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Born at the Crest of the Empire

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Retired generals call for Musharraf to step aside

I don't know Pakistani politics well enough to judge this, but
An influential group of retired officers from Pakistan's powerful military has urged President Pervez Musharraf to immediately step down, saying his resignation would promote democracy and help combat religious militancy.

This might be nothing, officers sympathetic to Sharif or something, but, coupled with the news from a few days ago that the new army chief Kayani is trying to sever Musharraf's influence on the military, we might be seeing a real movement.

(And, don't miss Musharraf's admission that he's not hunting Bin Laden.)

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