports. The freshman senator said the US wimped out when it bowed to Pakistan's president Pervez Musharraf on strikes on al-Qaeda targets. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • Pakistan  • Afghanistan  • al-Qaeda  • Pervez Musharraf  • terrorist

  • July 2007

    • Musharraf Meets with Exiled Pakistani Leader

      CNN  |  Jul 28, 07 12:36 PM CDT

      Musharraf Meets with Exiled Pakistani Leader

      (Newser) - Embattled Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf met with exiled opposition leader Benazir Bhutto yesterday in Abu Dhabi to rally support, sources tell CNN. The two leaders haven’t spoken since Musharraf seized power in 1999, but their reps have been talking for months.  Musharraf hopes to hang on to the presidency but may have to cede his duties as army chief. More »

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      Pakistan  • Pervez Musharraf  • Benazir Bhutto  • Abu Dhabi  • extremism

    • Musharraf Faces Bumpy Road to Re-Election

      Times (UK)  |  Jul 22, 07 5:24 PM CDT

      Musharraf Faces Bumpy Road to Re-Election

      (Newser) - Pervez Musharraf is facing yet another hurdle: Benazir Bhutto says she will return to Pakistan to challenge his plans for another presidential term. The exiled ex-PM tells the Sunday Times she is considering abandoning talks with the increasingly unpopular Musharraf, embarrassed last week after the country's Supreme Court reinstated the chief justice, whom he suspended. More »

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      Pakistan  • al-Qaeda  • terrorism  • Pervez Musharraf  • Benazir Bhutto  • Taliban  • United States  • Pakistan elections  • counterterrorism  • Islamabad  • Pakistan Supreme Court  • Waziristan  • Red Mosque  • Iftikhar Chaudhry

    • Pakistani Court Restores Judge

      Associated Press  |  Jul 20, 07 8:08 AM CDT

      Pakistani Court Restores Judge

      (Newser) - The Pakistani Supreme Court has returned the country’s top judge to power, overruling  the suspension meted out by President Musharraf, which ignited a pro-democracy protest movement this spring. Charges of nepotism and abuse of power against Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry were called "illegal" by the court. More »

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      Pervez Musharraf  • protests  • democracy  • Pakistan militants  • judge  • Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry

    • Twin Suicide Bombings Kill 36 in Pakistan

      Associated Press  |  Jul 19, 07 7:19 AM CDT

      Twin Suicide Bombings Kill 36 in Pakistan

      (Newser) - Two separate suicide car bombs killed 36 people in Pakistan today—one struck a convoy of Chinese workers in the south, and the other hit a police academy in the north. These new attacks bring the month's death toll from conflicts with Islamic militants to 270, furthering doubts about President Musharraf's grip on the country. More »

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      Pakistan  • Pervez Musharraf  • suicide bombing  • Karachi  • Red Mosque crisis  • Baluchistan

    • Suicide Bomber Slays 13 in Islamabad

      Reuters  |  Jul 17, 07 4:59 PM CDT

      Suicide Bomber Slays 13 in Islamabad

      (Newser) - Thirteen people died and at least 40 were wounded in an apparent suicide bombing today in Islamabad. The attack, which occurred just before Pakistan's suspended chief justice was scheduled to speak at an outdoor rally, was the latest incident in a wave of violence that has followed last week's military takeover of the Red Mosque compound, Reuters reports. More »

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      Pakistan  • Pervez Musharraf  • Benazir Bhutto  • bombing  • suicide bombing  • Pakistan militants  • suicide bomber  • suicide attack  • Red Mosque crisis

    • Death Toll in Red Mosque Siege Tops 80

      Associated Press  |  Jul 11, 07 2:13 PM CDT

      Death Toll in Red Mosque Siege Tops 80

      (Newser) - Soldiers completed the takeover of the Red Mosque early today, removing the final militants who had occupied the Islamabad compound during an 8-day siege. At least 80 were killed and 33 wounded in the past week, including 50 radicals and 10 soldiers in the climactic 35-hour final assault. "Now it's mopping up," said Pakistan's PM. More »

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      Pakistan  • Pervez Musharraf  • Taliban  • Islamic militants  • Islamabad  • Islamic extremists  • Red Mosque  • Islamic Sharia law

    • Mosque Siege Ends; Cleric Dead

      Times (UK)  |  Jul 10, 07 9:22 AM CDT

      Mosque Siege Ends; Cleric Dead

      (Newser) - Pakistani army troops stormed Islamabad's Red Mosque early today, ending the siege that had dragged on for over a week and killing at least 50 militants and their leader, the highest-ranking cleric still within the compound. The interior ministry told the Times of London that Abdul Rashid Ghazi was attempting to surrender when he was caught in crossfire. More »

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      Pakistan  • Pervez Musharraf  • Red Mosque

