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Apr. 18th, 2004
Wow, Bush can count himself lucky
Apr. 18th, 2004 04:54 pmPakistan tribal force hunts Al Qaeda
Fearing another Pakistani army offensive, a 2,000-strong local militia began a sweep through mud-brick villages in their tribal homeland near the Afghan border today, vowing to hunt down Al Qaeda supporters and hand them over to the government.
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With at least 46 soldiers killed, President Gen. Pervez Musharraf demonstrated he was serious about evicting hundreds of suspected foreign militants he says are hiding in Pakistan's semiautonomous tribal regions, which for decades has remained outside central government control.
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Edited to add:
Also about Pakistan:
Pakistani Wine in a Turkish Bottle, or how Musharraf is trying to model Pakistan on Turkey.
Fearing another Pakistani army offensive, a 2,000-strong local militia began a sweep through mud-brick villages in their tribal homeland near the Afghan border today, vowing to hunt down Al Qaeda supporters and hand them over to the government.
[...]
With at least 46 soldiers killed, President Gen. Pervez Musharraf demonstrated he was serious about evicting hundreds of suspected foreign militants he says are hiding in Pakistan's semiautonomous tribal regions, which for decades has remained outside central government control.
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Edited to add:
Also about Pakistan:
Pakistani Wine in a Turkish Bottle, or how Musharraf is trying to model Pakistan on Turkey.
The Yet Better Way
Apr. 18th, 2004 11:29 pmSee what the Toronto subway would look like if we had adequate service to answer the needs of the population.