Pakistan Attempts to Crush Protests by Lawyers


	Pakistan Attempts to Crush Protests by Lawyers

creepysleepy

11-6-2007 9:09 AM

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musharraf, pakistan, politics, protest, world politics, middle east

creepysleepy says:

This is very, very bad. Pakistan is a critical US ally, and has the Bomb. Additionally, the US has stated that we will continue to fund Pakistan, despite the UN SG Ban Ki Moon stating that this situation gravely concerns him. This will certainly affect the US's image abroad. Bad, bad news.

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