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Allies Feel Strain of Afghan War- WP

 

Troop Levels among Issues Dividing U.S., NATO Countries- WP

 

US plans to send additional 3,200 Marines to Afghanistan-

 

US supplies about half of 54,000 troops in Afghanistan

 

Pakistan Opposition Attacks Musharraf- WP

 

Nawaz accuses Musharraf of blindly following America's orders-

 

Troops to shoot anyone attempting to disrupt elections- Musharraf

 

Militants ambushed military convoy in Mohmand agency, leaving 7 dead

 

Militants Escape Control of Pakistan- NYT

 

 

Military Intelligence has lost control of some of the networks of militants it has nurtured since the 1980s, and is now suffering the violent blowback of that policy, two former senior intelligence officials say- NYT

 

 "It is quite illogical if you think those people who have suffered 1,000 people dead, and I who have been attacked thrice or four or five times, that I would be supportive towards Taliban, towards Al Qaeda," Mr. Musharraf said- NYT

 

US Army Chief in Europe to Run NATO Afghan Unit- NYT

 

Pakistan Election Fueling Cynicism- WT

 

PML (Q) discussing feasibility of national-unity government, PML-Q spokesman Tariq Azeem

 

Pakistan's Terror Inc.- WT

 

Pitting Sunni tribes against Al Qaeda worked in Iraq. Will it work against Taliban in Pakistan- CSM

 

Pakistan's tribal belt emerging as test bed of this counterterrorism strategy- CSM

 

Government could further delay elections in response to violence- LAT

 

Musharraf rules out delay in elections

 

Afghan intelligence names Pakistan-based Siraj Haqqani  as the mastermind behind Kabul's Serena Hotel attack

 

Shots Either Hit You or They Do Not- Spiegel

 

President Musharraf describes US President Bush as a friend

 

I do not deny the fact that al-Qaida is operating here- Musharraf

 

Al-Qaeda is mastermind behind suicide bombings

 

Fanatics can never take over Pakistan- Musharraf

 

I would never allow American forces to operate on Pakistan's soil- Musharraf

 

ElBaradei's impression is totally misplaced- Musharraf

 

ISI does not handle any nuclear issue at all- Musharraf

 

I am ready to work with whomever wins- Musharraf

 

Benazir was waving and turned a little right and that angle may have been enough for a bullet to hit- Musharraf

 

Kiyani and I share vision on Pakistan, on Taliban, on al-Qaida, on politics, on human rights and on media. We are two of a kind- Musharraf tells SPIEGEL

 

Following the developments of the last seven or eight months, to resign would be the easiest thing. On the day I think the people, the majority, dont want me any more and the day I think I have no contribution to make to this country, I will not wait a second. I will leave- Musharraf

 

3 Sentenced in Musharraf Murder Plot- AP
 
Anti-terrorism court sentenced three militants to life in prison for attempting to kill President Musharraf in 2002

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