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| Pakistan envoy foresees more terrorist attacks |
| 2002-05-24 |
| 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. That's probably a pretty accurate assessment... Since Musharraf banned five radical Islamic groups in January, there have been three attacks on foreigners, all blamed on Muslim militants. Even though the Bad Guys haven't gone out of business... "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. Is there an echo in here? Is there an echo in here? |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |