APS Diplomat Strategic Balance in the Middle East articles from October 2004

APS Diplomat Strategic Balance in the Middle East archives from October 2004

PAKISTAN - The Coming Challenges - Part 10 - The Regime's Opponents.(Pervez Musharraf's military ruling)
October 25, 2004... The local opponents of President Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's military ruler since his peaceful coup in 1999, now consist of a wide range of Islamist groups openly vowing to get his regime toppled because of his alliance with the US and his...

PAKISTAN - Islamic Credentials.
October 25, 2004... The fact that Musharraf is the key figure in the US-led hunt for Bin Laden has not affected his Islamic credentials, himself being a Muhajir (of a militant Sunni Muslim community having migrated from India after the Pakistani state has been...

PAKISTAN - Musharraf Keeps Top Military Post.(Pervez Musharraf)
October 25, 2004... Predictably (see Parts 7-9 in SBME 1-3), Gen. Musharraf on Oct. 14 went back on a pledge to relinquish his military leadership by end-2004, with the enactment of a law allowing him to remain head of the armed forces beyond December. Ministers...

PAKISTAN - The Fight Against Tribal Opponents.(antiterrorism measures)
October 25, 2004... In his military campaign against tribal opponents in the remote regions of North and South Waziristan, on the Afghan border, Gen. Musharraf is mixing aid with collective punishments, in order to exert maximum pressure. Those who co-operate - by...

PAKISTAN - The Sectarian Factor.(religious violence)(Brief Article)
October 25, 2004... Musharraf has many enemies among Sunni and Shiite groups fighting each other on sectarian grounds. More than 40 people attending a memorial service for slain Sunni extremist Azam Tariq were killed in a bomb explosion early on Oct. 7 in the...