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	Loyalists urge Musharraf to fight on as votes stack up against him

tabsey

8-14-2008 6:28 AM

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tabsey says:

A setup. Musharraf has been saying the wrong things lately, so the Americans have set up the impeachment to show him he can easily go.

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