Crackdown suspends Pakistan constitution

This is extremely serious. Things are becoming more unstable in Pakistan. In effect, the radicals there are one bullet away from controlling nuclear missiles. Condi is not being helpful.
FROM CHICAGOTRIBUNE.COM:
Crackdown suspends Pakistan constitution
By Laurie Goering and Bay Fang
Tribune correspondents
November 4, 2007
NEW DELHI

Facing a decision by Supreme Court judges that could have declared his continued leadership of Pakistan unconstitutional, President Pervez Musharraf declared a state of emergency Saturday, suspending the nation's constitution and firing the chief justice.

In a televised speech to the nation early Sunday, the president cited "interference" by the country's judiciary and rising extremist violence in the country as the reasons for the declaration, which U.S. officials had warned against just a day earlier.

"Pakistan is on the verge of destabilization," Musharraf insisted. "With all my conviction and with all the facts available to me, I consider that inaction at this moment is suicide for Pakistan."

But U.S. officials called the move by their leading anti-terrorist ally in the volatile region "disappointing."
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