Posted by
matttbastard on Aug 18, 2008 in
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Was never a matter of ‘if’, but, rather, when: Speaking on television from his presidential office here at 1 p.m., Mr. Musharraf, dressed in a gray suit and tie, said that after consulting with his aides, “I have decided to resign today.” He said he was putting national interest above “personal...
Posted by
matttbastard on Dec 30, 2007 in Uncategorized |
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Benazir Bhutto’s widower, Asif Ali Zardari, has been named as her successor to the Pakistan People’s Party leadership; Zardari subsequently appointed their 19 year old son, Bilawal, as party chairperson. According to Bloomberg, Zardai and Bilawal will run the party as “co-chairpersons”, with BBC News...
Posted by
matttbastard on Nov 4, 2007 in Uncategorized |
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Shorter Ali Eterez: “Military dictators do tend to make the trains run on time, don’t they?”* *headdesk* Cernig casually pushes a butterknife through the steaming, still-soft bullshit here (updating and correcting Libby’s initial post) and here, speculating that Musharraf’s...