Suicide Blast Kills 15 In Pakistan

Pakistan Facing Increasing Violence As Al Qaeda Settles In Along Border

(CBS/AP) 
Musharraf suspended the chief justice on March 9, accusing him of nepotism and securing unwarranted perks, such as the use of luxury cars and government airplanes.

While the general insists he had no political motive, opponents accuse him of trying to remove an independent-minded judge who might uphold legal challenges to Musharraf's plans to extend his rule.

The Supreme Court, which has been hearing an appeal by Chaudhry in which the government's case has appeared shaky, was expected to announce a verdict as early as Friday.

Opponents accuse Musharraf of manipulating Pakistan's shaky security situation in order to persuade the United States, his key backer, that he remains a vital bulwark against terrorism.

There is also speculation that Musharraf could declare a state of emergency, which could delay year-end elections where the ruling coalition risks losing its majority.

The government was trying Tuesday to salvage a disputed peace deal in North Waziristan, a hotbed of Taliban and al Qaeda militancy on the Afghan frontier.

Musharraf argues that the deal, which saw the army scale back military operations in return for pledges from tribal elders to expel foreign fighters and prevent cross-border attacks on U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

Washington has pledged $750 million over five years to help develop the impoverished region and dry up support for Islamic extremism rooted in the U.S.-sponsored war in Afghanistan in the 1980s.

However, U.S. officials are pressing for more military strikes to crush extremists they believe may be planning Sept. 11-style attacks in the West as well as fomenting trouble in the region.

"Now, having dealt with the mosque, it's pretty much crossing a line and there's no going back," Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher said Tuesday.

While a civilian "hearts and minds campaign" may offer the best long-term solution to combating extremists in the region, "some elements have to be dealt with militarily," Boucher said.

Meanwhile, a new intelligence report out Tuesday makes for disturbing reading.

The U.S. National Intelligence Estimate, the consensus view of all 16 U.S. spy agencies released Tuesday, said the U.S. would face a "persistent and evolving" terrorist threat in the next three years.

The report paints a worrisome picture of increased training at camps along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, giving al Qaeda added capability to mount strikes on the U.S. and its key allies.

CBS News correspondent Elizabeth Palmer reports that while the northern area of Pakistan, much of which is controlled by local tribes, has always been a stronghold of the Taliban, it's now also home to a resurgent al Qaeda.

New training camps have sprung up in the mountainous terrain, and the ease with which militants operate in the region even affords them time to produce the relatively high-quality training and propaganda videos frequently released by jihadist groups.

Pakistani soldiers on duty in the region are all but helpless, reports Palmer. Even the generals are fed up with the situation.

"Even after five years of operations, what has been achieved? Osama bin Laden is still there, al Qaeda is still there, in fact it is spreading," Lt. General Ali Jan Mohammed Aurakzai (Ret.) said in February. Aurakzai is the governor of the Northwest Frontier Province.

White House Press Secretary Tony Snow says the report shows this is no time for America to let down its guard. Snow says it is "always all hands on deck" when dealing with terrorism.

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National Intelligence Estimate: The Terrorist Threat to U.S. Homeland

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Musharraf is one of President Bush's most vital allies in the so-called war on terror, but he's under intense, and rapidly increasing pressure at home in the wake of the bloody government siege at the Red Mosque in Islamabad.

[telecom_1]

al-Qaida in Pakistan is on the run, "Al-Qaida has weakened because of the actions taken by Pakistani forces," Musharraf was quoted by spokesman Rashid Quereshi as telling newspaper editor

[clestes-2009]

Pakistan is going down the same path as Iraq. Bush has only to talk to the leaders of a middle east country and it immediately starts to come unglued.

[sayfud-deen]

patriotic9, it is apparent to me that you only know about islamic law based on what you've heard on fox news. folks like you read one article or listen to a news story and suddenly you are an expert on the subject! the jizya tax is paid pretty much the same way people pay their taxes in this country. also, muslims are also required to pay islamic tax. futhermore, the non-muslims in the islamic state are protected and defended by the muslims should they be attacked. unfortunately today, the sharia is not being implemented in it's pure form because of corrupt leaders and propaganda,ect. you really should getyour factsstraight before you comment on a subject that you know little about. i've been studying islamic law as a muslim for fifteen years ,nd i still don't much! islam and islamic law can't be learned in a week!

[sayfud-deen]

patriotic9, it is apparent to me that you only know about islamic law based on what you've heard on fox news. folks like you read one article or listen to a news story and suddenly you are an expert on the subject! the jizya tax is paid pretty much the same way people pay their taxes in this country. also, muslims are also required to pay islamic tax. futhermore, the non-muslims in the islamic state are protected and defended by the muslims should they be attacked. unfortunately today, the sharia is not being implemented in it's pure form because of corrupt leaders and propaganda,ect. you really should getyour factsstraight before you comment on a subject that you know little about. i've been studying islamic law as a muslim for fifteen years ,nd i still don't much! islam and islamic law can't be learned in a week!

