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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (46204)	5/19/2004 2:35:46 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

Frenchman linked to al-Qaida hid in Japan with fake passport Wednesday, May 19, 2004 at 00:02 JST japantoday.com

To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (46204)	5/19/2004 1:06:22 PM
From: malibuca	Respond to of 50167

A striking contrast! Recent events in Pakistan and India are revealing when it comes to how each country views democracy. The former deports an opposition leader after he returns to Pakistan although the Supreme Court of Pakistan ruled that he is entitled to return. guardian.co.uk The latter - India - holds elections in which the incumbent is defeated, in an upset, and he gracefully accepts the will of the people. The leader of the party who won the election then decides that in the national interest as well as personal considerations, she will not accept the office of prime minister and defers to one of her colleagues. guardian.co.uk Pakistan has been under military rule for much of its existence and India has been democratic through the same period with one brief interlude. When Bush and the neocons argue that the establishment of democracy in Iraq would lead to a type of domino effect whereby other Muslim nations in the Middle East will also embrace democracy, does not the examples of India and Pakistan belie that thesis?