"America's CIA Versus Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf"
http://www.daily.pk/politics/37-politicalnews/6298-americas-cia-versus-pakistans-president-pervez-musharraf.html

"Musharraf: CIA has paid Pakistan millions"
http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2006/09/musharraf_cia_h.html

In the US, you can still be tried after your term...wonder if he can as well?

>> ^Irishman:
"America's CIA Versus Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf"
http://www.daily.pk/politics/3
7-politicalnews/6298-americas-cia-versus-pakistans-president-pervez-musharraf.html
"Musharraf: CIA has paid Pakistan millions"
http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2006/09/musharraf_cia_h.html



And if Musharraf is in the CIA's pocket, then explain where A Q Khan is today? Oh yeah, he's in Pakistan under 'house arrest', and the CIA is not allowed to speak with him. My only point though is that global politics aren't nearly so 'simple'.

First I'd apologize to Irishman if my prior post seems a criticism of his and the links he posted. I'd only had time to read the second link when posting and had wanted to clarify there was more going on than just CIA money to Pakistan. Both the links given are informative and the first one in particular gives some detailed background of internal politics in Pakistan.

More over, it should go without saying but with the lack of votes and comments maybe it deserves to be said flat out. Pakistan(not Iran,Iraq or North Korea), is the most important country in the over trumpeted 'war on terror'.

Since the Pakistani government has little control of the border region by Afghanistan the Taliban and Al-Qaeda forces that were in Afhganistan have retreated there. More over, that tribal region has strong support for Bin Laden and the extremist ideas he holds. The important twist though is the AQ Khan network that was selling not only plans for nuclear weapons, but the equipment to make them. For those unfamiliar, AQ Khan is the man responsible for Pakistan's nuclear program. His success in building the bomb for Pakistan made him a national hero. So much so that in spite of being caught privately selling nuclear secrets and the equipment to build them there was public back lash at shaming him by forcing him to apologize over it. The political will to punish him for that is so weak that he is now on loose house arrest.

That means Pakistan is a nation where a one man nuclear arms dealer is still considered a hero by many. It is a nation where a border region is home to Al-Qaeda and the Taliban where they enjoy public support. You can bet the danger of those two problems colliding is the unspoken thought behind Washington's relationship with Pakistan. It's an extraordinarily delicate situation and any major changes like say, a change in leadership, should be watched with extremely keen interest by everyone.

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