[lars008-2009]

the war is legal

the resumption of hostilities was only a matter of time since iraq broke the ceasefire agreement.....

blame saddam for iraq%u2026%u2026. Even clintoon and the dems wanted the resumption of hostilities back in 1998

US Vice-President Al Gore has told Iraqi opposition politicians that the United States remains committed to the overthrow of President Saddam Hussein. BBC 6/2000
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1854092/posts

"We know that he has stored secret supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his country." - Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002

"Iraq's search for weapons of mass destruction has proven impossible to deter and we should assume that it will continue for as long as Saddam is in power." - Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002

Moreover, no international law can prevent the United States from taking actions to protect its vital interests, when it is manifestly clear that there is a choice to be made between law and survival. I believe, however, that such a choice is not presented in the case of Iraq. Indeed, should we decide to proceed, that action can be justified within the framework of international law rather than outside it. In fact, though a new UN resolution may be helpful in building international consensus, the existing resolutions from 1991 are sufficient from a legal standpoint. - Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002
http://www.gwu.edu/~action/2004/gore/gore092302sp.html

[feelfree1]

Notice that we have 2 more "al CIA'da" hoax articles on the same day as the big Senate debate on the illegal war of aggression against Iraq.

[winnerindia]

I don't know what Pakistanis did think in giving the name 'Red Mosque'. Today it has turned to be a real red mosque with blood and still we can't say how many more will be killed.
strange!

[winnerindia]

Posted by winnerindia at 05:21 PM : Jul 17, 2007

Dude,
Not all the Americans have their knowledge limited to BEER, BASE BALL and BOOBS.
Posted by patriotic9 at 05:39 PM : Jul 17, 2007

haa haaa, haaa I like that. U R Simply a GR8 man.
U LOVELY JUBLY :-)

[lars008-2009]

UN MAKES NON MUSLIMS SLAVES
And Dhimmitude For All
Another arena requiring testimony is dhimmitude in Western institutions. This is %u201Cepitomized,%u201D writes Mark Durie, %u201Cin the slavish attitude adopted by Mary Robinson, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights,%u201D in a 2002 statement to the Organization of the Islamic Conference Symposium on Human Rights in Islam in Geneva. Like a dhimmi, she affirmed the greatness and moral superiority of Islam, implying inferiority of non-Muslim infidels, and denied any possible voice of protest against Islamic abuses of human rights.
Not surprisingly, Islamism is growing at the UN, too. On August 5, 1990, explains David Littman, the 19 members of the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers adopted the Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam (CDHRI). This document very specifically subjugates all human rights to those accorded by Islam. [1] The CDHRI totally contradicts the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Yet the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in December 1997 published it, establishing its authority as a quotable UN source. For example, the 26-member Sub-Commission on Human Rights referred to it in the preamble of a resolution adopted on August 21, 1998. [2] That Islamic human rights is gaining ascendancy and credence at the UN should be of concern to all Human Rights activists and organizations.
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=17637

[patriotic9]

Posted by winnerindia at 05:21 PM : Jul 17, 2007

Dude,
Not all the Americans have their knowledge limited to BEER, BASE BALL and BOOBS.

[winnerindia]

CORRECT YOUR FACTS! MUSHARAF THREW NAAZ SHARIF, NOT BENAZIR. RIGHT? LOL.
Posted by winnerindia at 03:00 PM : Jul 17, 2007

You better CORRECT YOUR FACTS! MUSHARAF THREW NAWAZ SHARIF not NAAZ SHARIF.
Posted by patriotic9 at 03:04 PM : Jul 17, 2007

I intentionally wrote wrong spellings of Nawaz just to see that if you and others take it seriously and check it or not. heee he eheeee lol. Now I am happy.

[feelfree1]

patriotic9,

Re: "Loss in this war is not a loss for Cheney and Bush."

This is an important point to keep in mind. They have largely "accomplished" their "mission".

[patriotic9]

Institutionalized apartheid. In Shari%u2019a law, there are official discriminations against the Dhimmi, such as the poll-tax or jizya.
Posted by lars008 at 04:57 PM : Jul 17, 2007

From your post, it seems like dhimmis in islamic shari'a law are treated the same way like Homosexual Citizens are mistreated and discriminated by the hands of those PSYCHOTIC CHRISTIAN TALIBANS who denounce Homosexuality as a sin and either Sodomize young little boys in the churches or rent prostitutes.

[patriotic9]

Right now neither Bush or Cheney believe any democrat or republican canidate can carry on thier war ---- Watch for an escellation of the war & a set up for Jeb Bush to come in.

