Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Saudis step into Pakistan's quagmire

By Syed Saleem Shahzad
Asia Times

"The first part of the Washington-backed plan worked perfectly - the rise to power in Pakistan of liberal, secular political parties. In the next step, to define and implement a strong response in the United States-led "war on terror" against militancy, the coalition government has failed miserably. The US has been forced to call on Saudi Arabia to act as a middleman, lest the whole initiative spin completely out of control...."

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