PAKISTAN POLITICS: Pervez Musharraf is planning to grant amnesty to former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto if reelected as expected in upcoming national elections. Bhutto, one of very few women ever to hold power in a Muslim nation, may be pardoned as early as today for bogus corruption charges that have kept her in self-imposed exile to avoid prosecution in London for the past eight years. Bhutto is planning a return to Pakistan as early as October 18, and has pledged to work with the United States to capture or kill Bin Laden. "I would hope to be able to take Osama Bin Laden myself without depending on the Americans. But if I couldn't do it, of course we are fighting this war together, and (I) would seek their cooperation in eliminating him," she said. It appears Musharraf will resign as head of the military to serve as president, appoint a trusted ally to replace him, and place Bhutto in the role of prime minister. I hope the plan is successful, but if hinges on reelection of Musharraf, and somehow that seems uncertain despite media projections. Wait and see. Pakistan is an important ally (for obvious reasons), and we must always be careful their nuclear weapons don't fall into terrorist hands. Bhutto's words are encouraging, but Al Qaeda will be looking to kill her at the first opportunity, as they have done several times in attempts to assassinate Musharraf.
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HUSSEIN OBAMA HALLUCINATING: In a speech at Depaul University in Chicago on Tuesday, Senator Emptysuit proposed the global elimination of nuclear weapons. Nice plan, totally workable: in a dream world. Claiming the U.S. nuclear deterrent is still focused on the former Soviet Union, Obama fails to mention the recent increase in bomber exercise by Russia in international airspace off the coastof Canada. NORAD announced just Monday that seven times this summer two to six Russian bombers were intercepted by Canadian jets in maneuvers reminiscent of the Cold War. In mid-September, British and Norwegain jets intercepted Russian bombers after they breached NATO airspace close to the United Kingdom and Finland. The Senator really should keep up with military events and realize those bombers aren't carrying good wishes and cotton candy. His campaign has been lackluster at best, and he has focused on policy detail to the betterment of Billary. Obama should focus his campaign totally on the emotion of feel good politics. If he continues to challenge Billary on detail, she will grind him into a greasy spot. Obama also needs to drag some of Billary's skeletons out of the closet for public display. And I hope he does it soon: Halloween is coming.
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AFGHAN FRONT: Thirteen people including a mother and two children aboard a police bus were killed by a suicide bomber in Kabul Tuesday. The terrorist managed to detonate his explosives despite being shot by a suspicious Afghan policeman (always go for a head shot on suiciders). Meanwhile in Kunar the Taliban attacked an Afghan police outpost, killing three cops. And in an ironic bit of cosmic justice, three terrorists apparently targeting NATO Troops were killed in Paktika when a suicide vest one of them was wearing exploded prematurely. "All the three died and were torn into pieces", deputy provincial police chief Farooq Sangari said in the best quote of the day.
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