    • Radicals Kill Pakistani Colonel

      BBC  |  Jul 8, 07 11:00 AM CDT

      Radicals Kill Pakistani Colonel

      (Newser) - A Pakistani colonel leading an attempt to breach the walls of a mosque where Islamic students are holed up has been shot and killed, the BBC reports. Since last Tuesday, when the standoff began, 20 people are believed to have died. Pakistan's President Musharraf has said the Islamic fighters "will be killed" if they do not surrender soon. More »

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      Pakistan  • Pervez Musharraf  • terrorist  • Islam  • Islamic militants  • Red Mosque

    • Red Mosque Holdouts Vow to Die

      BBC  |  Jul 6, 07 7:41 AM CDT

      Red Mosque Holdouts Vow to Die

      (Newser) - The militant cleric in Islamabad's besieged Red Mosque who yesterday suggested a negotiated surrender today said he and his followers would martyr themselves, after the government refused to negotiate. Nineteen people have been killed since the stand-off began four days ago; several hundred students are estimated to remain inside the mosque. More »

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      Pakistan  • Pervez Musharraf  • Red Mosque

    • Hundreds at Pakistani Mosque Surrender

      BBC  |  Jul 4, 07 3:07 PM CDT

      Hundreds at Pakistani Mosque Surrender

      (Newser) - About 700 students have agreed to leave Islamabad's Red Mosque under pressure from Pakistani police surrounding the compound, the BBC reports. Several thousand people, including students as young as 10, remain inside the radical mosque after a clash between security forces and dissidents yesterday killed 10 and wounded 140. More »

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      Pakistan  • Pervez Musharraf  • Islamabad  • Red Mosque  • Lal Masjid

    • Pakistan Mosque Battle Kills 9

      BBC  |  Jul 3, 07 4:35 PM CDT

      Pakistan Mosque Battle Kills 9

      (Newser) - A heavy gun battle between Pakistan's government and armed students at a radical mosque has left nine dead, the BBC reports. The melee lasted throughout the day as soldiers traded fire with militant students at Islamabad's controversial Lal Masjid, or Red Mosque. Among the dead were three female students, a soldier, and a journalist. More »

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      Pakistan  • Pervez Musharraf  • Islam  • Islamabad  • Red Mosque  • Islamic Sharia law  • Sharia law  • mixed martial arts  • Lal Masjid

  • June 2007

    • Taliban Could Engulf Pakistan

      New York Times  |  Jun 30, 07 10:04 AM CDT

      Taliban Could Engulf Pakistan

      (Newser) - Al-Qaeda and the Taliban have a foothold in remote regions of Pakistan that could explode into a takeover of that volatile country, the Times reports. A leaked memo from Pakistan's interior ministry warned military president Pervez Musharraf that Taliban fighters active on the Afghanistan border are spilling into the country and seriously threatening its stability. More »

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      Pakistan  • Afghanistan  • al-Qaeda  • Pervez Musharraf  • Taliban  • War on Terror  • car bomb

    • Musharraf's Crisis Spreads to Bush

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 5, 07 7:35 AM CDT

      Musharraf's Crisis Spreads to Bush

      (Newser) - The Bush administration is weighing its previously unflinching alliance with Pakistan's Pervez Musharraf, the Journal reports, as Islamabad spirals into political crisis. The Pentagon is brainstorming post-Pervez scenarios, and some insiders are even pushing for distance from the increasingly autocratic general-president. More »

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      Pakistan  • Bush administration  • Pervez Musharraf  • Benazir Bhutto  • Islamabad  • crisis

  • May 2007

    • Pakistan Bombing Kills 25

      AFP  |  May 15, 07 3:27 PM CDT

      Pakistan Bombing Kills 25

      (Newser) - A suicide bomber destroyed a hotel restaurant in Peshawar, Pakistan, today, killing 25 in what may have been a retaliation for the weekend slaying of a top Taliban chief. The bomber's severed leg had a note attached to it that read: "Those who spy for America will face the same fate." More »

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      Pakistan  • Afghanistan  • Pervez Musharraf  • Taliban  • bombing  • suicide bomber  • Peshawar  • Mullah Dadullah

    • General Strike Called After Violent Clashes In Pakistan

      Financial Times (UK)  |  May 14, 07 6:25 AM CDT

      General Strike Called After Violent Clashes In Pakistan

      (Newser) - A nationwide strike has been called for today in Pakistan, after violence over the weekend left 40 dead in Karachi, the Financial Times reports. Pressure is mounting against military rule by President Pervez Musharraf. "We want to demonstrate that this country is unanimous in opposing the government," said a leader of the alliance of six Islamic opposition parties.  More »

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      Pakistan  • Pervez Musharraf  • violence  • strike  • Karachi

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