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Musharraf declares emergency in Pakistan
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By MATTHEW PENNINGTON, Associated Press Writer

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Gen. Pervez Musharraf declared a state of emergency in Pakistan on Saturday, suspending the constitution, replacing the chief justice before a crucial Supreme Court ruling on his future as president, and cutting communications in the capital.

Pakistan's main opposition leader, Benezir Bhutto, flew back to the country from Dubai and was sitting in an airplane at Karachi's airport, waiting to see if she would be arrested or deported, a spokesman said. Dozens of paramilitary troops surrounded her house.

Seven of the 18 Supreme Court judges immediately condemned the emergency, which suspended the current constitution. Police blocked entry to the Supreme Court building and later took the chief justice and other judges away in a convoy, witnesses said.

The government halted all television transmissions in major cities other than state-controlled Pakistan TV. Telephone service in the capital, Islamabad, was cut.

A copy of the emergency order obtained by The Associated Press justified the declaration on the grounds that "some members of the judiciary are working at cross purposes with the executive" and "weakening the government's resolve" to fight terrorism.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged restraint on all sides and a swift return to democracy in Pakistan.

The United States "does not support extraconstitutional measures," Rice told CNN from Turkey, where she was participating in a conference with Iraq's neighbors.

Musharraf, who seized power in a 1999 coup and has been a close ally of the United States since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, has struggled to contain spreading Islamic militancy that has centered along the Afghan border and spread to the capital and beyond.

Pakistanis have increasingly turned against the government of Musharraf, who failed earlier this year to oust Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry — the chief justice replaced Saturday.

The Bush administration said it was "deeply disturbed" by the developments, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said in a statement.

"A state of emergency would be a sharp setback for Pakistani democracy and takes Pakistan off the path toward civilian rule," McCormack said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071103/ap_on_re_as/pakistan_247;_ylt=AqZTmrwNMf0KT9MeQqF9VpwE1vAI


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Re: Musharraf declares emergency in Pakistan [Re: zorbman]
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zorbman said:
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged restraint on all sides and a swift return to democracy in Pakistan.

The United States "does not support extraconstitutional measures," Rice told CNN from Turkey, where she was participating in a conference with Iraq's neighbors.



Oh, the irony...

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Re: Musharraf declares emergency in Pakistan [Re: adrug]
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Condoleezza Rice has to be one of the most ineffective Secs of State in our history. Bush has a bad habit of hiring articulate people who look good on tv but are incompetent. I couldn't put it better than Donald Trump did recently:

"Donald Trump says..Rice seems like a nice person, but when it comes to her role as the nation's chief negotiator, he'd like to use his trademark line on her: "You're fired."

Americans "want someone that knows how to negotiate, that knows the art of the deal," he said in an interview on FOX News Channel's "Hannity's America."

"In all fairness, I see Condoleezza Rice - she goes on a plane, she gets off a plane, she waves, she goes there to meet some dictator. ... They talk, she leaves, she waves, the plane takes off. Nothing happens, it's a joke, nothing ever happens. I think she's a very nice woman, but I don't want a nice woman. I want someone that's not necessarily nice."

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0703/23/sitroom.02.html


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Re: Musharraf declares emergency in Pakistan [Re: zorbman]
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Time magazine had a really great article about a month or two ago about Pakistan. I believe it was the cover story. It focuses on a man in Pakistan who runs the largest non-profit health/ambulance service in the country. He gets large numbers of death threats for helping anyone including non muslims, rape victims, etc.

Although this dude gets a lot of focus, it goes into a lot fo detail about the history of Pakistan and it's different internal struggles since the split from India.

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Re: Musharraf declares emergency in Pakistan [Re: BrAiN]
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I love how we are supposedly spreading global democracy by fighting in Iraq ..but Pakistan...not so much.

Yet another Bush rationale for his Iraq war falls by the wayside.

The Bush zoo crew just wants countries to do their will, they don't give a shit whether they are free or not as long as they are doing evil Dick Cheney's bidding.


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Re: Musharraf declares emergency in Pakistan [Re: zorbman]
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Yeah, this administration ignores Pakistan and Saudi Arabia because they obviously have nothing to do with this so called "War on Terra"! Terra I tell you TERRA!


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Re: Musharraf declares emergency in Pakistan [Re: Mojo_Risin]
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1/5 of the goal one day beforehand; provided, of course, that everyone who has suscribed donates....

Still be a good amount of donations in one day though. :smile:


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Re: Musharraf declares emergency in Pakistan [Re: fireworks_god]
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Emergency? Since when is democracy an emergency?


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Re: Musharraf declares emergency in Pakistan [Re: Visionary Tools]
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It is when your ass is finally going to be punted by it. :shrug:


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Re: Musharraf declares emergency in Pakistan [Re: fireworks_god]
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http://archive.salon.com/people/feature/2001/07/25/baba/index.html


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Re: Musharraf declares emergency in Pakistan [Re: Luddite]
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Ah, touché.


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