Posted on 08/16/2008 11:36:09 AM PDT by LibWhacker
ISLAMABAD (AFP) — Saudi Arabia's intelligence chief dashed to Pakistan for talks with the government over its plans to impeach President Pervez Musharraf, a senior official in Islamabad said Saturday.
The visit of Muqrin bin Abdul Aziz came as a minister from the ruling coalition pressed Musharraf to stand down within two days and avoid putting the country through a destabilising impeachment battle.
"Yes, Saudi intelligence chief Prince Muqrin bin Abdul Aziz did visit Pakistan on Friday and met senior government officials," a senior coalition official told AFP on condition of anonymity.
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Anyone else quietly freaking out, about the prospect of Musharrif resigning?
This cannot be a good development. It just can’t.
Perhaps this (rather than something in Georgia) was the reason Bush seemed upset the other day in that press conference?...
There is treachery afoot..
Apres Mushariff le deluge?
You can say that again! The islamists are winning in Pakistan and I'd wager the real reason for Aziz's visit had nothing to do with safe passage for Musharraf.
I’m beginning to feel we are on the brink of WWIII.
No matter what U.S. concerns are about a Pakistani government sans Musharref, they are not the conerns of the Saudis.
Their concerns are directly voiced by who they sent, their intelligence chief; which goes to the close, and shared, intelligence relationship the Pakistani intelligence services - ISI - and the Sauids have had since the 1980s, when they jointly built and funded the Mujahadeen and later the Taliban.
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