Better be careful, Mushy. You sure the generals will let you back in?
"Musharraf set to resign as army chief; High court rejects challenges to his reelection" by Henry Chu/Los Angeles Times November 20, 2007
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - US Ambassador Anne W. Patterson met yesterday with Bhutto to try to persuade her to resume a dialogue with Musharraf's government.
Patterson: "The United States is interested in a reconciliation of all political moderates. [Washington would help Pakistan in any effort to conduct free and fair elections]."
I'd rather not. The Pakis will see right through another of our puppets!
Musharraf is expected to leave today for a two-day trip to Saudi Arabia, possibly his last official foreign visit as head of the army in addition to president.
Pakistani media have speculated that he might try to meet former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to mend fences, but the Reuters news agency reported that Sharif said no meeting would take place."
Think Mushy'll be back, readers?
"Pakistan’s Court Dismisses Election Cases" by CARLOTTA GALL
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 19 — Also on Monday, General Musharraf’s office announced that he would make a two-day state visit to Saudi Arabia beginning Tuesday. He has made few excursions outside the country in recent months. The destination of Saudi Arabia raised speculation here in the capital because Nawaz Sharif, a former prime minister and popular opposition leader, is in exile there, after being deported from Pakistan for a second time in September.
It was Mr. Sharif whom General Musharraf overthrew in 1999 when he seized power in a coup, and he has since been the general’s most uncompromising critic. Diplomats suggested that General Musharraf was making the trip to ensure that the Saudi government would keep his chief rival there and not allow him to leave for Pakistan before the elections. Should he return, Mr. Sharif would represent a serious political threat to both the party of the opposition figure Benazir Bhutto and the party that backs General Musharraf."
Ooooooh, so that's what the trip is about.
How come the other report doesn't tell you that?
