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Musharraf's real enemies

08 July 2002
Musharraf's real enemies

Pakistan's President General Pervez Musharraf should be a worried man. Internal opposition to his rule is mounting, militants are threatening to assassinate Kashmiri leaders and even his Western allies are losing patience with his apparent inability to combat Al-Qaeda.

In the past weeks there has been mounting evidence of support for Kashmiri militants at senior levels within the Inter-Services Intelligence agency.

Some Western journalists are now daring to print what JID has been warning for many months: Pakistan is not part of the solution to the threat posed to the West by Al-Qaeda; it's a central part of the problem.

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