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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (43704)	3/6/2003 7:04:00 PM
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Osama can’t be in Pakistan: Musharraf WASHINGTON: President General Pervez Musharraf on Thursday discounted Saudi dissident Osama Bin Laden’s presence in Pakistan, saying he would have been too conspicuous in the country. Osama moved about with dozens of bodyguards and their movement could not have been missed in Pakistan, the president said in an interview with ABC television. Pakistan’s dilemma: President Musharraf confessed he wished Pakistan had not been elected to the UN Security Council, as he wrestles with a dilemma of how to vote on war with Iraq. “One keeps saying in Pakistan that we were very happy when we were elected UNSC member,” Musharraf said. “Now we think this is not really a moment where we should have been UNSC members, to be in such a difficult position.” “We must use all our energies to have a solution without a war,” Musharraf said. dailytimes.com.pk 'Khalid's arrest confirms Pak efforts against terrorism' Monitoring Desk WASHINGTON: Commenting on the capture of al-Qaeda's operational chief, President General Pervez Musharraf said on Thursday that Pakistani security agencies were following Khalid Sheikh Muhammad for almost a month. In an interview with the CNN, President Musharraf said that Khalid was moving around in Pakistan but "finally we arrested him". Responding to a question, he said: "This is the confirmation of what we have been doing. I think we have apprehended over 480 people and I don't know who is talking that Pakistan is dragging its feet or Pakistan is going slow. This is further confirmation of our commitment of acting against terrorism. It is a confirmation of whatever we have done. No body has apprehended so many. The credit goes to our intelligence agencies, our ISI and their effectiveness, the success of their actions and they must be given credit." AFP adds: President Musharraf confessed that he wished his country had not been elected to the UN Security Council, as he wrestles with a dilemma of how to vote on war with Iraq. Musharraf is torn between support for his anti-terror ally, the United States, and the knowledge that a decision to back war against a fellow Muslim nation could unleash a torrent of domestic criticism. "One keeps saying in Pakistan that we were very happy when we were elected a member of the Security Council," Musharraf said in an interview with ABC television. "But now we really are thinking whether we should have been happy. This is not really a moment where we should have been members of the Security Council, to be in such a difficult position." Musharraf declined to say exactly what position Pakistan would take, as the United States and Britain push a new resolution that could pave the way to war with Iraq. "We must use all our energies to have a solution without a war," Musharraf said. "This is the stand of Pakistan. I would say that moving through the United Nations Security Council is the right thing to do. The credibility and the structure of this world body, the United Nations, must not be undermined," he added.