Musharraf: Pakistan isn’t really looking for Osama bin Laden
It’s only nine days into the new year, and already Musharraf is ignoring our humble advice: Find Osama. Musharraf needs a miracle to hold onto his tenuous grip on power, and there’s nothing quite like delivering the most wanted man in the world to the United States’ doorstep to rewrite your political fortunes, at least ...
It's only nine days into the new year, and already Musharraf is ignoring our humble advice: Find Osama. Musharraf needs a miracle to hold onto his tenuous grip on power, and there's nothing quite like delivering the most wanted man in the world to the United States' doorstep to rewrite your political fortunes, at least in Washington's eyes.
It’s only nine days into the new year, and already Musharraf is ignoring our humble advice: Find Osama. Musharraf needs a miracle to hold onto his tenuous grip on power, and there’s nothing quite like delivering the most wanted man in the world to the United States’ doorstep to rewrite your political fortunes, at least in Washington’s eyes.
So, why is Musharraf going around saying that Pakistan is “not particularly looking for” al Qaeda’s leader? In an interview with 60 Minutes, he was quick to assert that Pakistan is “operating against terrorists and al Qaeda and militant Taliban,” but then claimed that he “can’t say for sure” whether extremists have grown stronger in the border regions, despite squarely blaming extremists in those very border regions for assassinating Benazir Bhutto, whom he essentially blamed for her own death. This is the United States’ best hope for an ally?
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