CUI BONO?
Who wants in to Pakistan, folks? (See my Pakistan labels for more)
"Pressure on Pakistan to reconcile grows; US, Britain step up calls for solution" by Mark Magnier, Los Angeles Times | March 14, 2009
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Domestic and international pressure on Pakistan to calm political unrest intensified yesterday as street clashes threatened to throw into chaos transportation, the economy and the fight against extremism.
The administration of President Asif Ali Zardari redoubled its efforts to prevent protesters from reaching the capital, where they plan to hold a sit-in Monday near the parliament building.
The civilian government also detained more protesters, called in additional police reinforcements, blocked more roads and further extended rules restricting public gatherings of more than four people, arguing that large meetings threaten public order and provide a target for terrorists.
In Peshawar, lawyers staged a protest over the crackdown in front of the provincial assembly, while senior lawyer Abdul Latif Afridi and dozens of other local leaders remained under house arrest.
US and British officials have stepped up their calls for a democratic solution, convinced that the bickering, posturing and street confrontations can only detract from efforts by Pakistan to fight Taliban-linked and Al Qaeda extremists operating within its borders.
You see what is going on here, readers?
The lawyers are demanding the reinstatement of Supreme Court judges removed by the former military government of President Pervez Musharraf, a move staunchly opposed by Zardari's administration. "The government's in a real twist," said Musharraf Zaidi, a political analyst. "Something has to give, and the weakest spine appears to be the government's."
Even prominent members of Zardari's ruling Pakistan People's Party, including leading Senator Safdar Abbasi and his wife, Naheed Khan, have supported the lawyers. Growing calls for reconciliation led to a flurry of meetings among top opposition figures, the president, prime minister, army chief of staff, and important provincial officials.
"There's a lot of jockeying and pushing to and fro," said Tariq Fatemi, an analyst and former foreign secretary. "The next little while will be crucial."
Fatemi and others said the skeleton of a compromise might see the president reinstate the justices and remove a ban on opposition figures Nawaz Sharif and his brother, Shahbaz, from holding elective office. In return, observers said, the president's rivals and the lawyers groups might agree to call off the protests. They said Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry, if reinstated, might give some quiet assurance that he wouldn't rule that Zardari is ineligible for office because of previous corruption charges.
The president, the widower of assassinated former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, spent eight years in prison on graft charges, although he was never convicted. Pakistan's judiciary has been politicized for much of its history.
Strange how Bhutto's assassination was never really investigated, huh?
The AmeriKan MSM Lying About Bhutto's Assassination
Benazir Bhutto Was Killed By Snipers
Musharaff's Government Claims Bhutto was NOT SHOT
Benazir Bhutto's Assassination and What Really Happened
What Got Benazir Bhutto Killed?
U.S. Doubts "Al-CIA-Duh" Assassinated Bhutto
Did the CIA Kill Benazir Bhutto?
Did Condi Rice Get Benazir Bhutto Killed?
Western Intelligence Knows Al-Qaeda Didn't Kill Bhutto
Well, maybe not. As for politicization of the courts, Bush beats 'em!
Government arguments that this week's largely peaceful protests threaten society have been weakened by the middle-class nature of a movement led by black-suited lawyers. Twenty-two former ambassadors called for the government to reinstate Chaudhry.
Richard Holbrooke, the US special envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan, and British Foreign Secretary David Miliband have telephoned Zardari this week, reportedly expressing their concern about the turmoil and urging him to find a way to end the strife.First thing, globalist dick: STOP CREATING IT with your COVERT OPS!!!!!
Second thing: LEAVE the AREA!!!
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Of course, the Zionist War Daily's drums have been beating on Pakistan nearly every day, and here they are again.
"Pakistan puts armed forces on alert; Crisis deepens; government vows to stop huge rally" by Laura King, Los Angeles Times | March 15, 2009
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - The Pakistani government said yesterday that it had placed the armed forces on alert amid an escalating power struggle with former allies, and vowed again to prevent a massive opposition rally in the capital tomorrow.
US diplomatic efforts to defuse the political crisis intensified as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton separately telephoned President Asif Ali Zardari and his chief rival, Nawaz Sharif, urging both sides to show restraint, according to spokesmen for the two camps....
This is such political and media b.s.! Just the fact that this is in the agenda-pushing papers every day leads me to believe it is one of their ops. U.S. has been destabilizing governments for decades, and the world-domination plan hasn't ended because a black man is in the White House!
In a sign of the deepening disarray within Zardari's government, a key aide, Information Minister Sherry Rehman, was in seclusion after reports that she had tendered her resignation. Rehman was a close associate of Zardari's late wife, former prime minister Benazir Bhutto.
Many of Bhutto's friends and backers have distanced themselves from the actions of the government, which in recent days has arrested opponents and placed restrictions on political rallies. Zardari took over leadership of Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party after she was assassinated in December 2007, and became president six months ago.
Need I make the same point that I did above, readers?
The renewed tumult has raised fears in Washington that Pakistan's already fitful efforts to confront Islamic militants will be sidelined by the power struggle. The Obama administration is keeping a wary eye on the ascendancy of Sharif, who has less of a pro-Western bent than Zardari, as well as tighter links with Islamist parties....
So AFTER the NEXT FALSE-FLAG ATTACK is PINNED on some PAKISTANI PATSIES the U.S. can OCCUPY IT for its OWN GOOD -- all while a PEACE DEAL is being observed in the "terrorists" area!!
And CUI BONO, 'eh? What IMPECCABLE TIMING for this PROTEST and DISRUPTION!! Given the TRACK RECORD of MSM COVERAGE regarding protests (or their lack of coverage as it were) and their incessant, every-day focus on these particular ones, a GIANT STINKER of a question must be raised!!
CUI BONO?
Zardari also has delayed giving up extraordinary powers that Musharraf accorded himself as president, including the ability to dissolve Parliament....
And yet I hear not a peep from the administration on Pakistan's new dictator!
Zardari has said he wants a negotiated settlement to the crisis. But sentiment on both sides appeared to be hardening. The decision to place the military on alert served mainly to galvanize protesters, who said they would find ways to reach Islamabad despite blockades erected on major routes leading to the capital.
Rehman Malik, the government's senior law enforcement official, has said the restrictions on the marchers were prompted by fears of a terrorist attack. Organizers scoffed at that.
As WELL THEY SHOULD!!! THEY KNOW that 'terrorism' is GOVERNMENT CREATED, FUNDED and DIRECTED and that if there is a "terror" attack it will certainly be GOVERNMENT SPONSORED!!!!!
Police spot-checked vehicles heading into the capital, and large metal shipping containers were placed to block access to Constitution Avenue.
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Globe's web version cut the rest (why?):
Much of the unrest was centered in Lahore, the eastern city that is Sharif's power base and a center of the lawyers movement, which was instrumental in driving Musharaff from office.
And which is under the direction of the British! Do some research, readers.
Violence was seen as likely if the lawyers try to leave en masse for Islamabad from Lahore and the security forces move to prevent them from doing so.
Just prepping you for the 'breaking news" this week, huh?
