Musharaff Finds a Way Out

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The Muslim blood is the cheapest commodity in the world and its letting is continuing brazenly.They are massacred in hundreds every day, without creating even a slight tremor in the consciousness of the global community. I always say that its the nature of victim that determines the issue of moralities. causing westren deaths is always immoral and unpardonable ; exterminating muslims carries no such stigma.

Mushy isn`t going anywhere...The big dog needs a pliant dictator who`ll just STFU when the big dog hunts the jihadis..that and turning over pakis of the jihadi persuasion to club gitmo...

Missiles kill 32 militants in Pakistan tribal region

MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) - A missile attack, possibly launched by U.S. forces in Afghanistan, killed at least 32 pro-Taliban militants in a Pakistani tribal region near the border on Tuesday, Pakistani officials said.

The missiles targeted a suspected training base in a village near the mountainous Datta Khel district, 60 km (40 miles) west of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan, the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to brief the media, told Reuters.

Intelligence officials said some foreigners were among those killed, raising the possibility that al Qaeda fighters might have also been present. North Waziristan is a known refuge for remnants of Osama bin Laden`s network.

``There was a cluster of three houses and a tent which were hit. There were about 45 people in that area,`` a senior government official told Reuters.

Army spokesman Major-General Waheed Arshad said there had been an explosion in the area, but he denied it was caused by missiles and added that the army had not carried out any operations there either.

``It wasn`t a missile attack,`` Arshad said, adding that initial reports suggested the explosion occurred while the militants were making a bomb.

Such explanations have been offered in the past when U.S. forces in Afghanistan have launched strikes on targets in Pakistani territory.

The government is sensitive to any report of foreign forces carrying out operations in Pakistani territory or airspace.

According to intelligence officials and residents, however, a U.S. pilotless drone aircraft carried out the attack at around 10:30 a.m. (0530 GMT).

It was not known whether any leading Taliban or al Qaeda figures were targeted in the attack.

After batting sensibly for 45 overs, the govt party has played some rash strokes in the final 5 overs of its inning. Musharraf has inadvertantly unleashed Pakistan`s first middle class movement in 40 years by sacking the CJ. If this genie is not put back into the bottle, it will destroy not just Musharraf, but Benazir, Nawaz, Altaf and Mullahs as well.

Will reinstating the CJ stop this mass movement? That`s the million dollar question.