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To: Narotham Reddy who wrote (42679)	5/23/2002 6:02:26 PM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Respond to of 50167

Dostum and Fahim across are fighting like dogs, that is my more immediate concern.. both from Northern Alliance <Six soldiers and dozens of civilians are reported dead as fighting erupted between forces loyal to the Afghan defence minister Gen. Faheem and deputy defence minister, Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum in Kunduz province of Afghanistan.>

To: Narotham Reddy who wrote (42679)	5/23/2002 6:16:39 PM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Respond to of 50167

This is a real time events thread, you are producing here 'ideas' of people like Jim Hoagland proven wrong all along and nearly three days old, I have proven to you not once but 10 times how wrong most of these analysts are and you know that, events have changed, Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee toned down his language on Thursday and is now in talking about a military stand-off with Pakistan, saying that "he saw clear skies but where lightning could sometimes strike." Mush is in total control and I assure you that nothing is going to happen, it is not anyone choice who is going to give us peace, should I trust this old hog or Wendy? All these articles are rubbish and not worth anything like gallons of ink spilled on coup in Pakistan after 11th sept or on 9th Oct, we have seen it all and now look at the change of rhetoric’s on your side..have a good day.

To: Narotham Reddy who wrote (42679)	5/23/2002 6:25:34 PM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

Tell WP this is what FBI is doing in Karachi today this is Mush country and this is the freedom that FBI has, that talks a lot about USA losing patience with Mush? FBI arrests three in Karachi..Washington Post has no idea what they are writing, they are not in sync with the administration. But they have never been so far..they are out of touch.. The Karachi police and FBI have arrested in a joint operation three suspects here in connection with the Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl’s kidnapping and murder case. Police sources told Daily Times the three men are named Aamir, Afzal and Jehanzeb and were arrested on Monday. One of them was arrested from Liaquatabad, while the others were nabbed from an apartment in Malir’s Green Town area. Sources said two of the suspects are foreigners, believed to be of Arab origin. Defence lawyers in the Daniel Pearl case have reportedly maintained that the Daniel Pearl trial will start ‘afresh’ if any new accused is indicted in the case.

To: Narotham Reddy who wrote (42679)	5/23/2002 6:38:12 PM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Respond to of 50167

Now this is what she was talking today in Pakistan in support of Mush.. now I don't see the message WP article is giving to their readers? The U.S. ambassador to Pakistan on Thursday predicted another terrorist attack in the country, saying President Pervez Musharraf has "stirred up a hornet's nest" with his crackdown on Islamic extremists. Since Musharraf banned five radical Islamic groups in January, there have been three attacks on foreigners, all blamed on Muslim militants. "I expect there will be another attack here," Ambassador Wendy Chamberlin said in an interview with The Associated Press a week before ending her assignment in Pakistan. She noted that two of the attacks — one in the heavily defended capital of Islamabad and the other against French engineers working for Pakistan's navy — were a direct assault on Musharraf's authority. Four people, including two Americans, were killed in a grenade attack March 17 on a Christian church frequented by foreigners. A suicide bombing on May 8 killed 14 people, including 11 French engineers helping Pakistan build an Agosta submarine. One of the dead was a Pakistan navy officer assigned to protect the French engineers. Militants with links to the al-Qaida terror network also are blamed for the kidnapping on Jan. 23 of American Daniel Pearl, the South Asia bureau chief for the Wall Street Journal, who was later killed. The threat of more attacks has others worried. Britain on Wednesday recalled some of its diplomats from Pakistan and urged its citizens to avoid traveling to the country, citing terrorist threats made against two British consulates. The Australian government also urged its citizens to leave Pakistan. The United States scaled back its diplomatic presence after the church attack. Chamberlin, who took up her post last August, is returning to the United States for family reasons. Musharraf's support for the U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan (news - web sites) enraged many in predominantly Muslim Pakistan. But Chamberlin said Pakistan's assistance in tracking down al-Qaida and Taliban fugitives has been unfailing. "Pakistan has no interest in having uncontrollable al-Qaida on their soil. They are making extra effort to stop that," she said. Concerning the rising tensions between India and Pakistan over the disputed region of Kashmir (news - web sites), she said the situation is "very serious." "We are very concerned about the threat of war," Chamberlin said. But she refused to say whether the United States believes Musharraf is doing enough to crack down on groups opposed to India's rule over part of Kashmir. Washington's concerns over Pakistan's role in the Kashmiri insurgency are part of "our private dialogue," she said. India says Pakistan-based groups are behind the separatist attacks in Kashmir that have brought the two nuclear neighbors to the brink of war. A million troops, along with tanks and heavy guns, are on alert along the frontier and Pakistan is considering sending more, including some of the troops helping U.S. special operatives hunt for al-Qaida and Taliban fugitives. Pakistan has said it needs international help to get India to the negotiating table. India says it won't talk until Pakistan ends its help for insurgents. Chamberlin said Secretary of State Colin Powell (news - web sites) is on the phone regularly with leaders of both countries, urging negotiations without preconditions. Powell is sending his deputy, Richard Armitage, to the region early next month to try to defuse tensions. Pakistan says the Kashmiri insurgency is a "freedom struggle" and gives moral and diplomatic support to its cause. "There is no clear firewall between terrorists and freedom fighters," Chamberlin said.