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Posted on 11/03/2007 5:48:46 AM PDT by period end of story
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - President Gen. Pervez Musharraf was preparing to impose a state of emergency amid rising violence and political tensions, a private TV network reported Saturday, as top government officials decided at an extraordinary meeting to boost security in the capital, Islamabad.
Geo TV, citing unnammed official sources that a final decision to declare an emergency had been taken and that Musharraf may address the nation later tonight.
There was no official confirmation of the report, but a ruling party lawmaker and a Western diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue, said they had received similiar information and expected an emergency as early as Saturday night.
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AQs last stand. We know Osama is there.
The story has been brewing all day and now appears to be happening.
It happened.
CNN calling it a news blackout State of Emerg.
I dare say I hope we get some basics for dummies like me and not let the MSM Breaking News syndrome get my goat, again.
Some good sound articles coming up on that thread though.
Waiting for Cindy and the Mid East list to wake up and chime in.
I wish they would go to war on Waziristan and totally clean that place out.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan President Gen. Pervez Musharraf on Saturday declared a state of emergency after militants said they had captured two police stations and 120 security forces, state TV reported.
“The chief of army staff has proclaimed a state of emergency and issued a provisional constitutional order,” a newscaster on Pakistan TV said.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,307857,00.html
Can we back India now to level them and the radicals that infest that region?
Not news. Many threads already.
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