Pakistan is in a serious mess - but did anyone notice? By Mary Shaw Things got ugly in Pakistan over the weekend. General Pervez Musharraf, the current president of Pakistan, has gone wild. He suspended the Constitution, and has declared a state of emergency, as of 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 3. Musharraf's goons have arrested his political opponents and judges, lawyers, and human rights activists. The upcoming election, scheduled for January 2008, may be postponed. All private TV channels and international media have been taken off the air. It's basically a police state. And it's quite possibly about to explode. Now consider the following: • The CIA believes [1] that Pakistan is harboring al-Qaeda, including Osama bin Laden. • Pakistan has nukes [2]. • That is a very volatile part of the world to begin with. Uh-oh. My local press [3] has been silent on the issue. Thank goodness for the Internet, the international press, and the unfortunately named but politically as...
