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Jun 5, 2007 7:35 AM CDT

Musharraf's Crisis Spreads to Bush

Administration rethinks friendship with embattled Pakistani prez

(Newser) - The Bush administration is weighing its previously unflinching alliance with Pakistan's Pervez Musharraf, the Journal reports, as Islamabad spirals into political crisis. The Pentagon is brainstorming post-Pervez scenarios, and some insiders are even pushing for distance from the increasingly autocratic general-president.

Iraqi Cash
Is Funding
Al Qaeda

May 21, 2007 4:52 AM CDT

Iraqi Cash Is Funding Al Qaeda

Bin Laden search finds money trail leading from various sources

(Newser) - A stepped-up CIA effort to hunt down Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan hasn't succeeded in locating the terrorist, the LA Times reports, but it has uncovered evidence that cash is being funneled from Iraq to keep Al Qaeda alive and well. "Iraq is a big moneymaker for them,"...

Pakistan Bombing Kills 25

May 15, 2007 3:27 PM CDT

Pakistan Bombing Kills 25

Suicide bomber hits crowded restaurant at lunchtime

(Newser) - A suicide bomber destroyed a hotel restaurant in Peshawar, Pakistan, today, killing 25 in what may have been a retaliation for the weekend slaying of a top Taliban chief. The bomber's severed leg had a note attached to it that read: "Those who spy for America will face the...

General Strike Called After Violent Clashes In Pakistan

May 14, 2007 6:25 AM CDT

General Strike Called After Violent Clashes In Pakistan

Pro-democracy push against Musharraf

(Newser) - A nationwide strike has been called for today in Pakistan, after violence over the weekend left 40 dead in Karachi, the Financial Times reports. Pressure is mounting against military rule by President Pervez Musharraf. "We want to demonstrate that this country is unanimous in opposing the government," said...

U.S. May Reqire Visas From Brits

May 2, 2007 12:43 PM CDT

U.S. May Reqire Visas From Brits

Radicalism among Britons of Pakistani descent worries Homeland Security

(Newser) - Immigration officials are considering making British citizens apply for visas to enter the U.S., the New York Times reports. The aim is to screen out potential terrorists among Brits of Pakistani descent who might slip through because of the longstanding waiver of visas between the two countries. An...

Taliban Video
Shows Young Boy Beheading Prisoner

Apr 25, 2007 8:24 AM CDT

Taliban Video Shows Young Boy Beheading Prisoner

Preteen appears to execute Pakistani militant; international outcry follows

(Newser) - International outrage is building over a Taliban video in which a preteen boy appears to behead a prisoner. The Guardian reports that the boy, who "appears no older than 12," denounces the man, a Pakistani militant, as an "American spy" in a high-pitched voice before apparently using...

Pakistan Deserves Democracy

Mar 27, 2007 3:03 PM CDT

Pakistan Deserves Democracy

Novelist calls for transition from Musharraf's rule

(Newser) - A Pakistani novelist who's seen many benefits from Musharraf's rule concludes that it's time for the embattled leader to go. "By prolonging his rule, the general risks taking Pakistan backward and undermining much of the considerable good that he has been able to achieve," writes Mohsin Hamid.

Cricket Coach Murdered

Mar 23, 2007 8:42 AM CDT

Cricket Coach Murdered

Woolmer now said to be strangled, after team's surprising loss

(Newser) - The death of Bob Woolmer, the English-born Pakistani cricket coach, was ruled a murder yesterday, roiling the sedate world of international cricket with a crime investigators call “extraordinary and evil.” When Woolmer was found dead in his hotel room in Kingston, Jamaica last Sunday, it was thought he...

Musharraf Should Step Down

Mar 22, 2007 12:34 PM CDT

Musharraf Should Step Down

Pakistani president is a lame duck who can't control Islamic factions

(Newser) - Pakistani president Musharraf should finally do what he vowed back in 1999, says Ahmed Rashid: return the government to democracy. H e's too weak to salvage his credibility after recent public protests , and if he can't maintain power, Islamic extremists will seize the opportunity instead. He should disavow his own...

Tribesmen Turn on Al-Qaeda

Mar 21, 2007 10:16 AM CDT

Tribesmen Turn on Al-Qaeda

(Newser) - Fifty people, including a group of children stranded aboard a school bus, have been killed in fighting between al-Qaeda terrorists and local tribesmen in one of Pakistan’s lawless regions on the border with Afghanistan. Taliban leaders, who have ties to both groups, are trying to broker a truce, according...