BREAKING NEWS: Pakistan in a Media Blackout due to Unrest

CNN | Nov 3 2007

[Global2010]

OK Freepers...

Dice and slice...this breaking news.

Pakistan has declared a State of Emergency.

[Global2010]

This is headlines coming just in from CNN tv news.

Want to hear from those here who can give some clarity to these headlines. Thanks. G-2010

[johniegrad]

Uh-oh.

[Lost Dutchman]

Oh Crap!

[rightwingintelligentsia]

This could be very bad indeed.

[exit82]

Who’s got the keys to the nukes?

[Philistone]

Musharrif or Bhutto?

Neither one would be good.

[nuconvert]

you might want to ‘keyword’ Pakistan to find out what’s been happening lately.
A lot of news coming from the Swat region close to the border with Afghanistan

[Global2010]

Well at least ya’ll have not poo poo’d the source..

But it is a media blackout due to Pres..I could not catch all the details..

Sounded like Hell in a serious Hand Basket.

I am waiting for the disconcerned political affianato’s (sic) to show up.

[mmyers]

Bush’s Fault of course

[johniegrad]

Link to Times (UK) online story

[taildragger]

Oh boy....

Glenn Beck will be in rare form Monday if true.

His "Coming Storm" scenario now may have another straw on a camels back....

[Global2010]

Mushraffi guy, has imposed State of Emerg. due to latest voting ..

Guess Democracy is not going to be on the menu today.

[nuconvert]

The date on that story is May 12 (?)

[rightwingintelligentsia]

Afficionados, perhaps?

[Alberta's Child]

Oddly enough, I suspect the U.S. has the keys to Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal.

[Global2010]

Is this anything a little bit with the Serbs too.

How much is this issue of a blckout have tenacles around the Middle East unrest????

Where the heck is Cindy our resident ME tracker gal?

[M. Espinola]

That place is a nuclear ticking time bomb, if al-Qaida & Taliban thugs somehow gain control of the government and its nuclear weapons arsenal.

[nuconvert]

“Islamic militants paraded 48 men on Friday described as government troops who surrendered during fighting — an embarrassment to President Gen. Pervez Musharraf as he struggles to regain control of a mountainous region from Taliban and al-Qaida-linked extremists.

Islamic militants said Saturday they had taken control of a police station in the volatile northwest region, hoisting their flag over its roof.”

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1920366/posts

[Global2010]

Glenn is my fave.
Yeah call me goofy.

I dig Beck.

[rightwingintelligentsia]

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/03/pakistan.emergency/index.html

LAHORE, Pakistan (CNN) -- Plagued by increasing violence and unrest, the Pakistani government will declare a state of emergency, private networks reported Saturday. President Pervez Musharraf has faced a flurry of criticism from opponents in Pakistan.

Shortly after that report, most media channels went off the air because of an apparent media blackout.

Government sources told CNN officials were meeting at the presidency, and an announcement would be made later Saturday.

The nation's political atmosphere has been tense for months, with Pakistani leaders in August considering the imposition of a state of emergency because of the growing security threats in the country's lawless tribal regions.

But President Pervez Musharraf, influenced in part by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, held off on the move.

Since that time Musharraf has faced a flurry of criticism from the opposition, who demand the general abandon his position as Pakistan's military chief before becoming eligible to seek a third presidential term.

For weeks the country has been coasting in a state of political limbo while the Supreme Court works to tackle legal challenges filed by the opposition that calls into question Musharraf's eligibility to hold office.

Complicating matters even more was October's presidential elections, where Musharraf garnered a vast a majority of the votes.

The election results have not yet been made certified by the high court