On the Pakistani Elections
Musharraf's guns are trained on Bhutto and Sharif for a reason: the two are visible reminders that Pakistan can be ruled by someone other than Musharraf.
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This is the Time For Lawyers to Speak
Naomi Wolf | Posted 12.10.2007 | Politics
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The need for leadership from lawyers in this country has never been greater. From wiretapping to torture to extraordinary rendition, the Bush administration has ignored and disrespected our Constitution and our laws.
Do Dictators Lose Elections?
David Goldstein | Posted 12.03.2007 | Politics
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The Bushies have called Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez a dictator and a tyrant... but since when do dictators lose elections?
Congress Must Call Bush's Bluff and Enforce All Subpoenas
Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 11.30.2007 | Politics
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If President George W. Bush continues to duck Congressional subpoenas against his current and former staff members he should be impeached.
Perez Hilton Covers Musharraf's Inauguration As Civilian President
236.com | Posted 11.29.2007 | Politics
Why get your news from the same old boring, "Pulitzer prize-winning" sources when you can turn to 23/6 for the freshest reporting from the hottest nam...
Playing Roulette in Pakistan
Robert Scheer | Posted 11.29.2007 | Politics
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The U.S. is hoping to throw the deeply corrupt but Westernized Benazir Bhutto into the mix out of fear that Sharif is soft on Muslim fanatics in his own country as well as on the Taliban.
Pervie Pervez is a Sexy Beast
Katie Halper | Posted 11.28.2007 | Politics
Who is going to fulfill my democracy-touting, oppressive dictator-in-army-uniform fantasy, now that Pervez is back in plainclothes?
Farewell To Arms: Tearful Musharraf Steps Down As Army Chief
AP | MUNIR AHMAD | Posted 11.28.2007 | Politics
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Blinking back tears, Pervez Musharraf stepped down as Pakistan's military commander Wednesday, fulfilling a key opposition demand a day before he was ...
Musharraf Retires as Pakistan Army Chief
Associated Press | Munir Ahmad | Posted 11.28.2007 | Politics
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Blinking back tears, Pervez Musharraf stepped down as Pakistan's military commander Wednesday, fulfilling a key opposition demand a day before he was ...
Judges Get a Heroes' Reception
Medea Benjamin | Posted 11.27.2007 | Politics
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The heroes in today's Pakistan are not the returning former prime ministers, but the judges who refused to accept Musharraf's emergency law putting the Constitution in abeyance.
Cloning Dubya
Bob Burnett | Posted 11.27.2007 | Politics
While George Dubya Bush will be in office for fourteen more months, many have already labeled him the worst President in modern American history. The...
China Says It's 'Too Late' To Recall Huge Shipment of Turkeys
Andy Borowitz | Posted 11.25.2007 | Politics
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Wuhan Food Exportation Company officials revealed that the birds had been fed an experimental combination of birdseed, lead pellets, and date-rape drugs.
US Was Tipped Off About Pakistan Emergency Rule
United Press International | Posted 11.23.2007 | Politics
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Pakistani and U.S. officials say the United States wasn't surprised when President Pervez Musharraf imposed emergency rule in Pakistan, a report says....
Negroponte's Shameful Visit to Pakistan
Robert Naiman | Posted 11.23.2007 | Politics
Our nation's second highest diplomat went to Pakistan. Did he complain about General Musharraf shutting down the Supreme Court and replacing it with h...
Pakistan's Women
Kavita N. Ramdas | Posted 11.21.2007 | Politics
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Pakistan's women see a flickering light at the end of the tunnel, a future that may hold the promise of a democratic and fair society.
O'Hanlon-Kagan and the Militarist Dead-End on Terrorism
Gareth Porter | Posted 11.21.2007 | Politics
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Why doesn't the clear reality that Pakistan offers no opportunity for using military power against the jihadists invalidate the whole notion of a "war" against terrorism?
Musharraf's "Leap Into the Dark" May Be Just That
Shuja Nawaz | Posted 11.21.2007 | Politics
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The January elections Musharraf promised will be flawed and unrepresentative, and the media will not be allowed to report freely on events around them.
Musharraf Plays Bush for a Fool
Marjorie Cohn | Posted 11.20.2007 | Politics
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If Congress stands by and does nothing to cut off the funds to Musharraf while he maintains martial law in Pakistan, it will confirm our worst fears that Democrats and Republicans alike are making a sham of our democracy.
Deputy Secretary Of State Negroponte Urges Pakistan To End Emergency Rule
Bloomberg | Khaleeq Ahmed | Posted 11.18.2007 | Politics
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Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf must lift the state of emergency he declared this month and release all political detainees, U.S. Deputy Secretary...
Sectarian Violence Between Sunnis, Shiites Leaves 90 Dead In Pakistan
AP | RIAZ KHAN | Posted 11.18.2007 | Politics
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Rival Sunni and Shiite Muslims clashed Sunday in a northwestern Pakistan town where three days of sectarian violence has left 91 people _ most of them...
Benazir Bhutto Slams Musharraf In New CNN Interview
Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 11.18.2007 | Politics
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Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto spoke to Wolf Blitzer, on CNN's Late Edition, about the current crisis in Pakistan. Blitzer asked Ms. ...
US: Pakistan Must End Emergency Rule
AP | Posted 11.17.2007 | Home
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U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte delivered a blunt message to Pakistan's military ruler, telling him that emergency rule must be lifted...
US Secretly Aiding Pakistan In Securing Its Nuclear Weapons
New York Times | DAVID E. SANGER and WILLIAM J. BROAD | Posted 11.17.2007 | Politics
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Over the past six years, the Bush administration has spent almost $100 million so far on a highly classified program to help Gen. Pervez Musharraf, Pa...
Pakistan's Musharraf Swears In Caretaker Government For "Essence Of Democracy"
AP | ZARAR KHAN | Posted 11.16.2007 | Home
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President Gen. Pervez Musharraf on Friday swore in a caretaker administration and declared he had "introduced the essence of democracy in Pakistan," ...
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