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Like several other Muslim nations, Pakistan has been convulsed with rioting in recent weeks, much of it supposedly triggered by the publication of cartoons lampooning the Prophet Mohammed. William Lind, director of the Center for Cultural Conservatism at the Free Congress Foundation, believes that the riots are actually directed against Pakistani President Musharraf "and his working relationship with America's President Bush."
Al-Qaeda grew out of Mujahedeen groups created and trained by Pakistan's ISI intelligence service (with CIA help) during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. Many Taliban and al-Qaeda leaders (including, many analysts suspect, Osama bin Laden) were welcomed in Pakistan after the post-9/11 invasion of Afghanistan, and Osama is a popular folk hero in many parts of the country. If Osama is still alive, or if a charismatic successor to him emerges, Pakistan may ...