Posted by j-whitman at 03:45 PM : Jul 17, 2007

j
Do you think Bush or Cheney really care. They made all the money they wanted to. Halliburton head office and CEO have laready transferred out of USA and Bush can not run for electeion for the third time any way.

Loss in this war is not a loss for Cheney and Bush.

[lars008-2009]

END FASCIST NAZI TERRORISLAM APARTHEID NOW!!!
DHIMMI: A BRIEF OVERVIEW

Conditional protection. The protection of the Dhimmi is withdrawn if the Dhimmi rebels against Islamic law, gives allegiance to non-Muslim power (such as Israel), refuses to pay the poll-tax, entices a Muslim from his faith, or harms a Muslim or his property. If the protection is lifted, jihad resumes. For example, Islamists in Egypt who pillage and kill the Copts do so because they no longer pay their poll-tax and therefore are no longer protected.
http://www.dhimmi.com/dhimmi_overview.htm
http://www.dhimmi.com/
http://www.dhimmi.com/victimsgallery.htm
SIGN THE PETITIONS!!!

help end fascist nazi terrorislam apartheid
http://new.petitiononline.com/CDHR2005/petition.html
http://new.petitiononline.com/CDHREU/petition.html
http://www.dhimmi.com/petition.htm
http://www.petitiononline.com/dhimmi/petition.html
http://www.dhimmi.com/action_campus.htm
http://www.dhimmi.com/action_community.htm

[lars008-2009]

END FASCIST NAZI TERRORISLAM APARTHEID NOW!!!
DHIMMI: A BRIEF OVERVIEW
DEFINITION: The status of People of the Book (Jews and Christians) under Islamic rule.
7th-21st century. The notion of Dhimmitude, originating in the 7th century, still applies today to non-Muslims under Islamic rule%u2014whether Jews or Christians, whether in Saudi Arabia or in Sudan. Dhimmitude began in 628 CE when Mohammed and his forces conquered the Jewish oasis at Khaybar. They massacred many of the Jews and forced the rest to accept a pact ("Dhimma") which rendered them inferior to their Muslim conquerors. Over the centuries, the ideology of Dhimmitude expanded into a formal system of religious apartheid.

Institutionalized apartheid. In Shari%u2019a law, there are official discriminations against the Dhimmi, such as the poll-tax or jizya.
No legal rights. Jews may not testify in court against a Muslim and have no legal right to dispute or challenge anything done to them by Muslims. There is no such thing as a Muslim raping a Jewish woman; there is no such thing as a Muslim murdering a Jew (at most, it can be manslaughter). In contrast, a Jew who strikes a Muslim is killed.

Humiliation and vulnerability. Jews and Christians had to walk around with badges or veils identifying them as Jews or Christians. The yellow star that Jews had wear in Nazi Germany did not originate in Europe. It was borrowed from the Muslim world where it was part of the apartheid system of Dhimmitude.

[bluestardad]

looks like that dude needs some teeth work too! maybe we should send more aid money!

[arthurcl1]

The Military Brass want to hide these events to try and distort the realities of this Civil War in IRAQ. US TROOPS are viewed as "occupiers" no longer liberators... and thus, just as much a problem as the insurgents to the ultimate stability of their country!
These are IRAQI citizens people and whether you want to label them "yankess" or "rebs" neither of them are Americans and it is their destiny to decide the fate of their country!
You read the reports about IRANIANS traing Shia Militia and in IRAN and the other 100 Muslim Nations you read about the US Training Shia Security Forces - PLEASE TELL ME THE DIFFERENCE!!!
This is the type of deceit that Bush has been shielding from America for over four years in order to keep US Support behind Keeping our Soldiers in HARMS WAY - with Cheerleaders like Cheney saying on CNN - that we are making enormous progress in IRAQ - STATE of DENIAL!

How Tragically SAD!

[j-whitman]

didntinhale,,,, Which do you think our Founding Fathers preferred over the other ???
1.. God who isn't in our Constitution at all
2.. Lord --- Who is only mentioned in the date
3.. Impeachment --- Which is mentioned 6 times

[feelfree1]

What kind of terrorists does the illegitimate Bush regime support?

1) Israeli spies like "Scooter" Libby and Larry Franklin, who compromise U.S. security for the benefit of Israeli extremists and their supporters

2) Plane bombers like Luis Posada Carriles, who facilitate the mass-murder of 73 civilians

3) Brutal military dictators and Taliban supporters with actual nuclear weapons, rather than imaginary ones, such as Pervez Musharraf

4) Imaginary "terrorists", like "al-Qaeda-in-Iraq", that help to provide justification for the illegal, mass-murderous slaughter and destruction of Iraq, where no justification exists

5) The warlords and druglords of Afghanistan who were handed power by the Bush Cabal


These are the kinds of terrorists that the Bush global terrorist network prefers to do business with!