Pakistan Beats, Jails Moderates -- While Pro-Taliban Gunmen Take Town
The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current) › November 07, 2007
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - President Pervez Musharraf pursued his crackdown on lawyers and liberal activists Tuesday, while pro- Taliban gunmen seized another town bordering Afghanistan.
The events underscored an irony of Musharraf's declaration of emergency: It isn't extremists going to jail but secularists who are potential allies in the war on militancy.See the full content of this document
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Pakistan Beats, Jails Moderates -- While Pro-Taliban Gunmen Take Town
The general's suspension of the constitution has given Pakistani authorities sweeping powers to detain without charge. Opposition groups reported at least 3,500 arrests ove...
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